ACTOR

George Burns

1896 - 1996

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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 5,396,182 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). George Burns is the 3,353rd most popular actor (up from 3,594th in 2019), the 5,028th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,493rd in 2019) and the 1,504th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, George Burns ranks 3,353 out of 13,578. Before him are Mary Ure, Yvette Mimieux, James Coco, Daniel Baldwin, Yevgeny Morgunov, and Caroline Goodall. After him are Rhonda Fleming, Werner Klemperer, Ty Burrell, Coline Serreau, Gale Sondergaard, and Lawrence Tierney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, George Burns ranks 158. Before him are Firaq Gorakhpuri, William Cameron Menzies, Xue Yue, Philippe Étancelin, Vilho Niittymaa, and Nadejda Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven. After him are Robert E. Sherwood, Friedrich Waismann, Ulises Saucedo, Joan Lindsay, Sao Shwe Thaik, and Lilia Skala. Among people deceased in 1996, George Burns ranks 174. Before him are Aliki Vougiouklaki, Dorothy Lamour, Akram al-Hawrani, Joanne Dru, Laurens van der Post, and Gottfried von Einem. After him are Kenneth Bainbridge, Rob Hall, George Kojac, Veronica Guerin, Eno Raud, and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Burns ranks 5,028 out of 20,380. Before him are Francis Davis Millet (1848), Adlai Stevenson II (1900), Myrtle Bachelder (1908), Mark Milley (1958), George Sidney (1916), and Joan Osborne (1962). After him are Mary Agnes Chase (1869), Rhonda Fleming (1923), Ty Burrell (1967), Safdie brothers (null), Gale Sondergaard (1899), and Mary Kenneth Keller (1913).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, George Burns ranks 1,504. Before him are Michael C. Hall (1971), William Smith (1933), Bradley Whitford (1959), Yvette Mimieux (1942), James Coco (1930), and Daniel Baldwin (1960). After him are Rhonda Fleming (1923), Ty Burrell (1967), Gale Sondergaard (1899), Lawrence Tierney (1919), Kathryn Adams (1893), and Peter Sarsgaard (1971).

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