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Jerry Lewis

1926 - 2017

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Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch; March 16, 1926 – August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. Famously nicknamed as "The King of Comedy", he is highly regarded as one of the greatest comedians of the 20th century. His fame rose to prominence together with singer Dean Martin, billed as Martin and Lewis, in 1946 and for ten years, the two did a series of sixteen buddy-comedy films, along with their televised run on The Colgate Comedy Hour, live stage performances, guest spots on other shows and a radio series. After the team's split in 1956, Lewis became a highly popular solo movie star in twenty-nine motion pictures from 1957 to 1972, including his well-known hits The Bellboy (1960) and The Nutty Professor (1963). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry Lewis has received more than 14,761,020 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Jerry Lewis is the 194th most popular actor (up from 301st in 2019), the 367th most popular biography from United States (up from 546th in 2019) and the 94th most popular American Actor.

Jerry Lewis is a comedian, actor, singer, author, and film producer. He is best known for his comedy partnership with Dean Martin.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 77

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jerry Lewis ranks 194 out of 13,578. Before him are Willem Dafoe, Anouk Aimée, Isabelle Huppert, Christopher Lloyd, Romina Power, and Monica Vitti. After him are Harvey Keitel, Geoffrey Rush, Paulette Goddard, Christopher Plummer, Timothy Dalton, and Jeanne Moreau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Jerry Lewis ranks 18. Before him are Svetlana Alliluyeva, René Goscinny, Klaus Kinski, Sathya Sai Baba, Chuck Berry, and Miles Davis. After him are Ben Roy Mottelson, Nuon Chea, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Hugh Hefner, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. Among people deceased in 2017, Jerry Lewis ranks 16. Before him are David Rockefeller, Jalal Talabani, Raymond Kopa, Chuck Berry, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and Liliane Bettencourt. After him are Jeanne Moreau, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Mireille Darc, John Hurt, Hugh Hefner, and Manuel Noriega.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Lewis ranks 367 out of 20,380. Before him are Anna Nicole Smith (1967), Mike Tyson (1966), Romina Power (1951), Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959), Jennifer Lopez (1969), and Joseph Stiglitz (1943). After him are Jefferson Davis (1808), Harry Nilsson (1941), Harvey Keitel (1939), Willis Lamb (1913), Owen Chamberlain (1920), and Robert Peary (1856).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jerry Lewis ranks 94. Before him are Jack Lemmon (1925), Spencer Tracy (1900), Nicole Kidman (1967), Willem Dafoe (1955), Christopher Lloyd (1938), and Romina Power (1951). After him are Harvey Keitel (1939), Paulette Goddard (1910), Michael Clarke Duncan (1957), Rock Hudson (1925), Mickey Rourke (1952), and Ryan O'Neal (1941).

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