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Tommy Cooper

1921 - 1984

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Thomas Frederick Cooper (19 March 1921 – 15 April 1984) was a Welsh prop comedian and magician. As an entertainer, his appearance was large and lumbering at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m), and he habitually wore a red fez when performing. He served in the British Army for seven years, before developing his conjuring skills and becoming a member of The Magic Circle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tommy Cooper has received more than 3,208,892 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Tommy Cooper is the 5,281st most popular actor (down from 4,057th in 2019), the 4,034th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,344th in 2019) and the 645th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tommy Cooper ranks 5,281 out of 9,996Before him are Kelly Slater, Barbara Rush, Greg Grunberg, Alexandra Paul, Utpal Dutt, and Ofelia Medina. After him are Hunter Tylo, Ken Howard, Libby Holman, Nancy Kovack, Margaret Lockwood, and Dorothy Stratten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Tommy Cooper ranks 334Before him are Denys de La Patellière, Liz Smith, Julia Hartwig, William Alston, Joann Lõssov, and Ted Schroeder. After him are Muhibbe Darga, Usmar Ismail, Richard Egan, Daniel Oduber Quirós, Richard Wilbur, and Stan Mortensen. Among people deceased in 1984, Tommy Cooper ranks 194Before him are Ramón Tapia, Jon-Erik Hexum, Pentti Hämäläinen, Neil Hamilton, Ólafur Jóhannesson, and Puck van Heel. After him are Mary Miles Minter, Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, René Lorain, Aldo Campatelli, Paul Felix Schmidt, and Eino Purje.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tommy Cooper ranks 4,034 out of 7,765Before him are Martin McGuinness (1950), Edward Alleyn (1566), Ramón Zabalo (1910), Lachlan Macquarie (1762), Guy Butler (1899), and William Gemmell Cochran (1909). After him are Alan Woods (1944), Patrick Abercrombie (1879), Steve Hillage (1951), Roger Ashton-Griffiths (1957), Ninian (360), and John Goodall (1863).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Tommy Cooper ranks 645Before him are Carole Shelley (1939), Juliet Mills (1941), Scott Speedman (1975), H. B. Warner (1876), Robert Newton (1905), and Edward Alleyn (1566). After him are Roger Ashton-Griffiths (1957), Ian McElhinney (1948), James D'Arcy (1975), Celia Johnson (1908), Alec B. Francis (1867), and Roy Kinnear (1934).

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