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Don Adams

1923 - 2005

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Donald James Yarmy (April 13, 1923 – September 25, 2005), known professionally as Don Adams, was an American actor and stand-up comedian. In his five decades on television, he was best known as bumbling Maxwell Smart (Secret Agent 86) in the television situation comedy Get Smart (1965–1970, 1995), which he also sometimes directed and wrote. Adams won three consecutive Emmy Awards for his performance in the series (1967–1969). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Adams has received more than 2,812,751 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Don Adams is the 2,453rd most popular actor (down from 2,234th in 2019), the 3,971st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,744th in 2019) and the 1,172nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Don Adams ranks 2,453 out of 9,996. Before him are Marika Green, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Sandahl Bergman, Annie Cordy, Ben Barnes, and Oliver Platt. After him are Behrouz Vossoughi, Michael Peña, Felicity Jones, Li Bingbing, Hande Erçel, and Cary Elwes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Don Adams ranks 181. Before him are Constantin Dăscălescu, Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs, Jesús Rafael Soto, D. N. Aidit, Valentin Varennikov, and Jorge María Mejía. After him are Tonino Delli Colli, Glynis Johns, Hjalmar Andersen, Sam Phillips, Nazik Al-Malaika, and Jean Delumeau. Among people deceased in 2005, Don Adams ranks 129. Before him are Michalina Wisłocka, Milorad Pavić, Jesús Rafael Soto, Piero Cappuccilli, Sergio Endrigo, and Dan O'Herlihy. After him are Tonino Delli Colli, Leo Sternbach, Ferruccio Valcareggi, Romano Scarpa, Yevgeny Grishin, and Tilly Fleischer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Adams ranks 3,971 out of 18,182. Before him are Roy Buchanan (1939), Ann Morgan Guilbert (1928), Sandahl Bergman (1951), Ralph Nader (1934), Mercedes de Acosta (1892), and Dwight L. Moody (1837). After him are Glen Cook (1944), Afrika Bambaataa (1957), Michael Peña (1976), Jeff Hanneman (1964), Robert Bly (1926), and Scott Walker (1943).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Don Adams ranks 1,172. Before him are Reginald VelJohnson (1952), Tom Atkins (1935), Lana Wood (1946), Sean Astin (1971), Ann Morgan Guilbert (1928), and Sandahl Bergman (1951). After him are Michael Peña (1976), Earl Boen (1945), Lynn Cohen (1933), Stella Stevens (1936), Jack Cassidy (1927), and Joe E. Tata (1936).

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