MUSICIAN

Victor Borge

1909 - 2000

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Børge Rosenbaum (Yiddish: בורגע ראזענבוים; 3 January 1909 – 23 December 2000), known professionally as Victor Borge ( BOR-gə), was a Danish and American actor, comedian, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in both North America and Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Borge has received more than 2,129,913 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Victor Borge is the 50th most popular musician (up from 56th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 34th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Musician.

Victor Borge was a Danish pianist and comedian who was most famous for his comedy routines.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Victor Borge ranks 50 out of 3,175. Before him are Syd Barrett, Miles Davis, Martha Argerich, Goran Bregović, B.B. King, and Isaac Albéniz. After him are Pablo Casals, Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Page, Amir Khusrow, Roger Taylor, and Vladimir Horowitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Victor Borge ranks 9. Before him are Eugène Ionesco, Francis Bacon, Osamu Dazai, Simone Weil, Juliana of the Netherlands, and Peter Drucker. After him are U Thant, Kwame Nkrumah, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Mohammed V of Morocco, Virginia Apgar, and Andrei Gromyko. Among people deceased in 2000, Victor Borge ranks 8. Before him are Hedy Lamarr, Ingrid of Sweden, Hafez al-Assad, Roger Vadim, Habib Bourguiba, and Emil Zátopek. After him are Alec Guinness, Stanley Matthews, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Vittorio Gassman, Abulfaz Elchibey, and Sirimavo Bandaranaike.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Victor Borge ranks 40 out of 1,032. Before him are Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770), Frederick III of Denmark (1609), Valdemar II of Denmark (1170), Frederick VII of Denmark (1808), Maria Feodorovna (1847), and Valdemar IV of Denmark (1320). After him are Christian VI of Denmark (1699), Henrik Dam (1895), Saxo Grammaticus (1150), Frederick II of Denmark (1534), Frederick I of Denmark (1471), and Aage Bohr (1922).

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Among MUSICIANS In Denmark

Among musicians born in Denmark, Victor Borge ranks 1. After him are Lars Ulrich (1963), Jacob Gade (1879), Jørgen Ingmann (1925), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946), Svend Asmussen (1916), Ole Beich (1955), Michala Petri (1958), John Tchicai (1936), Kai Winding (1922), Flemming Rasmussen (1958), and Trentemøller (1972).

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