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Fred Karno

1866 - 1941

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Frederick John Westcott (26 March 1865 – 17 September 1941), best known by his stage name Fred Karno, was an English theatre impresario of the British music hall. As a comedian of slapstick he is credited with popularising the custard-pie-in-the-face gag. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fred Karno has received more than 392,170 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Fred Karno is the 501st most popular businessperson (down from 406th in 2019), the 3,837th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,367th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Businessperson.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Fred Karno ranks 501 out of 601. Before him are Ernest Oppenheimer, William McGregor, Adam Silver, Clyde Cessna, Marc Faber, and Earl Tupper. After him are David Richards, Robert Ripley, Alexei Mordashov, Amy Pascal, Susan Kare, and George Steinbrenner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Fred Karno ranks 122. Before him are Lola Mora, Antonios Pepanos, Ragnar Östberg, Lena Rice, José María Caro Rodríguez, and Gilbert Bougnol. After him are Mahboob Ali Khan, Cornelia Sorabji, Georges de la Falaise, Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, Hiram Johnson, and James Ewing. Among people deceased in 1941, Fred Karno ranks 150. Before him are Jakob Emanuel Lange, Afife Jale, Miina Härma, John Stanley Plaskett, José Leite de Vasconcelos, and Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason. After him are Simon Guggenheim, Yelizaveta Chaikina, Eduardo Schaerer, DeLisle Stewart, Karel Kašpar, and Verner Järvinen.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Fred Karno ranks 3,837 out of 7,765. Before him are Frederick Keeping (1867), Harold Mahony (1867), Rick Allen (1963), Sarah Douglas (1952), Andy Bell (1964), and Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet (1783). After him are David Richards (1952), John Pritchard (1921), Alister McGrath (1953), Eric Stewart (1945), John Aitken (1839), and Prunella Scales (1932).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Fred Karno ranks 32. Before him are John Houlding (1833), Neil Aspinall (1941), Andrew Planche (1727), Isabella Beeton (1836), Anita Roddick (1942), and William McGregor (1846). After him are David Richards (1952), Christopher O'Neill (1974), Benjamin Vulliamy (1747), Allan Williams (1930), Steve Jackson (1951), and Martin Whitmarsh (1958).

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