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Loudon Wainwright III

1946 - Today

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Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actor. He has released twenty-six studio albums, four live albums, and six compilations. Some of his best-known songs include "The Swimming Song", "Motel Blues", "The Man Who Couldn't Cry", "Dead Skunk", and "Lullaby". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Loudon Wainwright III has received more than 1,926,195 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Loudon Wainwright III is the 7,970th most popular actor (down from 6,492nd in 2019), the 11,815th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,684th in 2019) and the 3,710th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Loudon Wainwright III has had the most page views in the with 216,220 views, followed by German (7,438), and French (3,183). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (114.38%), Egyptian Arabic (47.17%), and Esperanto (45.70%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Loudon Wainwright III ranks 7,970 out of 13,578. Before him are Lucy Gordon, Uhm Ji-won, Hélène de Fougerolles, Angela Kinsey, Donna Dixon, and Ariane Labed. After him are Jeffrey Nordling, Amber Tamblyn, Devon Sawa, Elizabeth Allan, Giselle Itié, and Sandrine Holt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Loudon Wainwright III ranks 752. Before him are Ed Markey, Jim Webb, Uroš Marović, Andreas Kunz, Julie Covington, and Gene Siskel. After him are John M. Lounge, Alexandra Bastedo, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Susan Saint James, Kiril Ivkov, and Robert L. Gibson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Loudon Wainwright III ranks 11,815 out of 20,380. Before him are Stockton Rush (1962), Angela Kinsey (1971), Bobby Lashley (1976), Lisa Lopes (1971), Donna Dixon (1957), and James Patrick Kelly (1951). After him are Calvin Murphy (1948), Muhal Richard Abrams (1930), Janet Evanovich (1943), Daniel Everett (1951), Ron Klain (1961), and Jeffrey Nordling (1962).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Loudon Wainwright III ranks 3,710. Before him are Sheila Kelley (1961), Richard Biggs (1960), Charles Drake (1917), Jennifer Syme (1972), Angela Kinsey (1971), and Donna Dixon (1957). After him are Jeffrey Nordling (1962), Amber Tamblyn (1983), Richard Carlson (1912), Auliʻi Cravalho (2000), Ann Cusack (1961), and Vincent Kartheiser (1979).

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Television and Movie Roles

Big Fish
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Knocked Up
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The 40 Year Old Virgin
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Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a virgin. Determined to help Andy get laid, the guys make it their mission to de-virginize him. But it all seems hopeless until Andy meets small business owner Trish, a single mom.
Aug 11o 20056.381 / 10