1952 - Today
Daniel Edward Aykroyd, ( AK-royd; born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian actor, producer, comedian, musician, and filmmaker who was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on Saturday Night Live (1975–1979). A musical sketch he performed with John Belushi on SNL, the Blues Brothers, turned into an actual performing band and then the 1980 film The Blues Brothers. He conceived and starred in Ghostbusters (1984), which spawned a sequel and eventually an entire media franchise. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dan Aykroyd has received more than 8,795,711 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Dan Aykroyd is the 568th most popular actor (down from 521st in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Canada (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 10th 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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Among actors, Dan Aykroyd ranks 568 out of 10,030. Before him are Richard Barthelmess, Peter Cushing, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Forster, La Belle Otero, and Karlheinz Böhm. After him are James Brolin, Michael Chekhov, Rade Šerbedžija, Winona Ryder, Max Linder, and Danny Aiello.
1895 - 1963
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 562
1913 - 1994
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 563
1984 - Present
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 564
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 565
1868 - 1965
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 566
1928 - 2014
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 567
1952 - Present
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 568
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 569
1891 - 1955
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 570
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 571
1971 - Present
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 572
1883 - 1925
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 573
1933 - 2019
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 574
Among people born in 1952, Dan Aykroyd ranks 35. Before him are David Hasselhoff, Emomali Rahmon, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Tomislav Nikolić, Salome Zourabichvili, and Jimmy Connors. After him are Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Shigeru Miyamoto, Laura Branigan, Mr. T, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Idriss Déby.
1952 - Present
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 29
1952 - Present
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 30
1952 - Present
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 31
1952 - Present
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 32
1952 - Present
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 33
1952 - Present
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 34
1952 - Present
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 35
1952 - Present
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 36
1952 - Present
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 37
1952 - 2004
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 38
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 39
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 40
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 41
Among people born in Canada, Dan Aykroyd ranks 44 out of 1,130. Before him are Pamela Anderson (1967), John Charles Fields (1863), Howard Shore (1946), Oswald Avery (1877), Robert Mundell (1932), and Lois Maxwell (1927). After him are Ralph M. Steinman (1943), Bertram Brockhouse (1918), James Randi (1928), Charles Taylor (1931), Donald O. Hebb (1904), and Joni Mitchell (1943).
1967 - Present
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 38
1863 - 1932
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 39
1946 - Present
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 40
1877 - 1955
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 41
1932 - Present
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 42
1927 - 2007
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 43
1952 - Present
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 44
1943 - 2011
HPI: 69.88
Rank: 45
1918 - 2003
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 46
1928 - 2020
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 47
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 48
1904 - 1985
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 49
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 50
Among actors born in Canada, Dan Aykroyd ranks 10. Before him are Jim Carrey (1962), Michael J. Fox (1961), William Shatner (1931), Mary Pickford (1892), Pamela Anderson (1967), and Lois Maxwell (1927). After him are Ryan Reynolds (1976), Glenn Ford (1916), Conrad Bain (1923), Ryan Gosling (1980), Mack Sennett (1880), and Mike Myers (1963).
1962 - Present
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 4
1961 - Present
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 5
1931 - Present
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 6
1892 - 1979
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 7
1967 - Present
HPI: 70.85
Rank: 8
1927 - 2007
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 9
1952 - Present
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 10
1976 - Present
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 11
1916 - 2006
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 12
1923 - 2013
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 13
1980 - Present
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 14
1880 - 1960
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 15
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 16