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Will Rogers

1879 - 1935

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William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma), and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son". As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled around the world three times, made 71 films (50 silent films and 21 "talkies"), and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Will Rogers has received more than 4,102,851 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Will Rogers is the 4,137th most popular actor (down from 3,627th in 2019), the 6,121st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,554th in 2019) and the 1,860th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Will Rogers ranks 4,137 out of 13,578. Before him are Leonard Whiting, Matthias Schweighöfer, Kitty Winn, Karen Mok, Arsenio Hall, and Mare Winningham. After him are Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Jennifer Saunders, Toshiko Fujita, Charles Fleischer, Don Knotts, and Kerem Bürsin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Will Rogers ranks 169. Before him are Rafael Erich, Jean Gilbert, Ethel Thomson Larcombe, Hermann Barrelet, Émile Nelligan, and Rudolf Friml. After him are Agnes Miegel, Grzegorz Fitelberg, Ernst Schultz, Agnes Arber, Sara Allgood, and Steponas Kairys. Among people deceased in 1935, Will Rogers ranks 112. Before him are Edwin Flack, Photius II of Constantinople, Milman Parry, Anna Katharine Green, Heinrich Schenker, and Emil Młynarski. After him are Harald Sohlberg, Jackson Showalter, Thelma Todd, Sylvain Lévi, Gerhard Louis De Geer, and Stanley G. Weinbaum.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Will Rogers ranks 6,121 out of 20,380. Before him are Samuel Garman (1843), Russell Kirk (1918), Kitty Winn (1944), Grace Bumbry (1937), Arsenio Hall (1956), and Mare Winningham (1959). After him are Hoagy Carmichael (1899), Charles Fleischer (1950), Don Knotts (1924), Sandra Brown (1948), Elizabeth Berkley (1972), and David Mamet (1947).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Will Rogers ranks 1,860. Before him are Jack Oakie (1903), Sarah Shahi (1980), Meg Tilly (1960), Kitty Winn (1944), Arsenio Hall (1956), and Mare Winningham (1959). After him are Charles Fleischer (1950), Don Knotts (1924), Elizabeth Berkley (1972), Marion Lorne (1883), Lou Costello (1906), and Kirsten Vangsness (1972).

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