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Danny Kaye

1911 - 1987

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Danny Kaye (born David Daniel Kaminsky; Yiddish: דוד־דניאל קאַמינסקי; January 18, 1911 – March 3, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, singer, and dancer. His performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire novelty songs. Kaye starred in 17 films, notably Wonder Man (1945), The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), The Inspector General (1949), Hans Christian Andersen (1952), White Christmas (1954), and The Court Jester (1955). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Danny Kaye has received more than 7,490,524 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Danny Kaye is the 1,348th most popular actor (up from 1,508th in 2019), the 2,341st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,603rd in 2019) and the 633rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Danny Kayes by language

Over the past year Danny Kaye has had the most page views in the with 933,569 views, followed by German (44,545), and Spanish (25,891). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Greek (1,855.91%), Esperanto (824.44%), and Uzbek (150.90%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Danny Kaye ranks 1,348 out of 13,578. Before him are Timothy Spall, Marisa Mell, Annette Stroyberg, Hibari Misora, Fabre d'Églantine, and Julia Ormond. After him are Sophie Turner, Fabio Testi, Allison Janney, Deanna Durbin, Nancy Allen, and Bridget Fonda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Danny Kaye ranks 87. Before him are Thanom Kittikachorn, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Hubert Humphrey, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Renée Simonot, and Teddy Kollek. After him are Paul Goodman, Betty Robinson, Karl Frenzel, Viktor Barna, André Leroi-Gourhan, and André Claveau. Among people deceased in 1987, Danny Kaye ranks 69. Before him are Carlos José Castilho, Buddy Rich, Maxwell D. Taylor, Gerhard Klopfer, Anny Ondra, and He Yingqin. After him are Andrei Mironov, Henri Cochet, Tawfiq al-Hakim, Randolph Scott, Geraldine Page, and Mervyn LeRoy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Danny Kaye ranks 2,341 out of 20,380. Before him are Irving Penn (1917), Jerome Powell (1953), Robert Ballard (1942), William F. Sharpe (1934), Justin Timberlake (1981), and William Moulton Marston (1893). After him are Allison Janney (1959), Nancy Allen (1950), Bridget Fonda (1964), Frank Stallone (1950), Bess Truman (1885), and Daniel McFadden (1937).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Danny Kaye ranks 633. Before him are Henry Silva (1928), Peter Graves (1926), Shannen Doherty (1971), Emma Stone (1988), Myrna Loy (1905), and Don Taylor (1920). After him are Allison Janney (1959), Nancy Allen (1950), Bridget Fonda (1964), Frank Stallone (1950), Annie Potts (1952), and Gordon Scott (1926).

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Television and Movie Roles

White Christmas
Phil Davis
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
Oct 14o 19547.228 / 10
The Court Jester
Hubert Hawkins
A hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against a usurper who has overthrown the rightful king of England.
Dec 24o 19557.3 / 10
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Walter Mitty
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.
Sep 1o 19476.737 / 10