1951 - 2009
Laurence Kim Peek (November 11, 1951 – December 19, 2009) was an American savant. Known as a "megasavant", he had an exceptional memory, but he also experienced social difficulties, possibly resulting from a developmental disability related to congenital brain abnormalities. He was the inspiration for the character Raymond Babbitt in the 1988 movie Rain Man. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kim Peek has received more than 3,188,714 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Kim Peek is the 44th most popular celebrity (down from 38th in 2019), the 1,771st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,659th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Celebrity.
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Among celebrities, Kim Peek ranks 44 out of 181. Before him are Keke Geladze, Armi Kuusela, Fritz Pfeffer, Anna Nicole Smith, Jean-Marie Loret, and Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione. After him are Emilie Louise Flöge, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Elizabeth Stride, María Capovilla, Alice Keppel, and Dan Inosanto.
1858 - 1937
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 38
1934 - Present
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 39
1889 - 1944
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 40
1967 - 2007
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 41
1918 - 1985
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 42
1837 - 1899
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 43
1951 - 2009
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 44
1874 - 1952
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 45
1939 - 2015
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 46
1843 - 1888
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 47
1889 - 2006
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 48
1868 - 1947
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 49
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 50
Among people born in 1951, Kim Peek ranks 56. Before him are Johnny Rep, Lou Ferrigno, Chris Cooper, Nicu Ceaușescu, Kirstie Alley, and Arturo Pérez-Reverte. After him are Don Rosa, Olivia Hussey, Glenn Hughes, Roberto Durán, Sergei Skripal, and Gustavo Santaolalla. Among people deceased in 2009, Kim Peek ranks 52. Before him are Albert Barillé, Amin al-Hafiz, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Ernst Barkmann, Edward T. Hall, and Hussein-Ali Montazeri. After him are Clive Granger, Sverre Fehn, Marek Edelman, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, J. G. Ballard, and Philip José Farmer.
1951 - Present
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 50
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 51
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 52
1951 - 1996
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 53
1951 - 2022
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 54
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 55
1951 - 2009
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 56
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 57
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 58
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 59
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 60
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 61
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 62
1920 - 2009
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 46
1921 - 2009
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 47
1954 - 2009
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 48
1919 - 2009
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 49
1914 - 2009
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 50
1922 - 2009
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 51
1951 - 2009
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 52
1934 - 2009
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 53
1924 - 2009
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 54
1922 - 2009
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 55
1928 - 2009
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 56
1930 - 2009
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 57
1918 - 2009
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 58
Among people born in United States, Kim Peek ranks 1,771 out of 18,182. Before him are Loretta Young (1913), Moby (1965), Cab Calloway (1907), Aaron Eckhart (1968), Edward T. Hall (1914), and Leon M. Lederman (1922). After him are Axl Rose (1962), Steven Chu (1948), Johnny Ramone (1948), Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954), Michael Massee (1952), and Owen Wilson (1968).
1913 - 2000
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 1,765
1965 - Present
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 1,766
1907 - 1994
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 1,767
1968 - Present
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 1,768
1914 - 2009
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 1,769
1922 - 2018
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 1,770
1951 - 2009
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 1,771
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 1,772
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 1,773
1948 - 2004
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 1,774
1954 - 1990
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 1,775
1952 - 2016
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 1,776
1968 - Present
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 1,777
Among celebrities born in United States, Kim Peek ranks 18. Before him are Don King (1931), Rodney King (1965), Kim Kardashian (1980), Rosemary Kennedy (1918), Edie Sedgwick (1943), and Anna Nicole Smith (1967). After him are Dan Inosanto (1936), Florence Owens Thompson (1903), Annie Oakley (1860), Barbara Hutton (1912), Lizzie Borden (1860), and Paris Hilton (1981).
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 12
1965 - 2012
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 13
1980 - Present
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 14
1918 - 2005
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 15
1943 - 1971
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 16
1967 - 2007
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 17
1951 - 2009
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 18
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 19
1903 - 1983
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 20
1860 - 1926
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 21
1912 - 1979
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 22
1860 - 1927
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 23
1981 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 24