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Janeane Garofalo

1964 - Today

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Janeane Garofalo ( jə-NEEN gə-ROF-ə-loh, born September 28, 1964) is an American comedian, actress, and former co-host on Air America Radio's The Majority Report. Garofalo began her career as a stand-up comedian and became a cast member on The Ben Stiller Show, The Larry Sanders Show, and Saturday Night Live, then appeared in more than 50 movies, with leading or major roles in The Truth About Cats and Dogs, Wet Hot American Summer, The Matchmaker, Reality Bites, The Wild, Steal This Movie!, Clay Pigeons, Sweethearts, Mystery Men, The Minus Man, and The Independent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janeane Garofalo has received more than 7,045,624 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Janeane Garofalo is the 73rd most popular comedian (down from 62nd in 2019), the 10,574th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,634th in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Comedian.

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  • 7.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Janeane Garofalo ranks 73 out of 91Before her are Wanda Sykes, Mindy Kaling, Sinbad, Jemaine Clement, Fred Armisen, and Stephen Merchant. After her are Bill Burr, Nick Swardson, Andrew Dice Clay, Tim Meadows, Kristen Schaal, and Dolphy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Janeane Garofalo ranks 439Before her are Jan Josef Liefers, Christa Miller, Amit Shah, Jan Kounen, Ed Boon, and Fareed Zakaria. After her are Henry Maske, Simon Singh, Dot Jones, Sylvie Goulard, Herbert Fandel, and Timothy Harris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Janeane Garofalo ranks 10,574 out of 18,182Before her are Christopher Gorham (1974), Madison Beer (1999), Preston Foster (1900), Randall Park (1974), Scoot McNairy (1977), and Paul Manafort (1949). After her are George Simpson (1908), Benji Gregory (1978), Cheryl Hines (1965), Don L. Lind (1930), Alice Catherine Evans (1881), and Gina Rodriguez (1984).

Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Janeane Garofalo ranks 61Before her are Jeff Dunham (1962), Amy Schumer (1981), Wanda Sykes (1964), Mindy Kaling (1979), Sinbad (1956), and Fred Armisen (1966). After her are Nick Swardson (1976), Andrew Dice Clay (1957), Tim Meadows (1961), Kristen Schaal (1978), Margaret Cho (1968), and Joy Behar (1942).

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