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Paul Lynde

1926 - 1982

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Paul Edward Lynde (; June 13, 1926 – January 10, 1982) was an American comedian, actor and game show panelist. A character actor with a distinctively campy and snarky persona that often poked fun at his closeted homosexuality, Lynde was well known for his roles as Uncle Arthur on Bewitched, the befuddled father Harry MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie and a regular "center square" panelist on the game show The Hollywood Squares from 1968 to 1981. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Lynde has received more than 5,569,479 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Paul Lynde is the 5,476th most popular actor (up from 5,652nd in 2019), the 8,146th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,774th in 2019) and the 2,570th most popular American Actor.

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  • 5.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Paul Lynde ranks 5,476 out of 9,996. Before him are Vivian Wu, Liza Weil, Ricky Schroder, Hope Davis, Judith O'Dea, and Roman Coppola. After him are Jack Wagner, Kim Woo-bin, John Shea, Christian Coulson, Everett Sloane, and Ronit Elkabetz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Paul Lynde ranks 376. Before him are H. C. Robbins Landon, Uttam Kumar, Tim LaHaye, Wolfgang Seidel, George Ariyoshi, and Andrea Kékesy. After him are Víctor Ugarte, Conrad Hall, Kristen Nygaard, George Rhoden, Heino Kruus, and Garret FitzGerald. Among people deceased in 1982, Paul Lynde ranks 225. Before him are Celia Johnson, Renato Sáinz, Walt Ader, Vitaly Daraselia, Reta Shaw, and Ben Nicholson. After him are Virginia Bruce, Max de Terra, Jakob Streitle, Sheikh Abdullah, Marty Robbins, and Cal Tjader.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Lynde ranks 8,146 out of 18,182. Before him are Judith O'Dea (1945), Johnny Moss (1907), Mia Malkova (1992), Earl Derr Biggers (1884), Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835), and James Gordon Bennett Jr. (1841). After him are Jack Wagner (1959), John Shea (1949), Daniel Brandenstein (1943), Everett Sloane (1909), Colin Kaepernick (1987), and Dave Navarro (1967).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Paul Lynde ranks 2,570. Before him are Elizabeth Gutiérrez (1979), Garrett Hedlund (1984), Liza Weil (1977), Ricky Schroder (1970), Hope Davis (1964), and Judith O'Dea (1945). After him are Jack Wagner (1959), John Shea (1949), Everett Sloane (1909), Virginia Bruce (1909), Shawn Weatherly (1959), and Rita Gam (1927).

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