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Burl Ives

1909 - 1995

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Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995) was an American folk singer and actor with a career that spanned more than six decades. Ives began his career as an itinerant singer and guitarist, eventually launching his own radio show, The Wayfaring Stranger, which popularized traditional folk songs. In 1942, he appeared in Irving Berlin's This Is the Army and became a major star of CBS Radio. In the 1960s, he successfully crossed over into country music, recording hits such as "A Little Bitty Tear" and "Funny Way of Laughin'". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Burl Ives is the 2,964th most popular actor (down from 2,603rd in 2019), the 5,019th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,063rd in 2019) and the 1,411th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Burl Ives ranks 2,964 out of 13,578. Before him are Rajesh Khanna, Hans Christian Blech, Michael Byrne, Dougray Scott, Won Bin, and Amy Madigan. After him are Jesse Eisenberg, Gene Barry, Julie Benz, Lynn Cohen, Dorothy Gibson, and Ashley Johnson.

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Among people born in 1909, Burl Ives ranks 190. Before him are Carlo Agostoni, Ivan Bek, Tewhida Ben Sheikh, Hans Erni, Pietro Arcari, and Gabrielle Roy. After him are Max Aub, Margaret Sullavan, Valentina Grizodubova, Sybille Schmitz, Reuven Shiloah, and Adam von Trott zu Solz. Among people deceased in 1995, Burl Ives ranks 159. Before him are Mordechai Gur, Koloman Gögh, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Oles Honchar, Dany Robin, and Jerry Garcia. After him are Ioannis Alevras, Mickey Mantle, Nicolas Slonimsky, Robert Monroe, Annie M. G. Schmidt, and James Samuel Coleman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Burl Ives ranks 5,019 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Barron (1959), Marc Mitscher (1887), Jerry Garcia (1942), Morris Kirksey (1895), Henry Russell (1904), and Amy Madigan (1950). After him are Jesse Eisenberg (1983), Charles Dvorak (1878), Gene Barry (1919), Antonin Scalia (1936), Julie Benz (1972), and H.D. (1886).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Burl Ives ranks 1,411. Before him are Cameron Boyce (1999), Sasha Alexander (1973), L. Q. Jones (1927), Bob Balaban (1945), Barry Newman (1938), and Amy Madigan (1950). After him are Jesse Eisenberg (1983), Gene Barry (1919), Julie Benz (1972), Lynn Cohen (1933), Dorothy Gibson (1889), and Ashley Johnson (1983).

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