Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon is a trivia game, based on the small world phenomenon, that challenges players to link anybody in the world to the American actor Kevin Bacon by six degrees. Three students from Albright College, Craig Fass, Brian Turtle, and Mike Ginelli, claim to have created the game in early 1994 while watching Footloose on television.¹

Fast Facts

Kevin Bacon started a charitable orginization called SixDegrees.
Bacon once did a Visa commecial parodying the phenomenon.

Kevin Bacon Fast Facts

Birth name: Kevin Norwood Bacon
Birth date: July 8, 1958
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Spouse: Kyra Sedgewick
Bacon Number: 0

Bacon Numbers

The Bacon number of an actor or actress is an Erdős number or the number of degrees of separation they have from Kevin Bacon. Erdos numbers is a way of describing the "collaborative distance" between two people.

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Entertainment | Movies

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Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon News & Informaton

SixDegrees.org: Official Kevin Bacon Charity Organization
Wikipedia: Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
Official Site: The Oracle of Bacon
New York Times: Are Actors All Related? Or Is It Just Kevin Bacon? (September 19, 1996)
Google News Search: Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon

Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Blogs and Commentaries

Google Blog Search: Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
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