1896 - 1996
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.
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Among actors, George Burns ranks 3,599 out of 9,996. Before 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.
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 3,593
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 3,594
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 3,595
1915 - 1967
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 3,596
1899 - 1943
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 3,597
1927 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 3,598
1896 - 1996
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 3,599
1953 - 2008
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 3,600
1937 - 2016
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 3,601
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 3,602
1986 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 3,603
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 3,604
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 3,605
Among people born in 1896, George Burns ranks 159. Before 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 173. Before 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.
1896 - 1970
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 153
1896 - 1970
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 154
1896 - 1965
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 155
1896 - 1963
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 156
1896 - 1977
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 157
1896 - 1987
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 158
1896 - 1996
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 159
1896 - 1926
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 160
1896 - 1945
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 161
1896 - 1994
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 162
1896 - 1933
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 163
1896 - 1981
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 164
1896 - 1928
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 165
1926 - 1996
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 167
1918 - 1996
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 168
1909 - 1996
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 169
1927 - 1996
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 170
1943 - 1996
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 171
1904 - 1996
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 172
1896 - 1996
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 173
1928 - 1996
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 174
1928 - 1996
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 175
1907 - 1996
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 176
1926 - 1996
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 177
1923 - 1996
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 178
1910 - 1996
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 179
Among people born in United States, George Burns ranks 5,505 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1894 - 1981
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 5,499
1912 - 1989
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 5,500
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 5,501
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 5,502
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 5,503
1915 - 1967
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 5,504
1896 - 1996
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 5,505
1973 - Present
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 5,506
1937 - 2016
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 5,507
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 5,508
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 5,509
1986 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 5,510
1916 - 2002
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 5,511
Among actors born in United States, George Burns ranks 1,692. Before 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).
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 1,686
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 1,687
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 1,688
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 1,689
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 1,690
1915 - 1967
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 1,691
1896 - 1996
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 1,692
1937 - 2016
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 1,693
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 1,694
1986 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 1,695
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 1,696
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 1,697
1945 - 2017
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 1,698