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Curly Howard

1903 - 1952

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Jerome Howard (born Jerome Lester Horwitz; October 22, 1903 – January 18, 1952), better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and actor. He was a member of The Three Stooges comedy team, which also featured his elder brothers Moe and Shemp Howard, as well as vaudevillian Larry Fine. In early shorts, he was billed as "Curley". He was generally considered the most popular and recognizable of the Stooges. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Curly Howard is the 5,417th most popular actor (down from 4,841st in 2024), the 8,410th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,094th in 2019) and the 2,478th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Curly Howard ranks 5,417 out of 13,578. Before him are Beata Poźniak, Harve Presnell, Megan Follows, Riccardo Scamarcio, Karina Lombard, and Mili Avital. After him are Erast Garin, Kikuko Inoue, Corinne Calvet, Noah Wyle, Sadie Frost, and Boris Klyuyev.

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Among people born in 1903, Curly Howard ranks 292. Before him are G. Evelyn Hutchinson, Nancy Carroll, Hans Christian Branner, Afanasy Beloborodov, Yoshiyuki Tsuruta, and Nilo Murtinho Braga. After him are M. King Hubbert, Alan Napier, Emil Hirschfeld, Béla Szepes, Vicente Piera, and Preston Tucker. Among people deceased in 1952, Curly Howard ranks 157. Before him are Aleksandr Andronov, Katherine Sophie Dreier, Concepción Aleixandre, Maryse Bastié, François Gagnepain, and Francis Pegahmagabow. After him are Frank Kugler, Delfina Bunge, Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, Gus Dillon, Alan Noble, and Frederic G. Kenyon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Curly Howard ranks 8,412 out of 20,380. Before him are Jimmy Giuffre (1921), Hamilton Fish (1808), Mary Carey (1980), Toni Basil (1943), Edward Moore (1897), and Jonathan Pollard (1954). After him are Charles Kieffer (1910), William D. Coolidge (1873), Marc Aaronson (1950), Robert Bacon (1860), Paddy Chayefsky (1923), and Noah Wyle (1971).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Curly Howard ranks 2,479. Before him are Colin Hanks (1977), Da'Vine Joy Randolph (1986), Avery Brooks (1948), Eric Szmanda (1975), Joan Van Ark (1943), and Harve Presnell (1933). After him are Noah Wyle (1971), Haley Joel Osment (1988), Robert Goulet (1933), Jesse Plemons (1988), Kal Penn (1977), and Michael Badalucco (1954).

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