# William Kempe

> William Kempe, commonly referred to as Will Kemp, was an English actor and dancer who specialised in comic roles. He was best known as one of the original stage actors in early dramas by William Shakespeare, and roles associated with his name may have included the comic creation Falstaff. His contemporaries considered him to be a successor to the great clown of the previous generation, Richard Tarlton.

*English actor and dancer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Actor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999))
- **Category:** Actors
- **Born:** 1560
- **Died:** 1603
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 47.5 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 9.2 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 55.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #246

## Sources
- [ولیم کیمپے](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%BE%DB%92)
- [William Kempe](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kempe)
- [William Kempe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kempe)
- [William Kempe](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kempe)
- [William Kempe](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kempe)
- [William Kempe](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kempe)
- [William Kemp](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kemp)
- [William Kempe](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kempe)
- [Кемп, Уильям](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC)
- [Вільям Кемп](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2028014)

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