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Ellen DeGeneres

1958 - Today

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Ellen Lee DeGeneres ( də-JEN-ər-əs; born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, television host, actress, and writer. She starred in the sitcom Ellen from 1994 to 1998, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for "The Puppy Episode". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ellen DeGeneres has received more than 29,705,219 page views. Her biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Ellen DeGeneres is the 7th most popular comedian, the 1,052nd most popular biography from United States (down from 944th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Comedian.

Ellen Degeneres is most famous for being a comedian, actress, television host, and producer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 30M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 73

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Ellen DeGeneres ranks 7 out of 91. Before her are Robin Williams, Eddie Murphy, Bill Cosby, Adam Sandler, Steve Martin, and Whoopi Goldberg. After her are Dick Van Dyke, Chevy Chase, Lucille Ball, George Carlin, Bob Saget, and Bob Newhart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Ellen DeGeneres ranks 30. Before her are Jamal Khashoggi, Kevin Bacon, Bruce Dickinson, Wong Kar-wai, Éric Zemmour, and Janez Janša. After her are Ralf Rangnick, Chris Columbus, Annette Bening, Andre Geim, Andie MacDowell, and Hugo Sánchez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ellen DeGeneres ranks 1,052 out of 18,182. Before her are Anjelica Huston (1951), Elisha Otis (1811), Michelle Obama (1964), Jerome Karle (1918), Harvey Milk (1930), and Burt Young (1940). After her are John Updike (1932), Diane Arbus (1923), Dennis Rodman (1961), Powers Boothe (1948), John Grisham (1955), and Daniel Goleman (1946).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Ellen DeGeneres ranks 7. Before her are Robin Williams (1951), Eddie Murphy (1961), Bill Cosby (1937), Adam Sandler (1966), Steve Martin (1945), and Whoopi Goldberg (1955). After her are Dick Van Dyke (1925), Chevy Chase (1943), Lucille Ball (1911), George Carlin (1937), Bob Saget (1956), and Bob Newhart (1929).

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