1880 - 1946
William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American actor, comedian, juggler, and writer.Fields's career in show business began in vaudeville, where he attained international success as a silent juggler. He began to incorporate comedy into his act and was a featured comedian in the Ziegfeld Follies for several years. He became a star in the Broadway musical comedy Poppy (1923), in which he played a colorful small-time con man. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. C. Fields has received more than 2,525,464 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). W. C. Fields is the 2,596th most popular actor (down from 2,511th in 2019), the 4,166th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,141st in 2019) and the 1,237th most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, W. C. Fields ranks 2,596 out of 9,996. Before him are Andrew Robinson, Pierre Barouh, Olive Thomas, Pernell Roberts, Chris Penn, and Colm Feore. After him are Françoise Arnoul, Thierry Lhermitte, Tania Mallet, Peg Entwistle, Ian Ziering, and Michael Chiklis.
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 2,590
1934 - 2016
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 2,591
1894 - 1920
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 2,592
1928 - 2010
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 2,593
1965 - 2006
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 2,594
1958 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 2,595
1880 - 1946
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 2,596
1931 - 2021
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 2,597
1952 - Present
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 2,598
1941 - 2019
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 2,599
1908 - 1932
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 2,600
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 2,601
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 2,602
Among people born in 1880, W. C. Fields ranks 114. Before him are Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Christabel Pankhurst, Fritz Bleyl, Hans Hofmann, Lytton Strachey, and Carl Schuricht. After him are Jeannette Rankin, Frigyes Riesz, Tom Mix, Richard Oswald, Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, and Azim Azimzade. Among people deceased in 1946, W. C. Fields ranks 120. Before him are Béla Imrédy, Ferdinand Marian, Matteo Bartoli, Albert Sechehaye, Grigory Neujmin, and Dion Fortune. After him are Louis Bachelier, Ioannis Rallis, Paul Lincke, Cesare Orsenigo, Victor Loret, and Ernst Leonard Lindelöf.
1880 - 1968
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 108
1880 - 1958
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 109
1880 - 1966
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 110
1880 - 1966
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 111
1880 - 1932
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 112
1880 - 1967
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 113
1880 - 1946
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 114
1880 - 1973
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 115
1880 - 1956
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 116
1880 - 1940
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 117
1880 - 1963
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 118
1880 - 1959
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 119
1880 - 1943
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 120
1891 - 1946
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 114
1902 - 1946
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 115
1873 - 1946
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 116
1870 - 1946
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 117
1886 - 1946
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 118
1890 - 1946
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 119
1880 - 1946
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 120
1870 - 1946
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 121
1878 - 1946
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 122
1866 - 1946
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 123
1873 - 1946
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 124
1859 - 1946
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 125
1870 - 1946
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 126
Among people born in United States, W. C. Fields ranks 4,166 out of 18,182. Before him are Benny Carter (1907), Chris Penn (1965), Colm Feore (1958), Bob King (1906), Frederic Rzewski (1938), and Logan Paul (1995). After him are Dee Snider (1955), William Thurston (1946), Ian Ziering (1964), Tom Brady (1977), Michael Chiklis (1963), and Jeannette Rankin (1880).
1907 - 2003
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 4,160
1965 - 2006
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 4,161
1958 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 4,162
1906 - 1965
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 4,163
1938 - 2021
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 4,164
1995 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 4,165
1880 - 1946
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 4,166
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 4,167
1946 - 2012
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 4,168
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 4,169
1977 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 4,170
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 4,171
1880 - 1973
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 4,172
Among actors born in United States, W. C. Fields ranks 1,237. Before him are Cathy O'Donnell (1923), Andrew Robinson (1942), Olive Thomas (1894), Pernell Roberts (1928), Chris Penn (1965), and Colm Feore (1958). After him are Ian Ziering (1964), Michael Chiklis (1963), Kathy Baker (1950), Steven Hill (1922), Erika Eleniak (1969), and Thomas Jane (1969).
1923 - 1970
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 1,231
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 1,232
1894 - 1920
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 1,233
1928 - 2010
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 1,234
1965 - 2006
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 1,235
1958 - Present
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 1,236
1880 - 1946
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 1,237
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 1,238
1963 - Present
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 1,239
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 1,240
1922 - 2016
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 1,241
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 1,242
1969 - Present
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 1,243