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Paris Hilton

1981 - Today

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Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American media personality, businesswoman, and socialite. Hilton was born in New York City and raised there partially; shuttling between Los Angeles and New York City; she is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels. She first attracted tabloid attention in the late 1990s for her presence in New York City's social scene, ventured into fashion modeling in 2000, and was proclaimed "New York's leading It Girl" in 2001. The reality television series The Simple Life (2003–2007), in which she co-starred with her friend Nicole Richie, and a leaked 2003 sex tape with her then-boyfriend Rick Salomon, later released as 1 Night in Paris (2004), catapulted her to global fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paris Hilton is the 54th most popular celebrity (up from 57th in 2019), the 2,702nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,456th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Celebrity.

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Among celebrities, Paris Hilton ranks 54 out of 265Before her are Isabel Preysler, Emilie Louise Flöge, María Capovilla, Edie Sedgwick, Kim Peek, and Philippe Petit. After her are Jean-Marie Loret, Joseph Meister, Dan Inosanto, Michel Lotito, Elizabeth Stride, and Jess McMahon.

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Among people born in 1981, Paris Hilton ranks 26Before her are Billy Martin, Justin Timberlake, Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima, LP, and Chris Evans. After her are Jessica Alba, Nayib Bukele, Zara Tindall, Serdar Berdimuhamedow, Dimitar Berbatov, and Rami Malek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paris Hilton ranks 2,702 out of 20,380Before her are Dean Smith (1931), Chazz Palminteri (1952), Stella Adler (1901), Arthur D. Levinson (1950), Reinhold Niebuhr (1892), and Nicholas Murray Butler (1862). After her are Kamehameha II (1797), Red Buttons (1919), Judd Hirsch (1935), Buddy Rich (1917), George Lakoff (1941), and Robert Culp (1930).

Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Paris Hilton ranks 22Before her are Myrtle Corbin (1868), Black Dahlia (1924), Anna Nicole Smith (1967), Joseph Augustus Zarelli (1953), Edie Sedgwick (1943), and Kim Peek (1951). After her are Dan Inosanto (1936), Jess McMahon (1882), William Masters (1915), Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867), Babushka Lady (1930), and Lizzie Borden (1860).