ACTOR

Cleavon Little

1939 - 1992

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Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992) was an American stage, film and television actor. He began his career in the late 1960s on the stage. In 1970, he starred in the Broadway production of Purlie, for which he earned both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cleavon Little has received more than 3,662,955 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Cleavon Little is the 8,533rd most popular actor (down from 7,828th in 2019), the 12,591st most popular biography from United States (down from 11,566th in 2019) and the 3,989th most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.7M

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  • 48.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Cleavon Little ranks 8,533 out of 13,578. Before her are Loren Dean, BarBara Luna, Anthony Ruivivar, Zahn McClarnon, Nadira, and Amber Benson. After her are Mía Maestro, Shashikala, Jasmin Tabatabai, Timothy Busfield, Lea Salonga, and Stuart Erwin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Cleavon Little ranks 608. Before her are France Nuyen, Jack Yerman, Dudley Storey, David Allan Coe, Julius Chan, and BarBara Luna. After her are Maury Povich, Carole Shelley, Jim Baxter, Salvatore Nunnari, Renée Schuurman, and Willye White. Among people deceased in 1992, Cleavon Little ranks 278. Before her are Alif Hajiyev, Eddie Kendricks, Maurice Perrin, S. I. Hayakawa, María Elena Moyano, and Mary Wells. After her are Sam Kinison, Bill Williams, Fedor Samokhin, Robert Muldoon, Norvel Lee, and Allan Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Cleavon Little ranks 12,591 out of 20,380. Before her are Harry Blackmun (1908), Amber Benson (1977), Varina Davis (1826), William Windom (1827), Tom Scott (1948), and Ryan Crouser (1992). After her are Adriana Chechik (1991), Greg K. (1965), Timothy Busfield (1957), Melody Gardot (1985), Nimród Antal (1973), and Stuart Erwin (1903).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Cleavon Little ranks 3,989. Before her are Craig Wasson (1954), Loren Dean (1969), BarBara Luna (1939), Anthony Ruivivar (1970), Zahn McClarnon (1966), and Amber Benson (1977). After her are Timothy Busfield (1957), Stuart Erwin (1903), Seamus Dever (1976), Mel Winkler (1941), Danielle Harris (1977), and Lori Nelson (1933).

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