ACTOR

Otto Waalkes

1948 - Today

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Otto Gerhard Waalkes (born 22 July 1948), also known as simply Otto, is a German comedian, actor, musician, writer, and comic book artist. He became famous in the 1970s and 1980s in Germany with his shows, books and films. His best known trademark are the 'Ottifanten' ('Ottiphants'), elephant-like comic characters of his own design. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Waalkes has received more than 299,750 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Waalkes is the 3,082nd most popular actor (up from 3,418th in 2019), the 3,711th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,691st in 2019) and the 105th most popular German Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Otto Waalkes ranks 3,082 out of 13,578. Before him are Milo Ventimiglia, Ronald Pickup, Misha Collins, Rachel Ticotin, Steve Kanaly, and Han Hyo-joo. After him are Jonathan Ke Quan, W. C. Fields, Nicole Courcel, Frédéric Diefenthal, Robert Z'Dar, and Carey Lowell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Otto Waalkes ranks 321. Before him are Levy Mwanawasa, Shigesato Itoi, Josef Hickersberger, Joe Dallesandro, Pedro Artola, and Joel Santana. After him are David H. Levy, Ndaye Mulamba, Eddy Grant, Norbert Lammert, Ted Nugent, and Eddie Jordan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Waalkes ranks 3,711 out of 7,253. Before him are John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1566), Reinhold Begas (1831), Ernst Lehner (1912), Gustav von Wangenheim (1895), Virgil Solis (1514), and Wilhelm Hofmeister (1824). After him are Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1685), Anni Albers (1899), Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1583), Marc Forster (1969), Elizabeth Christ Trump (1880), and Franz von Paula Schrank (1747).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Otto Waalkes ranks 105. Before him are Ilse Steppat (1917), Michel Auclair (1922), Sybille Schmitz (1909), Rolf Hoppe (1930), Corinna Harfouch (1954), and Gustav Knuth (1901). After him are Jean-Marc Barr (1960), Irm Hermann (1942), Holger Meins (1941), Nur Fettahoğlu (1980), Anton Diffring (1916), and Friedrich Ludwig Schröder (1744).

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