1882 - 1948
Karl Valentin (IPA: ['falɛntiːn], born Valentin Ludwig Fey, 4 June 1882 in Munich – 9 February 1948 in Planegg) was a Bavarian comedian. He had significant influence on German Weimar culture. Valentin starred in many silent films in the 1920s, and was sometimes called the "Charlie Chaplin of Germany". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Valentin has received more than 145,985 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Karl Valentin is the 2,165th most popular actor (down from 1,909th in 2019), the 2,830th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,553rd in 2019) and the 64th most popular German Actor.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among actors, Karl Valentin ranks 2,165 out of 9,996. Before him are Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jean Peters, Nieves Navarro, Christopher Meloni, Marsha Hunt, and Marie-José Nat. After him are Franciszek Pieczka, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Carla Gugino, Kevin Sorbo, John Ireland, and Susannah York.
1977 - Present
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 2,159
1926 - 2000
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 2,160
1938 - Present
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 2,161
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 2,162
1917 - 2022
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 2,163
1940 - 2019
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 2,164
1882 - 1948
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 2,165
1928 - 2022
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,166
1977 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,167
1971 - Present
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 2,168
1958 - Present
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 2,169
1914 - 1992
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 2,170
1939 - 2011
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 2,171
Among people born in 1882, Karl Valentin ranks 128. Before him are Geraldine Farrar, Robert Hichens, Donald Crisp, Hugh Dowding, Edmund Glaise-Horstenau, and Joseph Marx. After him are Hendrik Willem van Loon, Kazimierz Bartel, Yakov Perelman, Federico Chávez, Nicolae Titulescu, and Huseyn Javid. Among people deceased in 1948, Karl Valentin ranks 85. Before him are Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni, Georgios Tsolakoglou, Harilal Gandhi, Leo White, Paul Wegener, and Rosika Schwimmer. After him are Na Hye-sok, Pavel Rybalko, Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, Eugen Slutsky, Vicente Huidobro, and Monteiro Lobato.
1882 - 1967
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 122
1882 - 1940
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 123
1882 - 1974
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 124
1882 - 1970
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 125
1882 - 1946
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 126
1882 - 1964
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 127
1882 - 1948
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 128
1882 - 1944
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 129
1882 - 1941
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 130
1882 - 1942
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 131
1882 - 1978
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 132
1882 - 1941
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 133
1882 - 1941
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 134
1907 - 1948
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 79
1886 - 1948
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 80
1888 - 1948
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 81
1882 - 1948
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 82
1874 - 1948
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 83
1877 - 1948
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 84
1882 - 1948
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 85
1896 - 1948
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 86
1894 - 1948
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 87
1897 - 1948
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 88
1880 - 1948
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 89
1893 - 1948
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 90
1882 - 1948
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 91
Among people born in Germany, Karl Valentin ranks 2,830 out of 6,142. Before him are Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671), Prince Alfons of Bavaria (1862), Robert Blum (1807), Helmut Walcha (1907), Fritz von Opel (1899), and Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1773). After him are Klaus Augenthaler (1957), Otto Hölder (1859), Conradin Kreutzer (1780), Prince Frederick of Württemberg (1808), Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1711), and Marc-André ter Stegen (1992).
1671 - 1710
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 2,824
1862 - 1933
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 2,825
1807 - 1848
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 2,826
1907 - 1991
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 2,827
1899 - 1971
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 2,828
1773 - 1839
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 2,829
1882 - 1948
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 2,830
1957 - Present
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 2,831
1859 - 1937
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,832
1780 - 1849
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,833
1808 - 1870
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,834
1711 - 1763
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,835
1992 - Present
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,836
Among actors born in Germany, Karl Valentin ranks 64. Before him are Brunhilde Pomsel (1911), Pam Ferris (1948), Loriot (1923), Rudolf Klein-Rogge (1885), Marianne Sägebrecht (1945), and Sibel Kekilli (1980). After him are Franka Potente (1974), Sonja Ziemann (1926), Anne Buydens (1919), Ralf Moeller (1959), Alfred Abel (1879), and Anita Berber (1899).
1911 - 2017
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 58
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 59
1923 - 2011
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 60
1885 - 1955
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 61
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 62
1980 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 63
1882 - 1948
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 64
1974 - Present
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 65
1926 - 2020
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 66
1919 - 2021
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 67
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 68
1879 - 1937
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 69
1899 - 1928
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 70