1948 - Today
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 262,663 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Waalkes is the 3,423rd most popular actor (up from 3,686th in 2019), the 3,700th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,611th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular German Actor.
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Among actors, Otto Waalkes ranks 3,423 out of 9,996. Before him are Shin Min-a, Kerem Bürsin, Joe Manganiello, Nikolai Grinko, Margo Martindale, and Ray Bolger. After him are Marina Sirtis, Bridget Moynahan, Linden Ashby, Catherine Bach, Ingrid van Bergen, and Suriya.
1984 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 3,417
1987 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 3,418
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 3,419
1920 - 1989
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 3,420
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 3,421
1904 - 1987
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 3,422
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 3,423
1955 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 3,424
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 3,425
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 3,426
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 3,427
1931 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 3,428
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 3,429
Among people born in 1948, Otto Waalkes ranks 327. Before him are Koloman Gögh, T. C. Boyle, Stefania Casini, Luis Galván, Ray Clemence, and Joaquín Almunia. After him are Gregory Itzin, Josef Hickersberger, Lojze Peterle, Chester Thompson, Meir Shalev, and Margaret Weis.
1948 - 1995
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 321
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 322
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 323
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 324
1948 - 2020
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 325
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 326
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 327
1948 - 2022
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 328
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 329
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 330
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 331
1948 - 2023
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 332
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 333
Among people born in Germany, Otto Waalkes ranks 3,700 out of 6,142. Before him are Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg (1864), Joseph Helffrich (1890), Heidi Biebl (1941), Leroy Sané (1996), Paul Friedrich August Ascherson (1834), and Thorsten Fink (1967). After him are Gotthard Handrick (1908), Wilhelm Solf (1862), Bodo Ramelow (1956), Josef Bradl (1918), Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern (1417), and Hermann Conring (1606).
1864 - 1918
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 3,694
1890 - 1971
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 3,695
1941 - 2022
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 3,696
1996 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 3,697
1834 - 1913
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 3,698
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 3,699
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 3,700
1908 - 1978
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 3,701
1862 - 1936
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 3,702
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 3,703
1918 - 1982
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 3,704
1417 - 1480
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 3,705
1606 - 1681
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 3,706
Among actors born in Germany, Otto Waalkes ranks 102. Before him are Holger Meins (1941), Hannelore Elsner (1942), Werner Klemperer (1920), Manfred Krug (1937), Christian Berkel (1957), and Corinna Harfouch (1954). After him are Martina Gedeck (1961), Selma Ergeç (1978), Peter Carsten (1928), Irm Hermann (1942), Friedrich Ludwig Schröder (1744), and Theo Lingen (1903).
1941 - 1974
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 96
1942 - 2019
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 97
1920 - 2000
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 98
1937 - 2016
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 99
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 100
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 101
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 102
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 103
1978 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 104
1928 - 2012
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 105
1942 - 2020
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 106
1744 - 1816
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 107
1903 - 1978
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 108