1950 - 2020
Yasunori Shimura (志村 康徳, Shimura Yasunori, February 20, 1950 – March 29, 2020), known professionally as Ken Shimura (志村 けん, Shimura Ken), was a Japanese comedian. He was born in Higashimurayama, Tokyo. He started his career as an assistant to the comedy band The Drifters, led by Chōsuke Ikariya. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Shimura has received more than 532,371 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ken Shimura is the 30th most popular comedian (up from 188th in 2019), the 746th most popular biography from Japan (down from 186th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Comedian.
Ken Shimura is most famous for his work on the manga series "Urusei Yatsura" which ran from 1978 to 1987.
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Among comedians, Ken Shimura ranks 30 out of 91. Before him are Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, Melissa McCarthy, Don Rickles, John Ritter, and Zach Galifianakis. After him are Bernie Mac, Mary Tyler Moore, Ronald Golias, Jackie Gleason, Kevin Hart, and Lenny Bruce.
1940 - 2005
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 24
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 25
1970 - Present
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 26
1926 - 2017
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 27
1948 - 2003
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 28
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 29
1950 - 2020
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 30
1957 - 2008
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 31
1936 - 2017
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 32
1929 - 2005
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 33
1916 - 1987
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 34
1979 - Present
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 35
1925 - 1966
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 36
Among people born in 1950, Ken Shimura ranks 143. Before him are Loredana Bertè, Arthur D. Levinson, Nicholas Hammond, Boris Gryzlov, Andrzej Szarmach, and Yang Jiechi. After him are Princess Elena of Romania, Bertrand Delanoë, Natsagiin Bagabandi, Krzysztof Wielicki, Mary Hopkin, and Ken Robinson. Among people deceased in 2020, Ken Shimura ranks 178. Before him are Claude Bolling, Hans Tilkowski, Gigi Proietti, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Orson Bean, and Pierre Buyoya. After him are Shere Hite, Vittorio Gregotti, Stanisław Kania, Flavio Cotti, Jack Charlton, and John Hume.
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 137
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 138
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 139
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 140
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 141
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 142
1950 - 2020
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 143
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 144
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 145
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 146
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 147
1950 - Present
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 148
1950 - 2020
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 149
1930 - 2020
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 172
1935 - 2020
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 173
1940 - 2020
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 174
1958 - 2020
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 175
1928 - 2020
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 176
1949 - 2020
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 177
1950 - 2020
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 178
1942 - 2020
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 179
1927 - 2020
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 180
1927 - 2020
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 181
1939 - 2020
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 182
1935 - 2020
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 183
1937 - 2020
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 184
Among people born in Japan, Ken Shimura ranks 746 out of 6,048. Before him are Takako Shimazu (1939), Rihei Sano (1912), Ariwara no Narihira (825), Katō Tomosaburō (1861), Matsudaira Katamori (1836), and Taisen Deshimaru (1914). After him are Kōichi Kido (1889), Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (1933), Yasutaka Tsutsui (1934), Reizo Fukuhara (1931), Yutaka Taniyama (1927), and Mamoru Hosoda (1967).
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 740
1912 - 1992
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 741
825 - 880
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 742
1861 - 1923
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 743
1836 - 1893
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 744
1914 - 1982
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 745
1950 - 2020
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 746
1889 - 1977
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 747
1933 - Present
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 748
1934 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 749
1931 - 1970
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 750
1927 - 1958
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 751
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 752
Among comedians born in Japan, Ken Shimura ranks 1.