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Jimmy Durante

1893 - 1980

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James Francis Durante ( də-RAN-tee, Italian: [duˈrante]; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and prominent nose helped make him one of the United States' most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy Durante has received more than 3,418,383 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Jimmy Durante is the 4,148th most popular actor (down from 3,091st in 2019), the 6,252nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,954th in 2019) and the 1,946th most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jimmy Durante ranks 4,148 out of 9,996Before him are Matthew Goode, Jerry Van Dyke, Sharlto Copley, Ruth Leuwerik, Mikhail Zharov, and Mayim Bialik. After him are Matt Craven, Billy Campbell, Slavko Štimac, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Michael McElhatton, and Cara Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Jimmy Durante ranks 192Before him are Oskari Friman, Chang Taek-sang, Arthur Benjamin, Ramón Encinas, Norman Bel Geddes, and Christopher Kelk Ingold. After him are James B. Conant, Enrique Peñaranda, Robert Harron, Nurul Amin, Cornelius Lanczos, and Toti Dal Monte. Among people deceased in 1980, Jimmy Durante ranks 196Before him are Victor Sen Yung, Tim Hardin, Paavo Yrjölä, Mikhail Lavrentyev, Nikos Xilouris, and Ben Sharpsteen. After him are Toshiko Yuasa, Finn Ronne, Pedro Vallana, Heikki Liimatainen, Alberto Soria, and Humberto Tozzi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jimmy Durante ranks 6,252 out of 18,182Before him are Ben Sharpsteen (1895), Jerry Van Dyke (1931), Leo Buscaglia (1924), Stephen Sommers (1962), Memphis Slim (1915), and Mayim Bialik (1975). After him are Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859), Sandra Harding (1935), Bernie Leadon (1947), Harold Brown (1927), Seth Godin (1960), and Billy Campbell (1959).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jimmy Durante ranks 1,946Before him are Parker Posey (1968), Louise Dresser (1878), David Keith (1954), Mark Boone Junior (1955), Jerry Van Dyke (1931), and Mayim Bialik (1975). After him are Billy Campbell (1959), Cara Williams (1925), James Haven (1973), Billie Dove (1903), James Coco (1930), and Krysten Ritter (1981).

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