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Chris Farley

1964 - 1997

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Christopher Crosby Farley (February 15, 1964 – December 18, 1997) was an American actor and comedian. He was a member of Chicago's Second City Theatre and later a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live for five seasons from 1990 to 1995. He went on to pursue a film career, appearing in films such as Airheads, Tommy Boy, Black Sheep, Beverly Hills Ninja, and Almost Heroes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Farley has received more than 20,231,553 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Chris Farley is the 3,000th most popular actor (up from 3,804th in 2019), the 4,578th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,797th in 2019) and the 1,358th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 20M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Chris Farley ranks 3,000 out of 13,578. Before him are Thom Barry, Steve James, Paul Adelstein, Philip Stone, John Carroll Lynch, and Corinna Harfouch. After him are Norma Bengell, Madge Sinclair, Gael García Bernal, Roger Carel, Michael V. Gazzo, and Aidan Quinn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Chris Farley ranks 148. Before him are Sandro Rosell, Benoît Poelvoorde, Vladislav Surkov, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Moussa Dadis Camara, and Joss Whedon. After him are Serhat, Neneh Cherry, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Willie Garson, Ylva Johansson, and Thomas Berthold. Among people deceased in 1997, Chris Farley ranks 156. Before him are Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Zaur Kaloev, Natallia Arsiennieva, Amos Tutuola, Arthur Machado, and Brian Keith. After him are Cahit Arf, Misael Pastrana Borrero, Léon Poliakov, Baltazar, Edward Osóbka-Morawski, and Salvador Artigas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris Farley ranks 4,578 out of 20,380. Before him are Brooke Adams (1949), Thom Barry (1950), Steve James (1952), Michael G. Wilson (1942), Paul Adelstein (1969), and John Carroll Lynch (1963). After him are Ronald Graham (1935), Richard Sears (1861), Tommy Aldridge (1950), Jack Arnold (1916), Theodore Gill (1837), and Buster Douglas (1960).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Chris Farley ranks 1,358. Before him are Lauren Cohan (1982), Brooke Adams (1949), Thom Barry (1950), Steve James (1952), Paul Adelstein (1969), and John Carroll Lynch (1963). After him are Michael V. Gazzo (1923), Aidan Quinn (1959), Tom Mix (1880), Timothy Olyphant (1968), Madeline Kahn (1942), and Clifton James (1920).

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