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Shemp Howard

1895 - 1955

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Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz; March 11, 1895 – November 22, 1955) was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the third Stooge in The Three Stooges, a role he played when the act began in the early 1920s (1923–1932), while it was still associated with Ted Healy and known as "Ted Healy and his Stooges"; and again from 1946 until his death in 1955. During the fourteen years between his times with the Stooges, he had a successful solo career as a film comedian, including a series of shorts by himself and with partners. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shemp Howard has received more than 4,337,391 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Shemp Howard is the 5,005th most popular actor (down from 3,994th in 2019), the 7,296th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,056th in 2019) and the 2,248th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Shemp Howard ranks 5,005 out of 13,578. Before him are Ken Foree, Ann Todd, Zhou Xun, Okan Yalabık, Flavio Bucci, and Eva Rueber-Staier. After him are Jane Wyatt, Mónica Cruz, Amy Smart, Rafaela Aparicio, Sara Ramirez, and Elizabeth Spriggs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Shemp Howard ranks 234. Before him are Doris Humphrey, H. A. R. Gibb, Bert Lahr, Joseph Banks Rhine, Béla Illés, and Aileen Pringle. After him are Jan Burgers, Greta Johansson, Juan Artola, Vilho Tuulos, Earl Thomson, and Nygmet Nurmakov. Among people deceased in 1955, Shemp Howard ranks 132. Before him are Johannes de Jong, Tommy Burns, Constantin Argetoianu, Charley Toorop, Johan Jarlén, and Luís de Freitas Branco. After him are Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi, Arturo Coddou, Harry Cobby, Martha Norelius, Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, and Constance Collier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shemp Howard ranks 7,296 out of 20,380. Before him are Khloé Kardashian (1984), Edward Everett Horton (1886), Gary Merrill (1915), Ken Foree (1948), Robert Crippen (1937), and Walter Breuning (1896). After him are Jane Wyatt (1910), Ben Bradlee (1921), David Blatt (1959), Amy Smart (1976), Gilbert Strang (1934), and Clarence Darrow (1857).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Shemp Howard ranks 2,248. Before him are Bill Maher (1956), Ricardo Antonio Chavira (1971), Khloé Kardashian (1984), Edward Everett Horton (1886), Gary Merrill (1915), and Ken Foree (1948). After him are Jane Wyatt (1910), Amy Smart (1976), Olivia Harrison (1948), Nancy Walker (1922), Patrick St. Esprit (1954), and Jeffrey Combs (1954).

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