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Willard Scott

1934 - 2021

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Willard Herman Scott Jr. (March 7, 1934 – September 4, 2021) was an American weather presenter, radio and television personality, actor, narrator, clown, comedian, and author, whose broadcast career spanned 68 years, 65 years with the NBC broadcast network. Scott was best known as a weather reporter on NBC's Today show where he also celebrated US centenarian birthdays and notable anniversaries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Willard Scott has received more than 2,052,078 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Willard Scott is the 5,360th most popular actor (down from 3,337th in 2019), the 7,789th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,170th in 2019) and the 2,423rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Willard Scott ranks 5,360 out of 13,578. Before him are Stuart Townsend, Constance Collier, Nick Mancuso, Wakin Chau, Daisy Edgar-Jones, and Sergei Bodrov Jr.. After him are Ashok Kumar, Kyle Gass, Rose Leslie, Kunal Nayyar, Sean Gunn, and Martin Shaw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Willard Scott ranks 409. Before him are Ramón Marsal, Charles Jenkins Sr., Nirmala Joshi, Diane di Prima, Leon Rotman, and Dave Mackay. After him are Alan A'Court, Britt Strandberg, Giorgio Bassi, Robert Siatka, Yvonne Rainer, and Nobuyuki Aihara. Among people deceased in 2021, Willard Scott ranks 457. Before him are Bashkim Fino, Hubert Auriol, Tim Bogert, Juan Rodríguez Vega, Michael K. Williams, and Bronius Kutavičius. After him are Beryl Penrose, Kurt Biedenkopf, Djibril Tamsir Niane, Lubomir Kavalek, Giuseppe Galante, and Abubakar Shekau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Willard Scott ranks 7,789 out of 20,380. Before him are Mandy Moore (1984), Daniel Kinsey (1902), Joseph Paul Franklin (1950), Charles Bassett (1931), John Lipsky (1947), and Billy Cunningham (1943). After him are Dorothy Cheney (1916), Hélène de Pourtalès (1868), Esther Phillips (1935), DeWitt Clinton (1769), Kyle Gass (1960), and David Brown (1916).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Willard Scott ranks 2,423. Before him are Barnard Hughes (1915), Charisma Carpenter (1970), Michael O'Hare (1952), Grant Show (1962), Alice Pearce (1917), and Catherine Oxenberg (1961). After him are Kyle Gass (1960), Sean Gunn (1974), Kate Bosworth (1983), June Foray (1917), Kevin Richardson (1971), and Robert Beltran (1953).

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