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Joe Exotic

1963 - Today

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Joseph Allen Maldonado (né Schreibvogel; born March 5, 1963), known professionally as Joe Exotic and nicknamed "The Tiger King", is an American media personality, businessman, and convicted felon who operated the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park (also known as the G.W. Zoo, Tiger King Park and formerly the Garold Wayne Exotic Animal Memorial Park) in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, from 1999 to 2018. Born in Kansas, Exotic and his family moved to Texas, where he enrolled at Pilot Point High School. After graduation, Exotic briefly served as the chief of police in Eastvale. He then opened a pet store with his brother, but after his brother's death in 1997, Exotic sold the store and founded the G.W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joe Exotic has received more than 15,499,961 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Joe Exotic is the 157th most popular celebrity (down from 119th in 2019), the 12,827th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,539th in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Celebrity.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Joe Exotics by language

Over the past year Joe Exotic has had the most page views in the with 1,112,062 views, followed by German (52,155), and Italian (29,775). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Portuguese (894.70%), Simple English (655.52%), and Italian (261.83%)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Joe Exotic ranks 157 out of 265Before him are Dayana Mendoza, Louise Brown, Bui Simon, Omarosa Manigault Newman, Marwan al-Shehhi, and Aneta Kręglicka. After him are Maritza Rodríguez, Penelope Coelen, Xi Mingze, Domino Harvey, Karel Neffe, and Justine Pasek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Joe Exotic ranks 625Before him are Ken Flach, Gail O'Grady, Nita Ambani, Elizabeth Fraser, Greg Nicotero, and Eduardas Rozentalis. After him are Brian Boitano, Pako Ayestarán, Peter Okpaleke, Débora Bloch, Vonda Shepard, and Rudi Smidts.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Exotic ranks 12,827 out of 20,380Before him are Larry Craig (1945), Nicholas Gilman (1755), Justin Roiland (1980), Fannie Lou Hamer (1917), Mitch Albom (1958), and Colton Haynes (1988). After him are Ashley Laurence (1966), Karen Joy Fowler (1950), Samuel Goldwyn Jr. (1926), Bob Wills (1905), Frank Kameny (1925), and Brian Boitano (1963).

Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Joe Exotic ranks 54Before him are Rob Kardashian (1987), L'Wren Scott (1964), Sandy Allen (1955), Nicole Richie (1981), Carol Yager (1960), and Omarosa Manigault Newman (1974). After him are Brody Jenner (1983), Duffer brothers (1984), Brandon Teena (1972), Nicky Hilton Rothschild (1983), Bridget Marquardt (1973), and Clayton Kershaw (1988).