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Whoopi Goldberg

1955 - Today

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Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality. The recipient of numerous accolades, she is one of few people to receive an Emmy Award, Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Tony Award, collectively known as the EGOT. In 2001, she received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Goldberg began her career on stage in 1983 with her one-woman show, Spook Show, which transferred to Broadway under the title Whoopi Goldberg, running from 1984 to 1985. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Whoopi Goldberg has received more than 23,858,502 page views. Her biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 86 in 2019). Whoopi Goldberg is the 4th most popular comedian (up from 6th in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from United States (up from 937th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Comedian.

Whoopi Goldberg is most famous for her work on the TV show "The View" and her Academy Award-winning film "Ghost."

Memorability Metrics

  • 24M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 90

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Whoopi Goldberg ranks 4 out of 98. Before her are Robin Williams, Adam Sandler, and Eddie Murphy. After her are Bill Cosby, Steve Martin, Ellen DeGeneres, George Carlin, Dick Van Dyke, Chevy Chase, Ricky Gervais, and Simon Pegg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Whoopi Goldberg ranks 27. Before her are Angus Young, Mo Yan, Ludovico Einaudi, Héctor Cúper, Olga Korbut, and Valery Gerasimov. After her are Katalin Karikó, Nina Hagen, Dodi Fayed, Chow Yun-fat, Marcelo Bielsa, and Donatella Versace.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Whoopi Goldberg ranks 629 out of 20,380. Before her are Joan Crawford (1904), Marshall Warren Nirenberg (1927), Sylvia Earle (1935), William Friedkin (1935), Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921), and Harold Ramis (1944). After her are Louisa May Alcott (1832), Paul Krugman (1953), Jamie Lee Curtis (1958), Carl Lewis (1961), Alfred Kinsey (1894), and George Cukor (1899).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Whoopi Goldberg ranks 4. Before her are Robin Williams (1951), Adam Sandler (1966), and Eddie Murphy (1961). After her are Bill Cosby (1937), Steve Martin (1945), Ellen DeGeneres (1958), George Carlin (1937), Dick Van Dyke (1925), Chevy Chase (1943), Bob Newhart (1929), and Joan Rivers (1933).

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