ACTOR

El Risitas

1956 - 2021

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Juan Joya Borja (5 April 1956 – 28 April 2021), better known by his stage name El Risitas (English: The Giggles), was a Spanish comedian and actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of El Risitas has received more than 1,721,122 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). El Risitas is the 1,617th most popular actor (up from 2,115th in 2019), the 733rd most popular biography from Spain (up from 883rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular Spanish Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, El Risitas ranks 1,617 out of 13,578Before him are Juliette Mayniel, Krister Henriksson, Maria Montez, Felicia Montealegre Bernstein, Marcel Dalio, and Laura Linney. After him are Anna May Wong, Anatoli Papanov, Allan Edwall, Linda Kozlowski, Daliah Lavi, and Paul Scofield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, El Risitas ranks 103Before him are Gianni De Biasi, Hans van Breukelen, King Diamond, Luis Guzmán, Yegor Gaidar, and William J. Burns. After him are Andoni Goikoetxea Olaskoaga, Horacio Cartes, Kazuyo Sejima, Sebastian Coe, Mari Boine, and John Lydon. Among people deceased in 2021, El Risitas ranks 155Before him are George Shultz, Kurt Westergaard, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Dilip Kumar, Nelson Freire, and Igor Oistrakh. After him are Elgin Baylor, Matthew Festing, Ed Asner, Lucía Hiriart, Dani Karavan, and Vladimir Menshov.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, El Risitas ranks 733 out of 3,355Before him are Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga (1528), Salvador de Madariaga (1886), Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria (1859), Adelardo Rodríguez (1939), Alphonsus Rodriguez (1532), and Luis Ricardo Falero (1851). After him are Qadi Iyad (1083), Alejandro Lerroux (1864), Ferrer Bassa (1285), Francisco Gabica (1937), Manuel García (1775), and Joaquín Peiró (1936).

Among ACTORS In Spain

Among actors born in Spain, El Risitas ranks 21Before him are Daniel Brühl (1978), Lina Romay (1954), Najwa Nimri (1972), Ángela Molina (1955), Itziar Ituño (1974), and Rocío Dúrcal (1944). After him are Elsa Pataky (1976), Rossy de Palma (1964), Chus Lampreave (1930), Pilar Bardem (1939), Eduardo Fajardo (1924), and Nieves Navarro (1938).

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