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Red Skelton

1913 - 1997

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Richard Bernard Skelton (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997) was an American entertainer best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show. He has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio and television, and also appeared in burlesque, vaudeville, films, nightclubs, and casinos, all while he pursued an entirely separate career as an artist. Skelton began developing his comedic and pantomime skills from the age of 10, when he became part of a traveling medicine show. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Red Skelton has received more than 4,054,765 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Red Skelton is the 94th most popular artist (down from 77th in 2019), the 9,150th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,215th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Artist.

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  • 4.1M

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  • 52.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Red Skelton ranks 94 out of 125. Before him are John Howe, Mary Delany, Leonid Shvartsman, Edward Kienholz, Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, and Vik Muniz. After him are Genco Gulan, James Rivière, Pippa Bacca, Renzo Eusebi, Art Babbitt, and Alex Grey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Red Skelton ranks 335. Before him are Alice Marble, Oswald Szemerényi, Michael Foot, Maria Kwaśniewska, Ernst Lörtscher, and Kalevi Kotkas. After him are Luigi Piotti, Ioachim Moldoveanu, Minoru Honda, Jim Backus, Dave Albritton, and Martin Kamen. Among people deceased in 1997, Red Skelton ranks 270. Before him are Leni Junker, Amleto Frignani, Aníbal Tarabini, Lillian Disney, Aleksandr Zarkhi, and Sheldon Leonard. After him are Shuhei Nishida, Aleksandr Ivanov, Albert Heremans, James Goldsmith, Wilbert Awdry, and Kåre Holt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Red Skelton ranks 9,150 out of 20,380. Before him are Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890), Betty Blythe (1893), Lucy Shapiro (1940), Carroll O'Connor (1924), Neil Hamilton (1899), and Royal Dano (1922). After him are Ed Boon (1964), Rufus Thomas (1917), Geraldo Rivera (1943), Marion Jones Farquhar (1879), Akiva Goldsman (1962), and H. C. Robbins Landon (1926).

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Among ARTISTS In United States

Among artists born in United States, Red Skelton ranks 21. Before him are Mary Blair (1911), Dan Graham (1942), Carolee Schneemann (1939), Martha Rosler (1943), Maud Wagner (1877), and Edward Kienholz (1927). After him are Art Babbitt (1907), Alex Grey (1953), William Wallace Denslow (1856), Peter Sellars (1957), Al Hirschfeld (1903), and Larry Rivers (1923).

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