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Dan Aykroyd

1952 - Today

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Daniel Edward Aykroyd ( AK-royd; born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian and American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and musician. Aykroyd was a writer and an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" cast on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from its inception in 1975 until his departure in 1979. During his tenure on SNL, he appeared in a recurring series of sketches, particularly featuring the Coneheads and the Blues Brothers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dan Aykroyd has received more than 14,609,048 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Dan Aykroyd is the 344th most popular actor (up from 567th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Canada (up from 44th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Actor.

Dan Aykroyd is most famous for his role as Dr. Raymond Stantz in the Ghostbusters movies, as well as for his role as Elwood Blues in The Blues Brothers.

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  • 15M

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  • 64.98

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  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dan Aykroyd ranks 344 out of 9,996Before him are Telly Savalas, Robert Wagner, Petr Shelokhonov, Raquel Welch, Talia Shire, and Donald Pleasence. After him are Maurice Chevalier, John Cazale, Bibi Andersson, Carrie Fisher, John Cleese, and Sally Field.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Dan Aykroyd ranks 25Before him are Emomali Rahmon, Anneliese Michel, Gary Moore, Salome Zourabichvili, Jeff Goldblum, and Vahid Halilhodžić. After him are Sammo Hung, John Goodman, Hun Sen, Douglas Adams, Isabella Rossellini, and Jean-Paul Gaultier.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Dan Aykroyd ranks 25 out of 1,350Before him are Michael J. Fox (1961), David Cronenberg (1943), Eric Berne (1910), Saul Bellow (1915), William Shatner (1931), and Gilles Villeneuve (1950). After him are Willard Boyle (1924), Neil Young (1945), Robert Mundell (1932), Oswald Avery (1877), John Kenneth Galbraith (1908), and Bryan Adams (1959).

Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Dan Aykroyd ranks 7Before him are Leslie Nielsen (1926), Donald Sutherland (1935), Jim Carrey (1962), Christopher Plummer (1929), Michael J. Fox (1961), and William Shatner (1931). After him are Mary Pickford (1892), Lois Maxwell (1927), Ryan Reynolds (1976), Carrie-Anne Moss (1967), Geneviève Bujold (1942), and Pamela Anderson (1967).

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