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Ricky Gervais

1961 - Today

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Ricky Dene Gervais ( jər-VAYZ; born 25 June 1961) is an English comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. He co-created, co-wrote, and acted in the British television sitcoms The Office (2001–2003), Extras (2005–2007), and Life's Too Short (2011–2013) with Stephen Merchant. He also created, wrote and starred in Derek (2012–2014) and After Life (2019–2022).He has won seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and the Rose d'Or twice (2006 and 2019). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ricky Gervais has received more than 18,433,776 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Ricky Gervais is the 11th most popular comedian (up from 15th in 2019), the 1,028th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,073rd in 2019) and the most popular British Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ricky Gervais by language

Over the past year Ricky Gervais has had the most page views in the with 2,189,559 views, followed by German (206,304), and Spanish (143,228). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bosnian (570.00%), Zazaki (241.61%), and Simple English (61.47%)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Ricky Gervais ranks 11 out of 98. Before him are Bill Cosby, Steve Martin, Ellen DeGeneres, George Carlin, Dick Van Dyke, and Chevy Chase. After him are Simon Pegg, Bob Hope, Bob Newhart, Joan Rivers, Andy Kaufman, and Lucille Ball.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Ricky Gervais ranks 45. Before him are Alfonso Cuarón, Tom Ford, Dmitry Muratov, Karl von Habsburg, Andy Lau, and Macky Sall. After him are Ben Johnson, Lisa Gerrard, Armin Meiwes, Ian Rush, Aziz Akhannouch, and Daniele Massaro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ricky Gervais ranks 1,028 out of 8,785. Before him are Samuel Crompton (1753), Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime (1849), Emperor Norton (1818), William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800), Mary Mallon (1869), and John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718). After him are Woodes Rogers (1679), Jeremy Brett (1933), Michael Palin (1943), Anna Atkins (1799), George Robert Gray (1808), and Henry Tingle Wilde (1872).

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Among COMEDIANS In United Kingdom

Among comedians born in United Kingdom, Ricky Gervais ranks 1. After him are Simon Pegg (1970), Bob Hope (1903), Steve Coogan (1965), Tracey Ullman (1959), and Stephen Merchant (1974).

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