MUSICIAN

Dean Martin

1917 - 1995

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Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor and comedian. Nicknamed the "King of Cool", he is regarded as one of the most popular entertainers of the mid-20th century. Martin gained his career breakthrough together with comedian Jerry Lewis, billed as Martin and Lewis, in 1946. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dean Martin has received more than 20,565,905 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Dean Martin is the 69th most popular musician (up from 94th in 2019), the 399th most popular biography from United States (up from 558th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Musician.

Dean Martin is most famous for his singing and acting career. He was a member of the Rat Pack, which was a group of actors that included Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., and Peter Lawford.

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  • 21M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 64

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Dean Martin ranks 69 out of 3,175. Before him are Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Björn Ulvaeus, Charlie Watts, Ritchie Blackmore, Django Reinhardt, and Mstislav Rostropovich. After him are Jamiroquai, Robert Fripp, Jon Lord, Pablo de Sarasate, Richard Clayderman, and Antônio Carlos Jobim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Dean Martin ranks 8. Before him are Park Chung-hee, Indira Gandhi, Heinrich Böll, Arthur C. Clarke, Ilya Prigogine, and Ella Fitzgerald. After him are Eric Hobsbawm, Frederica of Hanover, I. M. Pei, Ferdinand Marcos, Anthony Burgess, and Ernest Borgnine. Among people deceased in 1995, Dean Martin ranks 12. Before him are Michael Ende, Mikhail Botvinnik, Emmanuel Levinas, Adolf Butenandt, Gunnar Nordahl, and Konrad Zuse. After him are Harold Wilson, Anatoly Dyatlov, Maurizio Gucci, Patricia Highsmith, Hannes Alfvén, and Teresa Teng.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dean Martin ranks 399 out of 20,380. Before him are Martin Sheen (1940), Jimmy Wales (1966), Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), Joseph Henry (1797), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1947), and Barbara McClintock (1902). After him are Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), Sarah Palin (1964), James Hong (1929), Man Ray (1890), Florence Foster Jenkins (1868), and Sarah Vaughan (1924).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Dean Martin ranks 18. Before him are Miles Davis (1926), B.B. King (1925), Bruce Springsteen (1949), Cliff Burton (1962), Duke Ellington (1899), and Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959). After him are Yehudi Menuhin (1916), Robert Johnson (1911), Iggy Pop (1947), Steven Van Zandt (1950), Lou Reed (1942), and Paul Simon (1941).

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