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George Burns

1896 - 1996

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George Burns (born Nathan Birnbaum; January 20, 1896 – March 9, 1996) was an American comedian, actor, writer, and singer, and one of the few entertainers whose career successfully spanned vaudeville, radio, film, and television. His arched eyebrow and cigar-smoke punctuation became familiar trademarks. He and his wife Gracie Allen appeared on radio, television and film as the comedy duo Burns and Allen. At age 79, Burns experienced a sudden career revival as an amiable, beloved, and unusually active comedy elder statesman in the 1975 film The Sunshine Boys, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. George Burns is the 3,073rd most popular actor (up from 3,349th in 2024), the 5,195th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,028th in 2019) and the 1,464th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, George Burns ranks 3,073 out of 13,578. Before him are Flóra Kádár, Brunhilde Pomsel, Ted Cassidy, Dagmara Domińczyk, John Kricfalusi, and Jackie Earle Haley. After him are Sam Wanamaker, Edward Furlong, Chester Conklin, John Neville, Connie Britton, and Angelo Beolco.

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Among people born in 1896, George Burns ranks 160. Before him are Fritz Julius Kuhn, Friedrich Sämisch, Josef Kammhuber, Teinosuke Kinugasa, John L. McClellan, and Constantin Rădulescu. After him are Kathleen McKane Godfree, Philippe Étancelin, Adhemar Pimenta, Roger Sessions, Evgeny Schwartz, and Lilia Skala. Among people deceased in 1996, George Burns ranks 153. Before him are Chen Jingrun, Anni Steuer, Akram al-Hawrani, Dave Schultz, Joseph Asajiro Satowaki, and Bernhard Klodt. After him are Edmund Muskie, Imre Kovács, Teodoro Fernández, Endel Puusepp, Michel Pablo, and Joseph Mermans.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Burns ranks 5,195 out of 20,380. Before him are Albert George Wilson (1918), Philip Morrison (1915), Ted Cassidy (1932), Ken Walsh (1945), Jackie Earle Haley (1961), and Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888). After him are Sam Wanamaker (1919), Brandon Sanderson (1975), Jordan Rudess (1956), Bobby Jindal (1971), Ralph Linton (1893), and Kerry King (1964).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, George Burns ranks 1,464. Before him are Claire Danes (1979), Emily Deschanel (1976), Rhonda Fleming (1923), Kate Walsh (1967), Ted Cassidy (1932), and Jackie Earle Haley (1961). After him are Sam Wanamaker (1919), Edward Furlong (1977), Chester Conklin (1886), Connie Britton (1967), Madeline Kahn (1942), and Estelle Harris (1928).

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