ACTOR

Lenny Henry

1958 - Today

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Sir Lenworth George Henry (born 29 August 1958) is an English comedian, actor and writer. He gained success as a stand-up comedian and impressionist in the late 1970s and early 1980s, culminating in The Lenny Henry Show in 1984. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lenny Henry has received more than 4,911,640 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Lenny Henry is the 9,713th most popular actor (down from 8,566th in 2019), the 6,328th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,629th in 2019) and the 1,075th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lenny Henry ranks 9,713 out of 13,578. Before him are Kirill Käro, Joely Fisher, Robby Benson, Shiva Rajkumar, Eva Habermann, and Raza Murad. After him are Joel Murray, Rosemary Leach, Mikako Ichikawa, Deven Verma, Eugenio Siller, and Michelle Borth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Lenny Henry ranks 676. Before him are Christopher Dean, Yvonne Ridley, Armando Manzo, Ever Hernández, Christine Lieberknecht, and Héctor Zelaya. After him are Sergei Mylnikov, Sabine Bischoff, Rupert Vansittart, Semiha Yankı, Jools Holland, and Vladimir Parfenovich.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lenny Henry ranks 6,328 out of 8,785. Before him are Damien Magee (1945), Tina Cousins (1974), Andrew Airlie (1961), Maddy Prior (1947), Russell Tovey (1981), and Noel Streatfeild (1895). After him are Rosemary Leach (1935), Sebastian Faulks (1953), Jamie Staff (1973), Nicola Walker (1970), Jeff Astle (1942), and Hugh Padgham (1955).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Lenny Henry ranks 1,075. Before him are Ken Dodd (1927), Garry Chalk (1952), Jacqueline Hill (1929), Robson Green (1964), Andrew Airlie (1961), and Russell Tovey (1981). After him are Rosemary Leach (1935), Nicola Walker (1970), Shelley Conn (1976), Bill Bailey (1965), Ed Stoppard (1974), and Rupert Vansittart (1958).

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