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Jackie Gleason

1916 - 1987

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John Herbert Gleason (February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987), known as Jackie Gleason, was an American actor, comedian, writer, and composer also known as "The Great One". He developed a style and characters from growing up in Brooklyn, New York, and was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy, exemplified by his city bus driver character Ralph Kramden in the television series The Honeymooners. He also developed The Jackie Gleason Show, which maintained high ratings from the mid-1950s through 1970. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jackie Gleason has received more than 7,939,909 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 55 in 2019). Jackie Gleason is the 34th most popular comedian (down from 29th in 2019), the 3,661st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,331st in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Jackie Gleason ranks 34 out of 91. Before him are John Ritter, Zach Galifianakis, Ken Shimura, Bernie Mac, Mary Tyler Moore, and Ronald Golias. After him are Kevin Hart, Lenny Bruce, Louis C.K., Eddie Izzard, Norm Macdonald, and Jonathan Winters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Jackie Gleason ranks 122. Before him are Harold Robbins, Sangoulé Lamizana, Ruth Handler, Ramón José Velásquez, Morris West, and Halil İnalcık. After him are Iosif Shklovsky, Ingrid Vang Nyman, Charlie Christian, David White, Jurij Brězan, and Erik Nilsson. Among people deceased in 1987, Jackie Gleason ranks 109. Before him are Georges Franju, Edgar P. Jacobs, James Tiptree Jr., Alessandro Blasetti, R. Budd Dwyer, and Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean. After him are Adile Naşit, Bernhard Grzimek, Norman McLaren, Kishore Kumar, James Jesus Angleton, and Johan Otto von Spreckelsen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jackie Gleason ranks 3,661 out of 18,182. Before him are Evelyn Nesbit (1884), Chrissie Hynde (1951), Fulton J. Sheen (1895), Tuesday Weld (1943), James Rebhorn (1948), and Ron Silver (1946). After him are Rufus Wainwright (1973), M. Emmet Walsh (1935), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), Elmore James (1918), Hubert Selby Jr. (1928), and Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Jackie Gleason ranks 29. Before him are Melissa McCarthy (1970), Don Rickles (1926), John Ritter (1948), Zach Galifianakis (1969), Bernie Mac (1957), and Mary Tyler Moore (1936). After him are Kevin Hart (1979), Lenny Bruce (1925), Louis C.K. (1967), Jonathan Winters (1925), Garry Shandling (1949), and Denis Leary (1957).

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