COMEDIAN

Dick Van Dyke

1925 - Today

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Richard Wayne Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor and comedian. His career has spanned over seven decades in film, television, and stage. Van Dyke is the recipient of a Golden Globe, Tony, Grammy, a Daytime Emmy, and four Primetime Emmys. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick Van Dyke has received more than 29,570,583 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Dick Van Dyke is the 9th most popular comedian (down from 8th in 2019), the 1,232nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,083rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Comedian.

Dick Van Dyke is most famous for his role as the chimney sweep Bert in the 1964 Disney film "Mary Poppins."

Memorability Metrics

  • 30M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dick Van Dykes by language

Over the past year Dick Van Dyke has had the most page views in the with 4,139,368 views, followed by German (232,727), and Italian (206,659). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (1,165.12%), Georgian (254.89%), and Chinese (142.64%)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Dick Van Dyke ranks 9 out of 98. Before him are Eddie Murphy, Whoopi Goldberg, Bill Cosby, Steve Martin, Ellen DeGeneres, and George Carlin. After him are Chevy Chase, Ricky Gervais, Simon Pegg, Bob Hope, Bob Newhart, and Joan Rivers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Dick Van Dyke ranks 74. Before him are Michele Ferrero, William Styron, Moshe Arens, Leo Esaki, Veljko Kadijević, and Robert Rauschenberg. After him are Oscar Peterson, Ernest Gellner, Hilda Gadea, Charles Chaplin Jr., Claude Lanzmann, and Michel de Certeau.

Others Born in 1925

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dick Van Dyke ranks 1,232 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Rauschenberg (1925), Scarlett Johansson (1984), Tyrone Power (1914), Robert Noyce (1927), Edna Purviance (1895), and Blake Edwards (1922). After him are Robert Reich (1946), Martha Washington (1731), E. O. Wilson (1929), Zelda Fitzgerald (1900), Lady Gaga (1986), and Robert Lucas Jr. (1937).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Dick Van Dyke ranks 9. Before him are Eddie Murphy (1961), Whoopi Goldberg (1955), Bill Cosby (1937), Steve Martin (1945), Ellen DeGeneres (1958), and George Carlin (1937). After him are Chevy Chase (1943), Bob Newhart (1929), Joan Rivers (1933), Andy Kaufman (1949), Lucille Ball (1911), and Bob Saget (1956).

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