ACTOR

Bubba Smith

1945 - 2011

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Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith (February 28, 1945 – August 3, 2011) was an American professional football defensive end and actor. Smith played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts, Oakland Raiders, and Houston Oilers. Smith played college football for Michigan State University, where he twice earned All-American honors on the Spartans football team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bubba Smith has received more than 3,502,269 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Bubba Smith is the 813th most popular actor (down from 639th in 2019), the 1,467th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,182nd in 2019) and the 393rd most popular American Actor.

Bubba Smith was most famous for being a defensive end for the Oakland Raiders in the 1970s.

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  • 3.5M

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  • 65.74

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bubba Smith ranks 813 out of 13,578Before him are Walter Brennan, Bruce Dern, Jeff Bennett, Terence Stamp, Tom Skerritt, and Emma Watson. After him are Geneviève Grad, Dennis Quaid, Joseph Cotten, Thomas Kretschmann, Orlando Bloom, and Michael Madsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Bubba Smith ranks 88Before him are Türkan Şoray, Kim Carnes, Bob Gunton, John McAfee, Bob Klose, and Piero Ferrari. After him are Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, Massimo Moratti, Phil Jackson, Debbie Harry, Tammam Salam, and Go Nagai. Among people deceased in 2011, Bubba Smith ranks 62Before him are Maria Schneider, Valentin Ivanov, William Lipscomb, Madame Nhu, Dev Anand, and Roberts Blossom. After him are Walter Bonatti, Daniel Bell, Richard Hamilton, Baruch Samuel Blumberg, Cliff Robertson, and Itamar Franco.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bubba Smith ranks 1,467 out of 20,380Before him are Walter Brennan (1894), Bruce Dern (1936), Jeff Bennett (1962), Robert Wise (1914), DJ Khaled (1975), and Tom Skerritt (1933). After him are Dennis Quaid (1954), Joseph Cotten (1905), James Patterson (1947), Rose Kennedy (1890), Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), and Paul Stanley (1952).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bubba Smith ranks 393Before him are James Garner (1928), Elliott Gould (1938), Walter Brennan (1894), Bruce Dern (1936), Jeff Bennett (1962), and Tom Skerritt (1933). After him are Dennis Quaid (1954), Joseph Cotten (1905), Michael Madsen (1957), Michael Rooker (1955), Kelly Preston (1962), and David Graf (1950).