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Karl Valentin

1882 - 1948

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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.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.63

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Karl Valentin ranks 2,165 out of 9,996Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Karl Valentin ranks 128Before 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 85Before 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.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Valentin ranks 2,830 out of 6,142Before 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).

Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Karl Valentin ranks 64Before 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).

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