ACTOR

Alan Thicke

1947 - 2016

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Alan Willis Thicke (born Alan Willis Jeffrey; 1 March 1947 – 13 December 2016) was a Canadian-American actor, songwriter, and game/talk show host. He was the father of singer Robin Thicke. Thicke was best known for playing Dr. Jason Seaver on the 1980s sitcom Growing Pains on ABC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Thicke has received more than 12,839,617 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 45 in 2019). Alan Thicke is the 3,326th most popular actor (down from 2,364th in 2019), the 260th most popular biography from Canada (down from 178th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alan Thicke ranks 3,326 out of 13,578. Before him are Joely Richardson, Brie Larson, Gérard Lanvin, Ruth Roman, Matt Bomer, and Dora Gerson. After him are Bonnie Bartlett, Joanne Dru, Diana Bracho, So Yamamura, Ronee Blakley, and Henry Gibson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Alan Thicke ranks 378. Before him are Roy Raymond, Bill Richardson, Samuel Schmid, Svetlana Toma, Veríssimo Correia Seabra, and Peer Steinbrück. After him are Stephen A. Schwarzman, Frank J. Tipler, Peter M. Christian, Coline Serreau, Lydia Davis, and Nicolae Dobrin. Among people deceased in 2016, Alan Thicke ranks 251. Before him are Paul Bley, Tarık Akan, Turgay Şeren, Banharn Silpa-archa, Ioannis Grivas, and Nancy Mackay. After him are Leon Russell, Jiří Tichý, Marc Riboud, Billy Paul, Marco Pannella, and Ernst Neizvestny.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Alan Thicke ranks 260 out of 1,622. Before him are Barry Pepper (1970), Alexandra Stewart (1939), Mark Robson (1913), Walter Pidgeon (1897), Edward Routh (1831), and Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879). After him are Anne Hébert (1916), Guy Laliberté (1959), Mario Lemieux (1965), Louis St. Laurent (1882), Percy Faith (1908), and Agnes Martin (1912).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Alan Thicke ranks 78. Before him are Elias Koteas (1961), Linda Thorson (1947), Michael Wincott (1958), Barry Pepper (1970), Alexandra Stewart (1939), and Walter Pidgeon (1897). After him are Anna Paquin (1982), Lothaire Bluteau (1957), Deborah Kara Unger (1966), Yannick Bisson (1969), Natasha Henstridge (1974), and Katherine DeMille (1911).

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