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Will Rogers

1879 - 1935

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William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma), and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son". As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled around the world three times, made 71 films (50 silent films and 21 "talkies"), and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. By the mid-1930s, Rogers was hugely popular in the United States for his leading political wit and was one of the higher paid Hollywood film stars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Will Rogers is the 4,097th most popular actor (up from 4,133rd in 2024), the 6,589th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,120th in 2019) and the 1,899th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Will Rogers ranks 4,097 out of 13,578. Before him are Garry Chalk, Arnoldo Foà, Frank Gorshin, Masayuki Mori, Barry Van Dyke, and Sean Paul Lockhart. After him are Sylvester Groth, Rob Delaney, Leon Niemczyk, Tony Lo Bianco, Kristin Chenoweth, and Nita Naldi.

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Among people born in 1879, Will Rogers ranks 174. Before him are Alfred Abel, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, Pierre Cérésole, Benjamin Christensen, and Cyril Scott. After him are Adolf Lindfors, Martin Mutschmann, Émile Nelligan, Agnes Miegel, Rudolf Friml, and Henri Tauzin. Among people deceased in 1935, Will Rogers ranks 115. Before him are Heinrich Schenker, Julia Beck, Sylvain Lévi, Gottlieb von Jagow, Childe Hassam, and Tryggvi Þórhallsson. After him are Harald Sohlberg, Milman Parry, Alfred Roller, Herbert Giles, Vladimir Gilyarovsky, and Francisco Cepeda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Will Rogers ranks 6,589 out of 20,380. Before him are Lawrence Lessig (1961), Barry Van Dyke (1951), David Hammond (1881), Sean Paul Lockhart (1986), and Sandy Koufax (1935). After him are Rob Delaney (1977), Albert Nasse (1878), Lou Rawls (1933), Tony Lo Bianco (1936), William Bonin (1947), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1935), and Louis Leon Thurstone (1887).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Will Rogers ranks 1,899. Before him are Jude Ciccolella (1947), Colm Feore (1958), Peter Riegert (1947), Frank Gorshin (1933), Barry Van Dyke (1951), and Sean Paul Lockhart (1986). After him are Rob Delaney (1977), Tony Lo Bianco (1936), Kristin Chenoweth (1968), Nita Naldi (1894), Simon Helberg (1980), and Dorothy Gish (1898).

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