1953 - Today
Frederick Allan Moranis (; born April 18, 1953) is a Canadian actor, comedian, musician, songwriter, writer, and producer. Moranis appeared in the sketch comedy series Second City Television (SCTV) in the 1980s and several Hollywood films, including Strange Brew (1983), Streets of Fire (1984), Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Spaceballs (1987), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989, and its 1992 and 1997 sequels), Parenthood (1989), My Blue Heaven (1990), and The Flintstones (1994). In 1997, Moranis began a long break from acting to dedicate his time to his two children as a widower. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rick Moranis has received more than 11,352,337 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Rick Moranis is the 1,042nd most popular actor (up from 1,826th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Canada (up from 151st in 2019) and the 21st most popular Canadian Actor.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among actors, Rick Moranis ranks 1,042 out of 9,996. Before him are Yvonne De Carlo, Kelly Preston, Yaphet Kotto, Carmen Salinas, Christiane Martel, and Jaclyn Smith. After him are Bernard Blier, Olympia Dukakis, Thomas Kretschmann, Stephen Fry, Lee Grant, and Dick York.
1922 - 2007
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1,036
1962 - 2020
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1,037
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1,038
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1,039
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1,040
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1,041
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,042
1916 - 1989
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,043
1931 - 2021
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,044
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,045
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,046
1927 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,047
1928 - 1992
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,048
Among people born in 1953, Rick Moranis ranks 66. Before him are Tony Shalhoub, Alan Moore, Kate Capshaw, Sergei Ivanov, Frances Conroy, and Cha Bum-kun. After him are Jadranka Kosor, Tchéky Karyo, Libuše Šafránková, Gaetano Scirea, Tim Allen, and Alberto Zaccheroni.
1953 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 60
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 61
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 62
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 63
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 64
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 65
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 66
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 67
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 68
1953 - 2021
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 69
1953 - 1989
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 70
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 71
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 72
Among people born in Canada, Rick Moranis ranks 78 out of 1,350. Before him are Norman Bethune (1890), Avril Lavigne (1984), A. E. van Vogt (1912), Wayne Gretzky (1961), Rachel McAdams (1978), and Yvonne De Carlo (1922). After him are Maurice Richard (1921), Gordie Howe (1928), Victor Garber (1949), Reginald Fessenden (1866), Simon Newcomb (1835), and Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880).
1890 - 1939
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 72
1984 - Present
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 73
1912 - 2000
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 74
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 75
1978 - Present
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 76
1922 - 2007
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 77
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 78
1921 - 2000
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 79
1928 - 2016
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 80
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 81
1866 - 1932
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 82
1835 - 1909
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 83
1880 - 1998
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 84
Among actors born in Canada, Rick Moranis ranks 21. Before him are Ryan Gosling (1980), Mack Sennett (1880), John Candy (1950), Mike Myers (1963), Rachel McAdams (1978), and Yvonne De Carlo (1922). After him are Victor Garber (1949), Michael Ironside (1950), Graham Greene (1952), Norma Shearer (1902), Walter Huston (1883), and Conrad Bain (1923).
1980 - Present
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 15
1880 - 1960
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 16
1950 - 1994
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 17
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 18
1978 - Present
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 19
1922 - 2007
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 20
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 21
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 22
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 23
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 24
1902 - 1983
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 25
1883 - 1950
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 26
1923 - 2013
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 27