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Bob Hope

1903 - 2003

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Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-born American comedian, centenarian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network radio, television, and USO Tours. He appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, starring in 54. These included a series of seven Road to ... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Hope has received more than 9,198,992 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Bob Hope is the 14th most popular comedian (down from 12th in 2019), the 1,035th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 973rd in 2019) and the most popular British Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Bob Hope ranks 14 out of 91. Before him are Dick Van Dyke, Chevy Chase, Lucille Ball, George Carlin, Bob Saget, and Bob Newhart. After him are Ricky Gervais, Simon Pegg, Joan Rivers, Harpo Marx, Larry David, and Bob Odenkirk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Bob Hope ranks 71. Before him are Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, Abul A'la Maududi, Ernest Walton, Fritz Bauer, Alonzo Church, and Louis Leakey. After him are Mikhail Kalatozov, Werner Ostendorff, Vladimir Bartol, Lou Gehrig, Johannes Heesters, and Yevgeny Mravinsky. Among people deceased in 2003, Bob Hope ranks 53. Before him are László Papp, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Rasul Gamzatov, Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, June Carter Cash, and Annemarie Schimmel. After him are Monique Wittig, Lee Yoo-hyung, Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, Walt Whitman Rostow, Anna Lindh, and John Schlesinger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bob Hope ranks 1,035 out of 7,765. Before him are William Whewell (1794), Edith Cavell (1865), Henry Briggs (1561), Charles Lightoller (1874), James Meade (1907), and Alexander II of Scotland (1198). After him are Samuel Butler (1612), Roger Daltrey (1944), George Vancouver (1757), Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916), Alan Moore (1953), and Thomas Graham (1805).

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Among COMEDIANS In United Kingdom

Among comedians born in United Kingdom, Bob Hope ranks 1. After him are Ricky Gervais (1961), Simon Pegg (1970), Steve Coogan (1965), Tracey Ullman (1959), and Stephen Merchant (1974).

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