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Moe Howard

1897 - 1975

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Moses Harry Horwitz (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975), better known by his stage name Moe Howard, was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the leader of the Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures and television for four decades. That group initially started out as Ted Healy and His Stooges, an act that toured the vaudeville circuit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moe Howard has received more than 5,440,409 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Moe Howard is the 3,168th most popular actor (down from 2,550th in 2019), the 4,942nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,195th in 2019) and the 1,493rd most popular American Actor.

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  • 5.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Moe Howard ranks 3,168 out of 9,996Before him are John Terry, Anna Kendrick, Cathleen Nesbitt, Anny Duperey, Dougray Scott, and Vija Artmane. After him are Sam Wanamaker, David Patrick Kelly, Caroline Munro, Brad Harris, Werner Klemperer, and Jim Hutton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Moe Howard ranks 182Before him are Dorothy Day, Louis Réard, Henry Cowell, André Marie, Isabelino Gradín, and Jimmie Rodgers. After him are Higinio Morínigo, Fletcher Henderson, Harald Sæverud, Ardito Desio, George Murdock, and Janaki Ammal. Among people deceased in 1975, Moe Howard ranks 132Before him are Richard Ratsimandrava, Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Andrés Mazali, José María Guido, Murray Leinster, and Minas Avetisyan. After him are Joseph Guillemot, George Marshall, Shojiro Sugimura, Sisowath Sirik Matak, Louis Jordan, and S. D. Burman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Moe Howard ranks 4,942 out of 18,182Before him are Selma Blair (1972), Jonathan Haidt (1963), Benjamin Peirce (1809), John Terry (1950), Al Jardine (1942), and Anna Kendrick (1985). After him are Dorothy Stang (1931), Sam Wanamaker (1919), David Patrick Kelly (1951), Patsy Cline (1932), David A. Huffman (1925), and Chief Joseph (1840).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Moe Howard ranks 1,493Before him are Carol Kane (1952), John Agar (1921), Tony Danza (1951), Selma Blair (1972), John Terry (1950), and Anna Kendrick (1985). After him are Sam Wanamaker (1919), David Patrick Kelly (1951), Brad Harris (1933), Jim Hutton (1934), Art Carney (1918), and Kyle Chandler (1965).

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