ACTOR

Alan Alda

1936 - Today

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Alan Alda (; born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner and a three-time Tony Award nominee, he is best known for playing Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the CBS wartime sitcom M*A*S*H (1972–1983). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Alda has received more than 15,529,581 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Alan Alda is the 69th most popular actor (up from 944th in 2019), the 143rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,738th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Actor.

Alan Alda is most famous for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the television series M*A*S*H.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 77.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alan Alda ranks 69 out of 13,578. Before him are Omar Sharif, Greta Garbo, Charles Bronson, Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, and Kirk Douglas. After him are Henry Fonda, Johnny Depp, Ian McKellen, Maggie Smith, Jean Marais, and Steven Seagal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Alan Alda ranks 5. Before him are Pope Francis, Silvio Berlusconi, Václav Havel, and Sepp Blatter. After him are Yves Saint Laurent, Barry Barish, Mario Vargas Llosa, Robert Redford, Ken Loach, Mikhail Tal, and Amancio Ortega.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Alda ranks 143 out of 20,380. Before him are Edwin Hubble (1889), Phineas Gage (1823), Charles Bronson (1921), Tom Hanks (1956), Brad Pitt (1963), and Kirk Douglas (1916). After him are Henry Fonda (1905), Johnny Depp (1963), Harvey Weinstein (1952), Carl Rogers (1902), Stan Lee (1922), and Ray Charles (1930).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Alan Alda ranks 30. Before him are Michael Douglas (1944), Will Smith (1968), Charles Bronson (1921), Tom Hanks (1956), Brad Pitt (1963), and Kirk Douglas (1916). After him are Henry Fonda (1905), Johnny Depp (1963), Steven Seagal (1952), Tom Selleck (1945), John Wayne (1907), and Denzel Washington (1954).

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