ACTOR

Mort Sahl

1927 - 2021

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Morton Lyon Sahl (May 11, 1927 – October 26, 2021) was a Canadian-born Jewish American comedian, actor, and social satirist, considered the first modern comedian. He pioneered a style of social satire that pokes fun at political and current event topics using improvised monologues and only a newspaper as a prop. Sahl spent his early years in Los Angeles and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where he made his professional stage debut at the hungry i nightclub in 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mort Sahl has received more than 1,038,736 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Mort Sahl is the 10,692nd most popular actor (down from 4,430th in 2019), the 957th most popular biography from Canada (down from 354th in 2019) and the 307th most popular Canadian Actor.

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  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mort Sahl ranks 10,692 out of 13,578. Before him are David Berman, Sabrina Lloyd, John Hopkins, Kimberly Elise, Lassie Lou Ahern, and Adam Gregory. After him are Kim Yu-bin, Ranee Campen, Manoj Bajpayee, Romany Malco, Sayaka Akimoto, and Sofia Vassilieva.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Mort Sahl ranks 508. Before him are Rupert Crosse, Willie Ormond, Norman Petty, Chris Heunis, Abrar Alvi, and Ralph Stanley. After him are Edwin Edwards, Paula Hawkins, and Steven Muller. Among people deceased in 2021, Mort Sahl ranks 707. Before him are Biz Markie, Roberto Hernández, Indu Jain, J. Hillis Miller, Jagjit Kaur, and Luton Shelton. After him are Zhang Enhua, Rick Mitchell, Markis Kido, Ruth Ann Minner, Gloria Henry, and Alcee Hastings.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Mort Sahl ranks 957 out of 1,622. Before him are Dale Hawerchuk (1963), Stan Rogers (1949), Samantha Ferris (1968), David Saint-Jacques (1970), Greg Rusedski (1973), and Autumn Phillips (1978). After him are Dafydd Williams (1954), Evan Goldberg (1982), Kristin Lehman (1972), Annie Cotton (1975), Kenny Omega (1983), and Shawn Roberts (1984).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Mort Sahl ranks 307. Before him are Emeraude Toubia (1989), Anna Silk (1974), Emily Perkins (1977), Alan van Sprang (1971), Harland Williams (1962), and Samantha Ferris (1968). After him are Kristin Lehman (1972), Annie Cotton (1975), Shawn Roberts (1984), Laura Harris (1976), Ty Olsson (1974), and Jennifer Finnigan (1979).

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