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Samuel E. Wright

1946 - 2021

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Samuel Ernest Wright (November 20, 1946 – May 24, 2021) was an American actor and singer. He was best known as the voice of Sebastian in Disney's The Little Mermaid, for which he provided the lead vocals to "Under the Sea", which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. He played Dizzy Gillespie in Bird, the biographical film about Charlie Parker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel E. Wright has received more than 1,672,953 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel E. Wright is the 7,462nd most popular actor, the 11,084th most popular biography from United States and the 3,605th most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Samuel E. Wright ranks 7,462 out of 9,996. Before him are Numan Acar, Nikolai Kinski, Thora Birch, Anne Brochet, Pelin Karahan, and Len Lesser. After him are Fred Savage, Han Ye-seul, Rei Sakuma, Jamie Bamber, Rob Riggle, and Ann Gillis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Samuel E. Wright ranks 639. Before him are Jan Domarski, Skip Spence, Martha Coolidge, Lennox Miller, Cameron Mackintosh, and Mike Wilds. After him are Patrick Manning, Richard LeParmentier, Wiesław Rudkowski, Dennis Kucinich, Ed Markey, and John Gribbin. Among people deceased in 2021, Samuel E. Wright ranks 592. Before him are Carl Levin, Mo Hayder, Toshihiko Koga, Puneeth Rajkumar, Francesc Arnau, and Bertie Auld. After him are John Konrads, Georgi Dimitrov, Mike Enzi, Hans van Baalen, Marília Mendonça, and Zizinho.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel E. Wright ranks 11,084 out of 18,182. Before him are Irwin M. Jacobs (1933), William Wirt (1772), Jeff Gordon (1971), Robert P. Patterson (1891), Nate Robinson (1984), and Len Lesser (1922). After him are Fred Savage (1976), Don Young (1933), Tip O'Neill (1912), Han Ye-seul (1981), M. Shadows (1981), and Betsy DeVos (1958).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Samuel E. Wright ranks 3,605. Before him are Kim Greist (1958), Alan Hale Jr. (1921), Tamara Dobson (1947), Constance Wu (1982), Thora Birch (1982), and Len Lesser (1922). After him are Fred Savage (1976), Han Ye-seul (1981), Rob Riggle (1970), Ann Gillis (1927), Colin Donnell (1982), and Holly Madison (1979).

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