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Roy Rogers

1911 - 1998

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Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye; November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), nicknamed the King of the Cowboys, was an American singer, actor, television host, and rodeo performer. Following early work under his given name, first as a co-founder of the Sons of the Pioneers and then as an actor, the rebranded Rogers then became one of the most famous and popular Western stars of his era. He appeared in almost 90 motion pictures, as well as numerous episodes of his self-titled radio program that lasted for nine years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Rogers has received more than 4,326,189 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Roy Rogers is the 3,139th most popular actor (down from 2,794th in 2019), the 4,906th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,539th in 2019) and the 1,480th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Roy Rogers ranks 3,139 out of 9,996Before him are Peter Jacobson, Gina Torres, Shelley Long, Bernhard Goetzke, Frédéric Mitterrand, and Freddie Jones. After him are William Daniels, Carole Landis, Naveen Andrews, Phylicia Rashad, Gummo Marx, and Vitaly Solomin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Roy Rogers ranks 177Before him are Robert Marchand, Big Joe Turner, Lee Falk, Viktor Nekrasov, Willem Johan Kolff, and Amir Hamzah. After him are Floyd Council, Nagarjun, Xiao Hong, Mutara III Rudahigwa, Guido del Mestri, and Said Akl. Among people deceased in 1998, Roy Rogers ranks 148Before him are Mary Cartwright, Edwige Feuillère, Gene Autry, Gunter d'Alquen, Louis Dumont, and Gloria Fuertes. After him are Chatichai Choonhavan, Eva Bartok, Nagarjun, Alois Estermann, Lev Dyomin, and Ludvík Daněk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy Rogers ranks 4,906 out of 18,182Before him are Charles Yerkes (1837), Gina Torres (1969), Shelley Long (1949), E. B. White (1899), Tyra Banks (1973), and Bill Medley (1940). After him are William Daniels (1927), George Bellows (1882), Carole Landis (1919), Bill Vukovich (1918), Phylicia Rashad (1948), and Gummo Marx (1893).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Roy Rogers ranks 1,480Before him are Judge Reinhold (1957), Mary Beth Peil (1940), Taryn Power (1953), Peter Jacobson (1965), Gina Torres (1969), and Shelley Long (1949). After him are William Daniels (1927), Carole Landis (1919), Phylicia Rashad (1948), Gummo Marx (1893), Ward Bond (1903), and Ed O'Ross (1949).

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