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John Belushi

1949 - 1982

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John Adam Belushi (; January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982) was an American comedian, actor, and musician. He was one of the seven original cast members of the NBC sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). Throughout his career, Belushi had a personal and artistic partnership with his fellow SNL star Dan Aykroyd, whom he met while they were both working at Chicago's Second City comedy club.Born in Chicago to Albanian-American parents, Belushi started his own comedy troupe with Tino Insana and Steve Beshekas, called "The West Compass Trio". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Belushi has received more than 16,569,117 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). John Belushi is the 419th most popular actor (down from 389th in 2019), the 803rd most popular biography from United States (down from 751st in 2019) and the 215th most popular American Actor.

John Belushi is most famous for being a comedian and actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 17M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 51

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Belushi ranks 419 out of 9,996. Before him are Bob Hoskins, Jean Simmons, Laurence Fishburne, Charlie Sheen, Lee Marvin, and Danny Glover. After him are Donnie Yen, Peter Stormare, Christopher Lambert, Christian Bale, Klaus Maria Brandauer, and Oona O'Neill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, John Belushi ranks 44. Before him are Don Johnson, Amin Maalouf, Philippe Petit, Jarosław Kaczyński, George Foreman, and Ottmar Hitzfeld. After him are Lionel Richie, Bill Nighy, Joachim Sauer, Tom Waits, Billy Joel, and Issei Sagawa. Among people deceased in 1982, John Belushi ranks 35. Before him are Ivan Bagramyan, Hugo Theorell, Helen of Greece and Denmark, Georges Perec, Curd Jürgens, and Cevdet Sunay. After him are Stanford Moore, Władysław Gomułka, Thelonious Monk, Jiro Horikoshi, Walther Wenck, and Lee Strasberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Belushi ranks 803 out of 18,182. Before him are Sam Peckinpah (1925), Lee Marvin (1924), Charles H. Townes (1915), Joseph Campbell (1904), Robert Solow (1924), and Danny Glover (1946). After him are Theodore Schultz (1902), Hilary Putnam (1926), Stanford Moore (1913), Ice-T (1958), Jon Bon Jovi (1962), and Louise Hay (1926).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John Belushi ranks 215. Before him are Groucho Marx (1890), Jada Pinkett Smith (1971), Laurence Fishburne (1961), Charlie Sheen (1965), Lee Marvin (1924), and Danny Glover (1946). After him are Christopher Lambert (1957), Gene Tierney (1920), Eva Marie Saint (1924), Ginger Rogers (1911), Kris Jenner (1955), and Melanie Griffith (1957).

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