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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 was called "Shemp" because "Sam" came out that way in his mother's thick Litvak accent. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shemp Howard has received more than 4,087,344 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Shemp Howard is the 4,001st most popular actor (down from 3,888th in 2019), the 6,069th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,070th in 2019) and the 1,876th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Shemp Howard ranks 4,001 out of 9,996. Before him are Mark Gatiss, Valeri Zolotukhin, William Sanderson, Poppy Montgomery, Patti LuPone, and Andrew Divoff. After him are Kevin Dunn, Nancy Carroll, Christopher McDonald, Kaya Scodelario, Sydney Greenstreet, and Hans Moser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Shemp Howard ranks 189. Before him are John J. McCloy, Carl Westergren, Max Valier, Frank Foss, Edmund Wilson, and Fredric Wertham. After him are Hertha Sponer, Josef Uridil, Ion Barbu, Geo Milev, Ben Sharpsteen, and Ali Mansur. Among people deceased in 1955, Shemp Howard ranks 111. Before him are Fumio Hayasaka, Saadat Hasan Manto, Jenő Fuchs, Nick Winter, Honus Wagner, and Johannes de Jong. After him are Jonni Myyrä, Luís de Freitas Branco, James Agee, František Janda-Suk, Constantin Argetoianu, and Josephine Diebitsch Peary.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shemp Howard ranks 6,069 out of 18,182. Before him are Tabitha King (1949), Salmon P. Chase (1808), Eric Martin (1960), Daryl Hall (1946), Patti LuPone (1949), and Bobby Womack (1944). After him are Kevin Dunn (1956), Nancy Carroll (1903), Christopher McDonald (1955), Van McCoy (1940), Laura Hope Crews (1879), and Henry Thomas (1971).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Shemp Howard ranks 1,876. Before him are Virginia Grey (1917), Grace Lee Whitney (1930), James Best (1926), Anne Jackson (1925), William Sanderson (1944), and Patti LuPone (1949). After him are Kevin Dunn (1956), Nancy Carroll (1903), Christopher McDonald (1955), Laura Hope Crews (1879), Henry Thomas (1971), and Jon Lovitz (1957).

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