1879 - 1935
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 3,840,191 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Will Rogers is the 3,633rd most popular actor (down from 2,390th in 2019), the 5,566th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,956th in 2019) and the 1,712th most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, Will Rogers ranks 3,633 out of 9,996. Before him are Johnny Knoxville, Bradford Dillman, Janet McTeer, Ben Mendelsohn, Lee Meriwether, and Matthias Schweighöfer. After him are Theo James, Mark Addy, Paul Meurisse, Warren Clarke, Momoe Yamaguchi, and Clara Calamai.
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 3,627
1930 - 2018
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 3,628
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 3,629
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 3,630
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 3,631
1981 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 3,632
1879 - 1935
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 3,633
1984 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 3,634
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 3,635
1912 - 1979
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 3,636
1947 - 2014
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 3,637
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 3,638
1909 - 1998
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 3,639
Among people born in 1879, Will Rogers ranks 141. Before him are Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Martin Mutschmann, Eugène Lanti, Shinobu Ishihara, Cyril Scott, and Wladimir Aïtoff. After him are Ellen Gleditsch, Joseph Avenol, Rafael Erich, Marion Jones Farquhar, Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov, and Agnes Miegel. Among people deceased in 1935, Will Rogers ranks 98. Before him are Tsubouchi Shōyō, Richard Sheldon, Harald Sohlberg, Emil Młynarski, Milman Parry, and Hans Tropsch. After him are John Hartley, Edwin Flack, Daniel Salamanca Urey, Vladimir Gilyarovsky, Heinrich Schenker, and Albert Ayat.
1879 - 1962
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 135
1879 - 1947
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 136
1879 - 1947
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 137
1879 - 1963
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 138
1879 - 1970
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 139
1879 - 1963
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 140
1879 - 1935
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 141
1879 - 1968
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 142
1879 - 1952
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 143
1879 - 1946
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 144
1879 - 1965
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 145
1879 - 1940
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 146
1879 - 1964
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 147
1859 - 1935
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 92
1878 - 1935
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 93
1869 - 1935
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 94
1870 - 1935
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 95
1902 - 1935
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 96
1889 - 1935
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 97
1879 - 1935
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 98
1849 - 1935
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 99
1873 - 1935
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 100
1869 - 1935
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 101
1853 - 1935
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 102
1868 - 1935
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 103
1875 - 1935
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 104
Among people born in United States, Will Rogers ranks 5,566 out of 18,182. Before him are Alvin Ailey (1931), Lewis Powell (1844), Barbara Morgan (1951), Lee Meriwether (1935), Ancel Keys (1904), and Stan Kenton (1911). After him are Tony Accardo (1906), Ray Allen (1975), Daniel Webster (1782), Zane Grey (1872), Robert Towne (1934), and Wendell Willkie (1892).
1931 - 1989
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,560
1844 - 1865
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,561
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,562
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,563
1904 - 2004
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,564
1911 - 1979
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,565
1879 - 1935
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,566
1906 - 1992
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,567
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5,568
1782 - 1852
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 5,569
1872 - 1939
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 5,570
1934 - Present
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 5,571
1892 - 1944
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 5,572
Among actors born in United States, Will Rogers ranks 1,712. Before him are Tyler Perry (1969), Susanna Hoffs (1959), Leighton Meester (1986), Johnny Knoxville (1971), Bradford Dillman (1930), and Lee Meriwether (1935). After him are Bonnie Bartlett (1929), John Randolph (1915), Richard Lynch (1940), Richard Quine (1920), David Proval (1942), and John Drew Barrymore (1932).
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 1,706
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 1,707
1986 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 1,708
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 1,709
1930 - 2018
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 1,710
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 1,711
1879 - 1935
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 1,712
1929 - Present
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 1,713
1915 - 2004
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 1,714
1940 - 2012
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 1,715
1920 - 1989
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 1,716
1942 - Present
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 1,717
1932 - 2004
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 1,718