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Don Ameche

1908 - 1993

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Don Ameche (; born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor, comedian and vaudevillian. After playing in college shows, repertory theatre, and vaudeville, he became a major radio star in the early 1930s, which led to the offer of a movie contract from 20th Century Fox in 1935. In the 1950s he worked on Broadway and in television, and was the host of NBC's International Showtime from 1961 to 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Ameche has received more than 3,151,812 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Don Ameche is the 887th most popular actor (up from 972nd in 2019), the 1,616th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,824th in 2019) and the 431st most popular American Actor.

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  • 58.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Don Ameche ranks 887 out of 9,996. Before him are Walter Brennan, Emilio Estevez, Chris Cooper, Hildegard Knef, Anita Pallenberg, and Hilary Swank. After him are Jack Black, Norman Reedus, June Carter Cash, Rami Malek, Kirstie Alley, and Chris Pratt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Don Ameche ranks 66. Before him are Masaru Ibuka, Giovanni Leone, Virginia Cherrill, Carlos Arias Navarro, Annemarie Schwarzenbach, and Tameo Ide. After him are Leroy Anderson, Edward Dmytryk, Max Bill, Cus D'Amato, Tex Avery, and Amintore Fanfani. Among people deceased in 1993, Don Ameche ranks 47. Before him are Pat Nixon, Severo Ochoa, Dinmukhamed Kunaev, Jimmy Doolittle, Horia Sima, and River Phoenix. After him are Lucia Popp, Stewart Granger, Leonid Gaidai, Léo Ferré, Kakuei Tanaka, and Eddie Constantine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Ameche ranks 1,616 out of 18,182. Before him are Martha Nussbaum (1947), Edward Charles Pickering (1846), Thomas Schelling (1921), Albert R. Broccoli (1909), Hilary Swank (1974), and Larry Silverstein (1931). After him are Jack Black (1969), Norman Reedus (1969), June Carter Cash (1929), John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960), Robin Hobb (1952), and Hiram Bingham III (1875).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Don Ameche ranks 431. Before him are River Phoenix (1970), Chadwick Boseman (1977), Walter Brennan (1894), Emilio Estevez (1962), Chris Cooper (1951), and Hilary Swank (1974). After him are Jack Black (1969), Norman Reedus (1969), June Carter Cash (1929), Rami Malek (1981), Kirstie Alley (1951), and Chris Pratt (1979).

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