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Lucille Ball

1911 - 1989

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Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized by Time in 2020 as one of the most influential women of the 20th century for her work in all four of these areas. She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five, and was the recipient of several other accolades, such as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucille Ball has received more than 24,553,781 page views. Her biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Lucille Ball is the 17th most popular comedian (down from 10th in 2019), the 1,970th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,299th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 66

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Lucille Ball ranks 17 out of 98. Before her are Ricky Gervais, Simon Pegg, Bob Hope, Bob Newhart, Joan Rivers, and Andy Kaufman. After her are Bob Saget, Bob Odenkirk, Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, Henry Winkler, and Melissa McCarthy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Lucille Ball ranks 80. Before her are William Stuart-Houston, George Stigler, Maria Reiter, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, Roberto Matta, and Elizabeth Bishop. After her are Thanom Kittikachorn, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Hubert Humphrey, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Renée Simonot, and Teddy Kollek. Among people deceased in 1989, Lucille Ball ranks 73. Before her are Bernard Blier, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Luis Carlos Galán, Victor French, R. D. Laing, and Minoru Genda. After her are Princess Deokhye, Boris Skossyreff, Robert Mapplethorpe, Arseny Tarkovsky, Kateb Yacine, and Pérez Prado.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lucille Ball ranks 1,970 out of 20,380. Before her are Tucker Carlson (1969), Neilia Hunter Biden (1942), Pontiac (1714), Leonard Bloomfield (1887), Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), and Lillian Asplund (1906). After her are Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), David Crosby (1941), Michael Phelps (1985), Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915), Sydney Chaplin (1926), and Christina Aguilera (1980).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Lucille Ball ranks 14. Before her are George Carlin (1937), Dick Van Dyke (1925), Chevy Chase (1943), Bob Newhart (1929), Joan Rivers (1933), and Andy Kaufman (1949). After her are Bob Saget (1956), Bob Odenkirk (1962), Richard Pryor (1940), Chris Rock (1965), Henry Winkler (1945), and Melissa McCarthy (1970).

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