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Don Knotts

1924 - 2006

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Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his role as Deputy Sheriff Barney Fife on the 1960s sitcom The Andy Griffith Show, for which he earned five Emmy Awards.: 18  He also played Ralph Furley on the highly rated sitcom Three's Company from 1979 to 1984. He starred in multiple comedic films, including leading roles in The Incredible Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Knotts has received more than 10,299,085 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Don Knotts is the 4,308th most popular actor (down from 3,660th in 2019), the 6,475th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,764th in 2019) and the 2,012th most popular American Actor.

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  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Don Knotts ranks 4,308 out of 9,996. Before him are Elizabeth Debicki, Harry Shearer, Dean Butler, Kazuo Hasegawa, Sam Riley, and Courtney B. Vance. After him are Vesa-Matti Loiri, Al St. John, Erick Avari, Cristine Rose, Wendy Makkena, and Branko Đurić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Don Knotts ranks 303. Before him are Rossana Rossanda, David Marshall Lang, Russell M. Nelson, Valerio Bacigalupo, Antonio Creus, and Kenneth Noland. After him are Leonard Rosenman, Norbert Schemansky, Alexander Esenin-Volpin, Jean Bartik, Aron Gurevich, and Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy. Among people deceased in 2006, Don Knotts ranks 223. Before him are Suzan Kahramaner, Said Mohamed Djohar, Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Eugène Martin, Konstantin Beskov, and Ángel Suquía Goicoechea. After him are Jaroslav Pelikan, Andrey Petrov, Don Thompson, Frank Beyer, William P. Gottlieb, and Gösta Löfgren.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Knotts ranks 6,475 out of 18,182. Before him are Courtney B. Vance (1960), Malcolm Browne (1931), James Harden (1989), Horace W. Babcock (1912), Kevin McHale (1957), and Michael Stonebraker (1943). After him are José Graziano da Silva (1949), Gary Gilmore (1940), Barbara Jones (1937), Al St. John (1892), Herschell Gordon Lewis (1926), and Cristine Rose (1951).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Don Knotts ranks 2,012. Before him are Rockmond Dunbar (1974), Raymond J. Barry (1939), David A. R. White (1970), Pia Zadora (1953), Harry Shearer (1943), and Courtney B. Vance (1960). After him are Al St. John (1892), Cristine Rose (1951), Wendy Makkena (1958), Charlotte Stewart (1941), Cam Gigandet (1982), and Jamey Sheridan (1951).

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