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Eric Idle

1943 - Today

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Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English actor, comedian, songwriter, musician, screenwriter and playwright. He was a member of the British comedy group Monty Python and the parody rock band the Rutles. Idle studied English at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and joined Cambridge University Footlights. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eric Idle has received more than 6,059,618 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Eric Idle is the 843rd most popular actor (down from 827th in 2019), the 959th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 978th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Eric Idle ranks 843 out of 13,578. Before him are Cüneyt Arkın, Til Schweiger, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Brolin, David Kelly, and Yvette Guilbert. After him are Terry Jones, Viola Davis, Lionel Stander, Grace Zabriskie, Natasha Richardson, and Matthew Broderick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Eric Idle ranks 106. Before him are Jacques Laffite, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, Ulay, Mustafa Dzhemilev, Thomas J. Sargent, and Finn E. Kydland. After him are Otoya Yamaguchi, Vint Cerf, Holland Taylor, Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh, Chevy Chase, and Chris Amon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eric Idle ranks 959 out of 8,785. Before him are Lobsang Rampa (1910), Hans Sloane (1660), William Hyde Wollaston (1766), Lady Sarah Chatto (1964), Isabella of England (1214), and Thomas Graham (1805). After him are Albert Pierrepoint (1905), Shane MacGowan (1957), Terry Jones (1942), Alan Moore (1953), Joseph Chamberlain (1836), and Natasha Richardson (1963).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Eric Idle ranks 122. Before him are Pat Hitchcock (1928), Terence Stamp (1938), Orlando Bloom (1977), Kristin Scott Thomas (1960), Stewart Granger (1913), and Charlotte Gainsbourg (1971). After him are Terry Jones (1942), Natasha Richardson (1963), Denholm Elliott (1922), Marty Feldman (1934), Mark Strong (1963), and Ewan McGregor (1971).

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