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Richard Pryor

1940 - 2005

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Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential comedians of all time. Pryor won a Primetime Emmy Award and five Grammy Awards. He received the first Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Pryor is the 23rd most popular comedian (down from 20th in 2019), the 2,755th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,085th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Comedian.

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Among COMEDIANS

Among comedians, Richard Pryor ranks 23 out of 98. Before him are Chevy Chase, Lucille Ball, Ricky Gervais, Joan Rivers, Don Rickles, and Sinbad. After him are Henry Winkler, Chris Rock, Larry David, Bob Saget, John Ritter, and Jerry Seinfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Richard Pryor ranks 150. Before him are Sadaharu Oh, Víctor Erice, Hiroshi Katayama, Mike Hailwood, Sam Waterston, and Wilma Rudolph. After him are Jan Stráský, Elke Sommer, Abbas El Fassi, Petru Lucinschi, Iva Zanicchi, and Teruki Miyamoto. Among people deceased in 2005, Richard Pryor ranks 83. Before him are Will Eisner, Álvaro Cunhal, Yao Wenyuan, Shirley Chisholm, Charly Gaul, and Zhang Chunqiao. After him are Ghena Dimitrova, Simone Simon, Amrish Puri, Andre Gunder Frank, Erich Topp, and Vasco Gonçalves.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Pryor ranks 2,755 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas Watson Jr. (1914), Ray Price (1926), Siri Hustvedt (1955), Phil Murphy (1957), Brian Kemp (1963), and Wilma Rudolph (1940). After him are Gregg L. Semenza (1956), Elizabeth Peña (1959), Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), Claude Akins (1926), and Paul Sorvino (1939).

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Among COMEDIANS In United States

Among comedians born in United States, Richard Pryor ranks 20. Before him are Bob Odenkirk (1962), Chevy Chase (1943), Lucille Ball (1911), Joan Rivers (1933), Don Rickles (1926), and Sinbad (1956). After him are Henry Winkler (1945), Chris Rock (1965), Larry David (1947), Bob Saget (1956), John Ritter (1948), and Jerry Seinfeld (1954).

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