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Lenny Bruce

1925 - 1966

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Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist. He was renowned for his open, free-wheeling, and critical style of comedy which contained satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon in 2003.Bruce paved the way for counterculture-era comedians. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lenny Bruce has received more than 10,889,354 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Lenny Bruce is the 32nd most popular comedian (up from 35th in 2019), the 3,892nd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,006th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Lenny Bruces by language

Over the past year Lenny Bruce has had the most page views in the with 1,336,597 views, followed by Italian (38,869), and Spanish (35,598). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (64.82%), Hungarian (47.71%), and Russian (47.65%)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Lenny Bruce ranks 32 out of 98. Before him are Don Rickles, Jerry Seinfeld, Zach Galifianakis, Mary Tyler Moore, Tina Fey, and Bernie Mac. After him are Ken Shimura, Ronald Golias, Jackie Gleason, Kevin Hart, Albert Brooks, and Jonathan Winters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Lenny Bruce ranks 197. Before him are Roy Medvedev, Ernst Stojaspal, Željko Čajkovski, Thor Vilhjálmsson, Bernard Morel, and Jimmy Smith. After him are Andrei Sinyavsky, Scott Carpenter, Edward Gorey, Michael Halliday, Paul Wild, and Maureen Stapleton. Among people deceased in 1966, Lenny Bruce ranks 107. Before him are Fritz Bleyl, Sutan Sjahrir, J. F. C. Fuller, Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Felix von Luckner, and Gaspar Cassadó. After him are Vicente Rojo Lluch, Natacha Rambova, Hans Hofmann, C. S. Forester, Hedda Hopper, and Julie Manet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lenny Bruce ranks 3,892 out of 20,380. Before him are Ira Sprague Bowen (1898), William Stewart Halsted (1852), Paul Reiser (1957), John Marley (1907), Donald P. Bellisario (1935), and Ted Williams (1918). After him are Peter Lamborn Wilson (1945), Jay Wright Forrester (1918), John Garfield (1913), Edward Feigenbaum (1936), Leslie Jones (1967), and Aaliyah (1979).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Lenny Bruce ranks 29. Before him are Don Rickles (1926), Jerry Seinfeld (1954), Zach Galifianakis (1969), Mary Tyler Moore (1936), Tina Fey (1970), and Bernie Mac (1957). After him are Jackie Gleason (1916), Kevin Hart (1979), Albert Brooks (1947), Jonathan Winters (1925), Louis C.K. (1967), and Rodney Dangerfield (1921).

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