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Caroll Spinney

1933 - 2019

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Caroll Edwin Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019) was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street from its inception in 1969 until 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Caroll Spinney has received more than 1,604,163 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Caroll Spinney is the 7,843rd most popular actor (down from 6,856th in 2019), the 11,600th most popular biography from United States and the 3,803rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Caroll Spinney ranks 7,843 out of 9,996. Before him are Jacky Ido, Allen Covert, Cleavon Little, Jacob Batalon, Shaun Evans, and Albert Hackett. After him are Xavier Beauvois, Rainie Yang, Freddy Rodriguez, Chris Messina, Mageina Tovah, and Josh Hopkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Caroll Spinney ranks 467. Before him are Bobby Smith, Lou Adler, Milt Campbell, Hayes Alan Jenkins, Madhur Jaffrey, and Peter Broadbent. After him are Floyd Cramer, Bill Hayden, Patricia Blair, Nate Brooks, Heather Armitage, and Pat Crowley. Among people deceased in 2019, Caroll Spinney ranks 499. Before him are Werner von Moltke, Ram Jethmalani, Daniel Leclercq, Djimrangar Dadnadji, Juan José Muñante, and Pablo Larios. After him are Robert Hunter, John Conyers, Charalambos Cholidis, Donald Kalpokas, Georgia Engel, and Red Kelly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Caroll Spinney ranks 11,600 out of 18,182. Before him are Andraé Crouch (1942), Shauna Grant (1963), Jacob Batalon (1996), Philip Freneau (1752), Albert Hackett (1900), and Dwight Stones (1953). After him are Scott Hahn (1957), Jack McGrath (1919), P. J. O'Rourke (1947), Freddy Rodriguez (1975), Colin Trevorrow (1976), and Chris Messina (1974).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Caroll Spinney ranks 3,803. Before him are Jason David Frank (1973), Jeremy Jordan (1984), Allen Covert (1964), Cleavon Little (1939), Jacob Batalon (1996), and Albert Hackett (1900). After him are Freddy Rodriguez (1975), Chris Messina (1974), Mageina Tovah (1979), Josh Hopkins (1970), Ken Wahl (1954), and Sally Blane (1910).

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