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Desi Arnaz

1917 - 1986

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Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III (March 2, 1917 – December 2, 1986), known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer, and bandleader. He played Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, in which he co-starred with his wife Lucille Ball. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Desi Arnaz has received more than 14,498,103 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Desi Arnaz is the 3,960th most popular actor (down from 2,022nd in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Cuba (down from 57th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Cuban Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Desi Arnaz ranks 3,960 out of 13,578. Before him are Kathy Najimy, Marie-Anne Chazel, Penn Badgley, Una Stubbs, Ed Helms, and Kate del Castillo. After him are Kristin Kreuk, Lizabeth Scott, Michael Ball, Chloë Sevigny, Robert Pine, and Tom Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Desi Arnaz ranks 221. Before him are Ernesto Alonso, Miroslav Brozović, Laurindo Almeida, Joshua Nkomo, Marion Donovan, and Fritz Honegger. After him are Babiker Awadalla, José Perácio, Li Rui, Bagrat Shinkuba, Yahya Petra of Kelantan, and Ossie Davis. Among people deceased in 1986, Desi Arnaz ranks 177. Before him are Marcel Arland, Heinz Strehl, Jagjivan Ram, Ronald McNair, Pasquale Festa Campanile, and Jaroslav Burgr. After him are Oldřich Lipský, John Kuck, Alicia Moreau de Justo, Michal Vičan, Guillermo Eizaguirre, and Floyd Gottfredson.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Desi Arnaz ranks 101 out of 300. Before him are Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (1928), Calixto García (1839), Aleida Guevara (1960), Mariela Castro (1962), Federico Laredo Brú (1875), and Carlos Prío Socarrás (1903). After him are Paquito D'Rivera (1948), Mireya Luis (1967), Héctor Socorro (1912), Iván Pedroso (1972), Michael Aris (1946), and Juan García Rodríguez (1948).

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Among ACTORS In Cuba

Among actors born in Cuba, Desi Arnaz ranks 9. Before him are Ana de Armas (1988), Steven Bauer (1956), María Conchita Alonso (1957), Chelo Alonso (1933), Ninón Sevilla (1929), and William Levy (1980). After him are César Évora (1959), Mario Cimarro (1971), Tony Plana (1952), Millard Mitchell (1903), Oscar Nunez (1958), and Danay García (1984).

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