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Dave Chappelle

1973 - Today

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David Khari Webber Chappelle ( shə-PEL; born August 24, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He starred in and co-created the satirical comedy sketch series Chappelle's Show (2003–2006) before quitting in the middle of production during the third season. After a hiatus, Chappelle returned to performing stand-up comedy across the U.S. By 2006, Chappelle was called the "comic genius of America" by Esquire and, in 2013, "the best" by a Billboard writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dave Chappelle has received more than 25,163,399 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Dave Chappelle is the 62nd most popular comedian (down from 56th in 2019), the 9,840th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,454th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Dave Chappelle ranks 62 out of 98. Before him are Cedric the Entertainer, Nick Offerman, Dolphy, B. J. Novak, Sinbad, and Amy Sedaris. After him are Fred Armisen, Jemaine Clement, Bill Hicks, Bill Burr, Janeane Garofalo, and Amy Schumer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Dave Chappelle ranks 277. Before him are Cristiano da Matta, Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Chris Fehn, Igor Jovićević, Georgi Kinkladze, and Magdalena Kožená. After him are Sébastien Izambard, Jason David Frank, Juan Manuel Márquez, Jamie Bamber, Sergey Bezrukov, and Teddy Lučić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dave Chappelle ranks 9,840 out of 20,380. Before him are Laz Alonso (1974), Ian Wolfe (1896), Frankie Genaro (1901), Patty Smyth (1957), Michael Trevino (1985), and Van Williams (1934). After him are John Kocinski (1968), Rick Ross (1976), Rebecca Solnit (1961), Sean Parker (1979), Bob Orton Jr. (1950), and Clarence Hudson White (1871).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Dave Chappelle ranks 51. Before him are David Cross (1964), Cedric the Entertainer (1964), Nick Offerman (1970), B. J. Novak (1979), Sinbad (1956), and Amy Sedaris (1961). After him are Fred Armisen (1966), Bill Hicks (1961), Janeane Garofalo (1964), Amy Schumer (1981), Kathy Griffin (1960), and Mindy Kaling (1979).

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