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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 8,422,308 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 54 in 2019). Jackie Gleason is the 35th most popular comedian (down from 33rd in 2019), the 4,316th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,651st in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Jackie Gleason ranks 35 out of 98. Before him are Mary Tyler Moore, Tina Fey, Bernie Mac, Lenny Bruce, Ken Shimura, and Ronald Golias. After him are Kevin Hart, Albert Brooks, Jonathan Winters, Louis C.K., Rodney Dangerfield, and Garry Shandling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Jackie Gleason ranks 137. Before him are Gino Bianco, Benjamin Libet, Maurice Bavaud, Arno Peters, Dorothy McGuire, and Iosif Shklovsky. After him are Movita Castaneda, Rossano Brazzi, Charlie Christian, Sudirman, José López Rega, and Jurij Brězan. Among people deceased in 1987, Jackie Gleason ranks 123. Before him are Dmitry Lelyushenko, Patrick Troughton, Bernhard Grzimek, Ivo Lapenna, Vladimir Basov, and Petro Grigorenko. After him are Rashid Karami, M. G. Ramachandran, Richard Marquand, Victoria Kent, Gilberto Freyre, and Charles Malik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jackie Gleason ranks 4,316 out of 20,380. Before him are Cathy O'Donnell (1923), Paul Mazursky (1930), Lynn Cohen (1933), Andrew Cunanan (1969), Aaron Russo (1943), and Tyne Daly (1946). After him are Mildred Natwick (1905), Judy Holliday (1921), Patti LaBelle (1944), Frank Morgan (1890), Schuyler Colfax (1823), and Pitbull (1981).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Jackie Gleason ranks 30. Before him are Jerry Seinfeld (1954), Zach Galifianakis (1969), Mary Tyler Moore (1936), Tina Fey (1970), Bernie Mac (1957), and Lenny Bruce (1925). After him are Kevin Hart (1979), Albert Brooks (1947), Jonathan Winters (1925), Louis C.K. (1967), Rodney Dangerfield (1921), and Garry Shandling (1949).

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