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Bud Abbott

1897 - 1974

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William Alexander "Bud" Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) was an American comedian, actor and producer. He was best known as the straight man in the comedy duo Abbott and Costello. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bud Abbott is the 2,527th most popular actor (up from 2,866th in 2019), the 4,393rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,428th in 2019) and the 1,227th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bud Abbott ranks 2,527 out of 13,578. Before him are Pierre Brasseur, Annabella, Olivier Martinez, Suriya, Marika Green, and Michael Richards. After him are Milena Vukotic, Geraldine James, Lau Kar-leung, Jane Asher, Rosalind Russell, and Sandrine Bonnaire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Bud Abbott ranks 154. Before him are Gaspar Cassadó, Emil Leon Post, Štefan Tiso, Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, Hansa Jivraj Mehta, and Mikhail Kovalyov. After him are Richard Hildebrandt, Ernst-Günther Baade, Lampião, Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Adolfo Baloncieri, and Friedrich Schulz. Among people deceased in 1974, Bud Abbott ranks 111. Before him are Lev Oborin, Antanas Sniečkus, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Spyridon Marinatos, Yekaterina Furtseva, and Abraham Robinson. After him are Sucheta Kriplani, Emil Väre, Earl Warren, Mikheil Chiaureli, Arnaud Denjoy, and Arnold Fanck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bud Abbott ranks 4,393 out of 20,380. Before him are Marc Platt (1957), John Wesley Hyatt (1837), Ron Carter (1937), Gavin Newsom (1967), Paul Castellano (1915), and Michael Richards (1949). After him are N. C. Wyeth (1882), Charley Borah (1906), John C. Woods (1911), Viscera (1971), Alec John Such (1951), and Gregory Jarvis (1944).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bud Abbott ranks 1,227. Before him are Angélica María (1943), Wallace Beery (1885), Michael V. Gazzo (1923), David Harbour (1975), Adolphe Menjou (1890), and Michael Richards (1949). After him are Rosalind Russell (1907), Connie Booth (1944), June Squibb (1929), Sonny Landham (1941), Lydia Clarke (1923), and Jennifer Morrison (1979).

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