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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 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 13,784,258 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Desi Arnaz is the 2,024th most popular actor (up from 4,082nd in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 102nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Cuban Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Desi Arnaz ranks 2,024 out of 9,996. Before him are Philip Michael Thomas, Jeff Chandler, Walter Koenig, Leo White, Remo Girone, and Jean Hagen. After him are George Hilton, Pran, Marton Csokas, Sonny Landham, Jeanne Tripplehorn, and Kate Hudson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Desi Arnaz ranks 143. Before him are Robert Conquest, Isang Yun, Sameera Moussa, Mongo Santamaría, Fulbert Youlou, and Shams Pahlavi. After him are Georgy Vitsin, Marsha Hunt, Armando Trovajoli, Philipp von Boeselager, Vasiľ Biľak, and Adam Malik. Among people deceased in 1986, Desi Arnaz ranks 107. Before him are Phil Lynott, Dick Scobee, Raúl Prebisch, Elisabeth Bergner, Artur London, and Liu Bocheng. After him are John Bagot Glubb, Gregory Jarvis, Géza von Radványi, Harold Arlen, Oscar Zariski, and Mika Antić.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Desi Arnaz ranks 57 out of 248. Before him are Arnaldo Ochoa (1930), Dámaso Berenguer (1873), Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929), Mongo Santamaría (1917), Silvio Rodríguez (1946), and Carlos Finlay (1833). After him are Alberto Bayo (1892), Félix Rodríguez (1941), Rita Marley (1946), Ramón Fonst (1883), Orlando Martínez (1944), and Jorge Bolet (1914).

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Among ACTORS In Cuba

Among actors born in Cuba, Desi Arnaz ranks 5. Before him are Andy García (1956), Tomas Milian (1933), Ana de Armas (1988), and Steven Bauer (1956). After him are María Conchita Alonso (1957), Chelo Alonso (1933), William Levy (1980), Ninón Sevilla (1929), Tony Plana (1952), César Évora (1959), and Mario Cimarro (1971).

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