New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

ACTOR

George Burns

1896 - 1996

Photo of George Burns

Icon of person George Burns

George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum; January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996) was an American comedian, actor, writer, and singer, and one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film and television. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks for over three-quarters of a century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Burns has received more than 5,066,341 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). George Burns is the 3,599th most popular actor (down from 3,123rd in 2019), the 5,505th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,006th in 2019) and the 1,692nd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George Burns by language


Among ACTORS

Among actors, George Burns ranks 3,599 out of 9,996Before him are David Spade, Tara Reid, Frankie Faison, Ann Sheridan, Dora Gerson, and Lisa Lu. After him are Aleksandr Abdulov, David Margulies, Michael Dorn, Emmy Rossum, Daniel Wu, and Sean Patrick Flanery.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, George Burns ranks 159Before him are Robert Gerhard, Adhemar Pimenta, Philip Showalter Hench, Ulises Saucedo, Ethel Waters, and Gerardo Diego. After him are Barbara La Marr, Yu Dafu, Lilia Skala, Steponas Darius, William Gopallawa, and Ivan Merz. Among people deceased in 1996, George Burns ranks 173Before him are Juan Hohberg, Gottfried von Einem, Vagn Holmboe, Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani, Reinhard Libuda, and Joseph Asajiro Satowaki. After him are Pilar Lorengar, Ennio de Giorgi, Lydia Chukovskaya, Heriberto Herrera, Hrant Shahinyan, and Gyula Kállai.

Others Born in 1896

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1996

Go to all Rankings

In United States

Among people born in United States, George Burns ranks 5,505 out of 18,182Before him are Francis Hunter (1894), Mary McCarthy (1912), David Spade (1964), Tara Reid (1975), Frankie Faison (1949), and Ann Sheridan (1915). After him are Nas (1973), David Margulies (1937), Michael Dorn (1952), Arthur Laffer (1940), Emmy Rossum (1986), and George Sidney (1916).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, George Burns ranks 1,692Before him are Pruitt Taylor Vince (1960), Judith Light (1949), David Spade (1964), Tara Reid (1975), Frankie Faison (1949), and Ann Sheridan (1915). After him are David Margulies (1937), Michael Dorn (1952), Emmy Rossum (1986), Daniel Wu (1974), Sean Patrick Flanery (1965), and Richard Hatch (1945).

Television and Movie Roles