ACTOR

Joseph Grimaldi

1778 - 1837

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Joseph Grimaldi (18 December 1778 – 31 May 1837) was an English actor, comedian and dancer, who became the most popular English entertainer of the Regency era. In the early 19th century, he expanded the role of Clown in the harlequinade that formed part of British pantomimes, notably at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the Sadler's Wells and Covent Garden theatres. He became so dominant on the London comic stage that the harlequinade role of Clown became known as "Joey", and both the nickname and Grimaldi's whiteface make-up design were, and still are, used by other types of clowns. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Grimaldi has received more than 594,253 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Grimaldi is the 4,004th most popular actor (down from 3,123rd in 2019), the 3,183rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,682nd in 2019) and the 472nd most popular British Actor.

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  • 590k

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  • 49.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joseph Grimaldi ranks 4,004 out of 13,578. Before him are BD Wong, Andrew Divoff, Ingrid Pitt, Eddie Cantor, Renée Adorée, and Gina Carano. After him are Banjō Ginga, Brigitte Horney, Monique van de Ven, Margarita Xirgu, James Marsters, and Charles Shaughnessy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Joseph Grimaldi ranks 42. Before him are William Hazlitt, Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł, Georg Anton Friedrich Ast, Mariano Moreno, and Henry, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen. After him are José de la Mar, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Francisco Manuel Blanco, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, Javier de Burgos, and Sahle Dengel. Among people deceased in 1837, Joseph Grimaldi ranks 42. Before him are John Soane, Diego Portales, Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Étienne-Gaspard Robert, Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, and Pavel Schilling. After him are Ayub Shah Durrani, Edward Donovan, Ivan Dmitriev, and Henry Thomas Colebrooke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Grimaldi ranks 3,183 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Stephens (1931), Steve Bloomer (1874), Anne Treisman (1935), Mary Toft (1703), Emily Mortimer (1971), and Joe Abercrombie (1974). After him are Mike Parkes (1931), Benjamin Glazer (1887), Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885), Robert Greene (1558), Charles Shaughnessy (1955), and John Pulman (1923).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Joseph Grimaldi ranks 472. Before him are Una Stubbs (1937), Michael Ball (1962), John Steiner (1941), Kenneth Cranham (1944), Robert Stephens (1931), and Emily Mortimer (1971). After him are Charles Shaughnessy (1955), Eddie Marsan (1968), Nicholas Hoult (1989), Rita Tushingham (1942), Sam Claflin (1986), and Roger Lloyd-Pack (1944).

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