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A few days ago I asked myself which (historical) person was played by more than five different performers on SNL and so I looked it up at the SNL archives. Since I thought it's interesting to me, there might be others who would also enjoy the following data.

7 impressions

- Marlon Brando (John Belushi, Peter Boyle, Zweibel, Burt Reynolds, Baldwin, Travolta, Goodman)

- Hillary Clinton (Hooks, Garofalo, Gasteyer, Poehler, Barrymore, Dratch, Bayer)

- Saddam Hussein (Nealon, Hartman, Ferrell, Hammond, Sanz, Baldwin, Dane Cook)

- Madonna(Pamela Stevenson, Garofalo, Shannon, Gasteyer, Joan Allan, Poehler, Wiig)

- Ronald Reagan(Chase, Shearer, Rocket, Piscopo, Quaid, Robin Williams, Hartman)

- Martha Stewart(Garofalo, Walls, Gasteyer, Poehler, Dratch, Spade, Wiig)

6 impressions

- Christina Aguilera

- Yasser Arafat

- Prince Charles

- Michael Gelman

- Adolf Hitler

- Michael Jackson

- Marilyn Monroe

- Elisabeth Taylor

Since it's not "General News" I opened this thread (If you think there is a better thread, please let me know). If someone else wants to share interesting SNL trivia, this could be the right place for it.

When did Alan Zweibel do Brando? I guess I could look it up. Presumably during the fifth season. That's an odd bit of trivia itself.

Six have done Xtina? I remember Maya. Who else?

Abby Elliott certainly did one of the best Marilyn Monroe's they've ever had, even though it was brief. Shame she didn't get to play her in a Vincent Price Showcase sketch before she was cut.

I can also remember Sarah Michelle Gellar as X-Tina (parody of the Dirty video) and Seth as Prince Charles.
I also thought of Kattan as "Gay Hitler" but it's counted as a character, not as a impression.

Since there were speculations about the other impressions, here are the missing names (in red):

Christina Aguilera: Maya, Abby, Gellar - Gasteyer, Pedrad, Katy Perry

Elizabeth Taylor: Belushi, Shannon, Dratch - Joan Rivers, Sally Field, Casey Wilson

Michael Jackson: Murphy, Meadows, Poehler - Edwards, Rock, Walter Payton

Adolf Hitler: Kazurinsky, Palin, Killam - Carvey, Schneider, Myers

Marilyn Monroe: Abby - Teri Garr, Madonna, Pedrad, Gross, Charlize Theron

Prince Charles: Eric Idle, Meyers - Rocket, Tim Curry, Lovitz, Carvey

Michael Gelman: Kattan - Davis, Spade, Dratch, Killam, Brittain

Yasser Arafat: John Belushi, Tony Rosato, Gary Kroeger, Lovitz, Chris Elliot, Kattan

Ugh, Attell: the least talented and most toxic writer that Lorne ever hired for SNL. A greasy loser better suited to doing sleazy stand-up at titty bars.

Part 2 of the "most impressions" analysis: Who was impersonated the most on SNL?

Of course the US Presidents are the frontrunners in this ranking, so first here is a list of all US Presidents, Vice Presidents, First Ladys and defeated Runner-Ups (with number of total impersonations):

Bill Clinton (105)
George W. Bush (72)
Hillary Clinton (45)
Barack Obama (43)
George Bush (42)
Ronald Reagan (40)
Jimmy Carter (39)
Bob Dole (30)
Al Gore, Dick Cheney (27)
Joe Biden (22)
Nancy Raegan (19)
Mitt Romney ( 18 )
Gerald Ford (16)
John Kerry, Ross Perot (15)
Richard Nixon (14)
John McCain (11)
Dan Quayle (10)
Walter Mondale (7)
Michael Dukakis, Barbara Bush, John F. Kennedy (5)
Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt (4)
Ralph Nader, Michelle Obama (2)
Theodore Roosevelt (1)

And here is the list for all the other people who were impersonated without being president or close to it:

1) Barbara Walters (31)
2) Tom Brokaw, Donald Trump (24)
4) Larry King (21)
5) Jesse Jackson, Michael Jackson, Tom Snyder (20)
8 ) Dan Rather, Martha Stewart (19)
10) Al Sharpton, Burt Reynolds (18 )