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Adam West

1928 - 2017

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William West Anderson (September 19, 1928 – June 9, 2017), known as Adam West, was an American actor. He portrayed Batman in the 1960s ABC series of the same name and its 1966 theatrical feature film, reprising the role in various media until 2017. Making his film debut in the 1950s, West starred opposite Chuck Connors in Geronimo (1962) and The Three Stooges in The Outlaws Is Coming (1965). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adam West has received more than 10,737,573 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Adam West is the 737th most popular actor (down from 625th in 2019), the 1,339th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,149th in 2019) and the 357th most popular American Actor.

Adam West is most famous for playing Batman in the 1960s television series.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Adam West ranks 737 out of 13,578. Before him are Famke Janssen, Max Linder, Linda Christian, Lionel Logue, Eric Roberts, and Daniela Bianchi. After him are Richard Farnsworth, Herbert Lom, Ben Gazzara, Ugo Tognazzi, Jean-Louis Barrault, and Adolfo Celi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Adam West ranks 72. Before him are Hans Modrow, Manfred Rommel, Osamu Shimomura, Erik Bruhn, Robert Badinter, and Zhu Rongji. After him are Gaston Thorn, Bernard Buffet, Capucine, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Pierre Mauroy. Among people deceased in 2017, Adam West ranks 70. Before him are Jake LaMotta, Giovanni Sartori, Jacque Fresco, John Berger, Albert Speer, and Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. After him are John G. Avildsen, Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Georges Prêtre, Abdul Halim of Kedah, Kim Jong-nam, and Elsa Martinelli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Adam West ranks 1,339 out of 20,380. Before him are Raoul Walsh (1887), Eric Roberts (1956), John Updike (1932), Fredric Brown (1906), Madam C. J. Walker (1867), and Britney Spears (1981). After him are Richard Farnsworth (1920), Richard Donner (1930), John Foster Dulles (1888), Ben Gazzara (1930), Kris Kristofferson (1936), and John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Adam West ranks 357. Before him are Gene Tierney (1920), Sarah Jessica Parker (1965), James Spader (1960), Mark Ruffalo (1967), J. K. Simmons (1955), and Eric Roberts (1956). After him are Richard Farnsworth (1920), Ben Gazzara (1930), Anthony Mann (1906), Robin Wright (1966), Cybill Shepherd (1950), and Tyler Perry (1969).

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