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Bob Saget

1956 - 2022

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Robert Lane Saget (May 17, 1956 – January 9, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, and television host. He portrayed Danny Tanner on the sitcom Full House (1987–1995) and its sequel Fuller House (2016–2020). Saget was the original host of America's Funniest Home Videos (1989–1997), and the voice of narrator Ted Mosby on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Saget has received more than 18,710,976 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Bob Saget is the 18th most popular comedian (down from 12th in 2019), the 2,018th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,397th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 19M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 68

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Bob Saget ranks 18 out of 98. Before him are Simon Pegg, Bob Hope, Bob Newhart, Joan Rivers, Andy Kaufman, and Lucille Ball. After him are Bob Odenkirk, Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, Henry Winkler, Melissa McCarthy, and Larry David.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Bob Saget ranks 70. Before him are Almazbek Atambayev, Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, Dave Murray, Iveta Radičová, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, and Milan Babić. After him are Boris Akunin, Kōji Yakusho, Patricia Cornwell, Mansour Bahrami, Baruch Goldstein, and La Toya Jackson. Among people deceased in 2022, Bob Saget ranks 104. Before him are Michel Bouquet, Cláudio Hummes, Mirosław Hermaszewski, Viktor Saneyev, Catherine Spaak, and Toshiki Kaifu. After him are Margit Korondi, Irene Cara, Radu Lupu, Andy Fletcher, Gal Costa, and Jozef Tomko.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Saget ranks 2,018 out of 20,380. Before him are Kim Peek (1951), Thomas Mitchell (1892), Gore Vidal (1925), Robert Trujillo (1964), Bill Tilden (1893), and Olympia Dukakis (1931). After him are Jessica Alba (1981), Woody Guthrie (1912), Suzanne Somers (1946), Arthur Kennedy (1914), Katharine Ross (1940), and Solomon Burke (1936).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Bob Saget ranks 15. Before him are Dick Van Dyke (1925), Chevy Chase (1943), Bob Newhart (1929), Joan Rivers (1933), Andy Kaufman (1949), and Lucille Ball (1911). After him are Bob Odenkirk (1962), Richard Pryor (1940), Chris Rock (1965), Henry Winkler (1945), Melissa McCarthy (1970), and Larry David (1947).

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