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Helge Schneider

1955 - Today

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Helge Schneider (born 30 August 1955 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a German entertainer, comedian, musician, composer, author, film and theatre director, actor, and screenwriter. He frequently appears on German television and is probably best known for his novelty song Katzeklo (Kitty Litter Box): “Katzeklo, Katzeklo, ja das macht die Katze froh” (“Kitty litter tray, kitty litter tray, that’s what makes the kitty gay [happy]”), which spent 17 weeks on the German music charts in 1994, peaking at number 13. Despite his success with comedy music, Schneider is also a recognised jazz musician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helge Schneider has received more than 160,803 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Helge Schneider is the 5,672nd most popular actor (up from 6,296th in 2019), the 5,026th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,697th in 2019) and the 202nd most popular German Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Helge Schneider ranks 5,672 out of 13,578. Before him are Roy Kinnear, Millard Mitchell, Michelle Trachtenberg, Clive Swift, Kal Penn, and John Loder. After him are Ricky Schroder, Brandon deWilde, Elisabeth Sladen, Geoffrey Holder, Timothy Bottoms, and Claudia Kim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Helge Schneider ranks 375. Before him are Bill Nye, Jake Roberts, Zlatko Lagumdžija, Vijay Mallya, Sam Simon, and Andy Bechtolsheim. After him are Julie Hagerty, Fang Fang, Yōjirō Takita, Apisai Ielemia, King Kong Bundy, and Glynis Barber.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Helge Schneider ranks 5,026 out of 7,253. Before him are Matthias Heidemann (1912), W. Michael Blumenthal (1926), Paul Zielinski (1911), Bernd Storck (1963), Frank Ordenewitz (1965), and Ferdinand von Schirach (1964). After him are Georg Hilmar (1876), Jürgen Trittin (1954), Princess Marie of Baden (1834), Björn Engholm (1939), Kerstin Gier (1966), and Nadja Auermann (1971).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Helge Schneider ranks 202. Before him are Martin Wuttke (1962), Carl Raddatz (1912), Walter Janssen (1887), Eva Mattes (1954), Katrin Sass (1956), and Michaela Schaffrath (1970). After him are Liesl Karlstadt (1892), Carina Wiese (1968), Lars Eidinger (1976), Heino Ferch (1963), Bernhard Minetti (1905), and Gustav von Seyffertitz (1862).

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