ACTOR

Vanessa Williams

1963 - Today

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Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, model, producer, and dancer. She gained recognition as the first Black woman to win the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984. She would later resign her title amid a media controversy surrounding nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vanessa Williams has received more than 11,020,105 page views. Her biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Vanessa Williams is the 2,403rd most popular actor (down from 1,826th in 2019), the 3,813th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,052nd in 2019) and the 1,096th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Vanessa Williams ranks 2,403 out of 13,578. Before her are Ada Rogovtseva, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Meg Foster, Kevin James, Bergüzar Korel, and Robert Blake. After her are Marlon Wayans, Chris Penn, Vera Alentova, Jason Clarke, June Allyson, and Gérard Darmon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Vanessa Williams ranks 133. Before her are Ulrich Thomsen, Maria Ressa, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, William Baldwin, Paul Belmondo, and Anthony Albanese. After her are Donna Tartt, Doris Leuthard, Greg Kinnear, John van 't Schip, José Mari Bakero, and Lauren Holly.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vanessa Williams ranks 3,813 out of 20,380. Before her are Frank Beard (1949), Kevin James (1965), Dennis Sullivan (1941), Pink Anderson (1900), Robert Blake (1933), and Ralph Craig (1889). After her are Marlon Wayans (1972), Chris Penn (1965), Christopher Cross (1951), Stephen Krashen (1941), Jerome Robbins (1918), and June Allyson (1917).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Vanessa Williams ranks 1,096. Before her are Darlene Conley (1934), Ken Jenkins (1940), Sarah Michelle Gellar (1977), Meg Foster (1948), Kevin James (1965), and Robert Blake (1933). After her are Marlon Wayans (1972), Chris Penn (1965), June Allyson (1917), Dennis Haysbert (1954), Joe Morton (1947), and David Janssen (1931).

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