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Wanda Sykes

1964 - Today

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Wanda Yvette Sykes (born March 7, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. She was first recognized for her work as a writer on The Chris Rock Show, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1999. In 2004, Entertainment Weekly named Sykes as one of the 25 funniest people in America. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wanda Sykes has received more than 7,306,921 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Wanda Sykes is the 73rd most popular comedian (down from 66th in 2019), the 11,286th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,082nd in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Comedian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Wanda Sykes ranks 73 out of 98. Before her are Janeane Garofalo, Amy Schumer, Stephen Merchant, Kathy Griffin, Mindy Kaling, and Jeff Dunham. After her are Khaby Lame, Gallagher, Dax Shepard, Sam Kinison, Tim Meadows, and Kristen Schaal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Wanda Sykes ranks 479. Before her are Thomas Lange, Stefano Borgonovo, Maxi Gnauck, Otto Konrad, Zeid Raad Al Hussein, and Tetsuji Hashiratani. After her are Elżbieta Bieńkowska, Kōsuke Fujishima, Koshi Inaba, Shari Headley, Radiy Khabirov, and Rithy Panh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wanda Sykes ranks 11,286 out of 20,380. Before her are Big Joe Williams (1903), Tamara Dobson (1947), Jean Stafford (1915), Steven Weber (1961), Ormond Stone (1847), and Pat Flaherty (1926). After her are Gail Devers (1966), Colin Edwards (1974), Nicole Richie (1981), Porter Wagoner (1927), Lou Adler (1933), and Jim Ryun (1947).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Wanda Sykes ranks 59. Before her are Bill Hicks (1961), Janeane Garofalo (1964), Amy Schumer (1981), Kathy Griffin (1960), Mindy Kaling (1979), and Jeff Dunham (1962). After her are Gallagher (1946), Dax Shepard (1975), Sam Kinison (1953), Tim Meadows (1961), Kristen Schaal (1978), and Margaret Cho (1968).

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