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Sam Kinison

1953 - 1992

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Samuel Burl Kinison ( KIN-iss-ən; December 8, 1953 – April 10, 1992) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. A former Pentecostal preacher, he performed stand-up routines that were characterized by intense sudden tirades, punctuated with his distinctive scream, similar to charismatic preachers. Initially performing for free, Kinison became a regular fixture at The Comedy Store, where he met and eventually befriended such comics as Robin Williams and Jim Carrey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Kinison has received more than 7,073,238 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Sam Kinison is the 77th most popular comedian (up from 82nd in 2019), the 12,620th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,074th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Sam Kinison ranks 77 out of 98. Before him are Mindy Kaling, Jeff Dunham, Wanda Sykes, Khaby Lame, Gallagher, and Dax Shepard. After him are Tim Meadows, Kristen Schaal, Margaret Cho, Joy Behar, Steven Wright, and Gabriel Iglesias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Sam Kinison ranks 587. Before him are Benno Magnusson, Ferenc Kocsis, Yang Jung-mo, Abdelkader Horr, Guido Kratschmer, and Gerhard Thiele. After him are Antonio Guzmán, Devi Shetty, Tim Gunn, Sangay Ngedup, Bernard Tchoullouyan, and Cleavant Derricks. Among people deceased in 1992, Sam Kinison ranks 279. Before him are Eddie Kendricks, Maurice Perrin, S. I. Hayakawa, María Elena Moyano, Mary Wells, and Cleavon Little. After him are Bill Williams, Fedor Samokhin, Robert Muldoon, Norvel Lee, Allan Jones, and Manfred Stengl.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Kinison ranks 12,620 out of 20,380. Before him are Neil Gorsuch (1967), Maury Povich (1939), Mary Washburn (1907), Rex Ingram (1895), Criss Oliva (1963), and David Curtiss Munson (1884). After him are Adrian Smith (1936), Aaron Stanford (1976), Stephen Robinson (1955), Lisa Brennan-Jobs (1978), David Anders (1981), and Martha Tilton (1915).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Sam Kinison ranks 62. Before him are Kathy Griffin (1960), Mindy Kaling (1979), Jeff Dunham (1962), Wanda Sykes (1964), Gallagher (1946), and Dax Shepard (1975). After him are Tim Meadows (1961), Kristen Schaal (1978), Margaret Cho (1968), Joy Behar (1942), Steven Wright (1955), and Gabriel Iglesias (1976).

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