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John Ritter

1948 - 2003

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Johnathan Southworth Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American actor. Ritter was a son of the singing cowboy star Tex Ritter and the father of actors Jason and Tyler Ritter. He is known for playing Jack Tripper on the ABC sitcom Three's Company (1977–1984), and received a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for the role in 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Ritter has received more than 18,240,229 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. John Ritter is the 28th most popular comedian, the 3,018th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,196th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, John Ritter ranks 28 out of 91Before him are Jerry Seinfeld, Henry Winkler, Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, Melissa McCarthy, and Don Rickles. After him are Zach Galifianakis, Ken Shimura, Bernie Mac, Mary Tyler Moore, Ronald Golias, and Jackie Gleason.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, John Ritter ranks 169Before him are Randy Schekman, Gregor Gysi, Terry Goodkind, Miklós Németh, Dušan Bajević, and Séverine. After him are Rhea Perlman, Jürgen Sparwasser, Ram Baran Yadav, Delio Onnis, Mate Parlov, and Gottfried Helnwein. Among people deceased in 2003, John Ritter ranks 106Before him are Jaba Ioseliani, Kató Lomb, Neil Postman, Jacques Deray, Bernard Williams, and Anita Mui. After him are Donald Davidson, Charles Berlitz, Kerim Kerimov, Gordon Mitchell, Howard Fast, and Robert Palmer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Ritter ranks 3,018 out of 18,182Before him are James F. Byrnes (1882), Eli Whitney (1765), Eric Hoffer (1898), Charles Barkley (1963), Chad Smith (1961), and Ronald Evans (1933). After him are John Basilone (1916), Patrick Henry (1736), Madeleine Astor (1893), Kate Walsh (1967), Tico Torres (1953), and Thomas A. Hendricks (1819).

Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, John Ritter ranks 25Before him are Jerry Seinfeld (1954), Henry Winkler (1945), Richard Pryor (1940), Chris Rock (1965), Melissa McCarthy (1970), and Don Rickles (1926). After him are Zach Galifianakis (1969), Bernie Mac (1957), Mary Tyler Moore (1936), Jackie Gleason (1916), Kevin Hart (1979), and Lenny Bruce (1925).

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