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Jack Benny

1894 - 1974

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Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American entertainer who evolved from a modest success playing the violin on the vaudeville circuit to one of the leading entertainers of the twentieth century with a highly popular comedic career in radio, television, and film. He was known for his comic timing and the ability to cause laughter with a long pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated summation "Well! " His radio and television programs, popular from 1932 until his death in 1974, were a major influence on the sitcom genre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Benny has received more than 3,889,740 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Jack Benny is the 3,966th most popular actor (down from 3,546th in 2019), the 6,030th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,601st in 2019) and the 1,864th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jack Benny ranks 3,966 out of 9,996. Before him are Nina Hoss, George Bancroft, Debra Messing, CCH Pounder, Lily Pons, and Jim Cummings. After him are Yoko Shimada, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Harold Gould, Héctor Alterio, Maurizio Micheli, and Jean Poiret.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Jack Benny ranks 182. Before him are Yan Gamarnik, Raymond Schwartz, Nick Winter, Paul Hörbiger, Billy Gilbert, and John Lennard-Jones. After him are Hans Henny Jahnn, Vitaly Bianki, Estelle Taylor, Nicolas Slonimsky, Billy Bishop, and Gunnar Sköld. Among people deceased in 1974, Jack Benny ranks 157. Before him are Karl Sesta, Karl Hohmann, Elisabeth Abegg, Axel Cadier, Francis Blanche, and Kick Smit. After him are Guy Simonds, Zaharia Stancu, Ali Mansur, Else Alfelt, Arnaud Denjoy, and Ferreira de Castro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Benny ranks 6,030 out of 18,182. Before him are George Winston (1949), Jonathan Carroll (1949), Harry Cohn (1891), Oscar De La Hoya (1973), Marvin Hart (1876), and Jim Cummings (1952). After him are Jubal Early (1816), Carrie Nation (1846), Abbey Lincoln (1930), Harold Gould (1923), Rachel Jackson (1767), and Blind Willie Johnson (1897).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jack Benny ranks 1,864. Before him are Joe Lando (1961), Bob Sapp (1973), Estelle Parsons (1927), George Bancroft (1882), Debra Messing (1968), and Jim Cummings (1952). After him are Harold Gould (1923), Michael Kelly (1969), Tom Lister Jr. (1958), Bernadette Peters (1948), Ronee Blakley (1945), and Virginia Grey (1917).

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