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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, and producer. 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 15,984,333 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Dan Aykroyd is the 506th most popular actor (down from 344th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Canada (down from 25th in 2019) and the 8th 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dan Aykroyd ranks 506 out of 13,578. Before him are Hugh Jackman, Richard Crenna, Javier Bardem, Udo Kier, Rod Steiger, and Charles Laughton. After him are Anne Baxter, Edward Norton, Faten Hamama, Harry Dean Stanton, Jürgen Prochnow, and Lucia Bosè.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Dan Aykroyd ranks 44. Before him are Allan Simonsen, Shigeru Miyamoto, Anneliese Michel, Idriss Déby, Jimmy Connors, and Christian Clavier. After him are Fuad II of Egypt, İbrahim Tatlıses, Mr. T, David Hasselhoff, Desireless, and Jean-Paul Gaultier.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Dan Aykroyd ranks 35 out of 1,622. Before him are William Shatner (1931), Pamela Anderson (1967), Richard E. Taylor (1929), Ralph M. Steinman (1943), Bryan Adams (1959), and Robert Mundell (1932). After him are René Angélil (1942), Arthur B. McDonald (1943), Bertram Brockhouse (1918), Oswald Avery (1877), Drake (1986), and Jim Peebles (1935).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Dan Aykroyd ranks 8. Before him are Leslie Nielsen (1926), Donald Sutherland (1935), Christopher Plummer (1929), Michael J. Fox (1961), William Shatner (1931), and Pamela Anderson (1967). After him are Mary Pickford (1892), Ryan Gosling (1980), Lois Maxwell (1927), Mack Sennett (1880), John Candy (1950), and Mike Myers (1963).

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