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Harpo Marx

1888 - 1964

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Arthur "Harpo" Marx (born Adolph Marx; November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, mime artist, and harpist, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers. In contrast to the mainly verbal comedy of his brothers Groucho and Chico, Harpo's comic style was visual, being an example of vaudeville, clown and pantomime traditions. He wore a curly reddish blond wig and was silent in all his movie appearances, instead blowing a horn or whistling to communicate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harpo Marx has received more than 3,083,975 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Harpo Marx is the 18th most popular comedian (up from 24th in 2019), the 2,079th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,740th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Comedian.

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  • 56.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Harpo Marx ranks 18 out of 91. Before him are Bob Saget, Bob Newhart, Bob Hope, Ricky Gervais, Simon Pegg, and Joan Rivers. After him are Larry David, Bob Odenkirk, Andy Kaufman, Jerry Seinfeld, Henry Winkler, and Richard Pryor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Harpo Marx ranks 69. Before him are Hans Knappertsbusch, Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark, Tôn Đức Thắng, Werner Jaeger, Valerian Kuybyshev, and Jan Syrový. After him are Louis Durey, Franz Pfeffer von Salomon, Vicki Baum, Wellington Koo, Henry A. Wallace, and Prince Axel of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1964, Harpo Marx ranks 45. Before him are Mikhail Larionov, J. B. S. Haldane, August Sander, Werner Kempf, Sergey Biryuzov, and Hinrich Lohse. After him are Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, Pedro Petrone, Halide Edib Adıvar, Tatyana Afanasyeva, Vladko Maček, and Anna Vyrubova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harpo Marx ranks 2,079 out of 18,182. Before him are Leland Stanford (1824), Perry Como (1912), Tommie Smith (1944), Teri Hatcher (1964), Candice Bergen (1946), and Tanya Roberts (1955). After him are John Derek (1926), Lewis Hine (1874), William Halsey Jr. (1882), Agnes Smedley (1892), Curtis LeMay (1906), and Mary McDonnell (1952).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Harpo Marx ranks 15. Before him are Chevy Chase (1943), Lucille Ball (1911), George Carlin (1937), Bob Saget (1956), Bob Newhart (1929), and Joan Rivers (1933). After him are Larry David (1947), Bob Odenkirk (1962), Andy Kaufman (1949), Jerry Seinfeld (1954), Henry Winkler (1945), and Richard Pryor (1940).

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