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Paul Reubens

1952 - 2023

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Paul Reubens (; né Rubenfeld; August 27, 1952 – July 30, 2023) was an American actor and comedian, widely known for creating and portraying the character Pee-wee Herman. Reubens joined the Los Angeles troupe the Groundlings in the 1970s, and started his career as an improvisational comedian and stage actor. It was with the Groundlings that Reubens developed the Pee-wee character. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Reubens has received more than 16,337,270 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Paul Reubens is the 2,985th most popular actor (down from 2,871st in 2019), the 4,681st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,652nd in 2019) and the 1,410th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Paul Reubens ranks 2,985 out of 9,996Before him are Gisèle Casadesus, Yvonne Strahovski, John Marley, Viktor Sukhorukov, Amanda Tapping, and Rory McCann. After him are Anthony Mackie, Robert Prosky, Susan Strasberg, Alan Young, Noah Wyle, and James Denton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Paul Reubens ranks 216Before him are Francesco Graziani, Don Miguel Ruiz, Bernard Lacombe, Simon MacCorkindale, Pat Cox, and Gaëtan Dugas. After him are Valeriy Pidluzhnyy, Frank Schwalba-Hoth, Gregg Henry, Udo Voigt, Jorge Olguín, and Johnny Thunders. Among people deceased in 2023, Paul Reubens ranks 183Before him are David Albahari, Paul Johnson, Natalie Zemon Davis, Ita Ever, Duško Gojković, and Richard Belzer. After him are Nadja Tiller, Carlo Mazzone, Julian Sands, Petar Nadoveza, M. S. Swaminathan, and Dianne Feinstein.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Reubens ranks 4,681 out of 18,182Before him are Platt Adams (1885), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), Winfield Scott Hancock (1824), John Marley (1907), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935), and Billy Hayes (1947). After him are Edward R. Murrow (1908), Anthony Mackie (1978), Robert Prosky (1930), Emile Ardolino (1943), Susan Strasberg (1938), and Pitbull (1981).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Paul Reubens ranks 1,410Before him are Jennie Garth (1972), Bill Irwin (1950), Richard Belzer (1944), Clarence Nash (1904), Adrienne Barbeau (1945), and John Marley (1907). After him are Anthony Mackie (1978), Robert Prosky (1930), Susan Strasberg (1938), Noah Wyle (1971), James Denton (1963), and Harry Morgan (1915).

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