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Alan Thicke

1947 - 2016

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Alan Willis Thicke (born Alan Willis Jeffrey; March 1, 1947 – December 13, 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 12,362,268 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Alan Thicke is the 2,368th most popular actor (up from 2,465th in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from Canada (up from 195th in 2019) and the 56th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alan Thicke ranks 2,368 out of 9,996. Before him are Amy Irving, Dorothy Dandridge, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Ray Wise, Nigel Bruce, and Tommy Wiseau. After him are Bill Cobbs, Susan Blakely, Mickey Hargitay, Brenda Vaccaro, Lena Nyman, and Thomas Gibson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Alan Thicke ranks 248. Before him are Gerry Rafferty, Meiko Kaji, Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, Carlos Lopes, Mile Mrkšić, and Ray Wise. After him are Louis Michel, David Chiang, Martin Winterkorn, Lee Evans, Martin Ferrero, and Jim Steinman. Among people deceased in 2016, Alan Thicke ranks 189. Before him are Frank Sinatra Jr., Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, David Huddleston, Georges Cottier, Qahhor Mahkamov, and William H. McNeill. After him are Željko Čajkovski, Vilmos Zsigmond, Yang Jiang, Klim Churyumov, Ann Morgan Guilbert, and Bernard Fox.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Alan Thicke ranks 178 out of 1,350. Before him are Jason Priestley (1969), Tommy Chong (1938), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Phil Esposito (1942), William H. McNeill (1917), and Hubert Reeves (1932). After him are Maynard Ferguson (1928), Ted Kotcheff (1931), Emily Carr (1871), Sandra Oh (1971), Marie-Claire Blais (1939), and Ann Rutherford (1917).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Alan Thicke ranks 56. Before him are Elisha Cuthbert (1982), Neve Campbell (1973), Hayden Christensen (1981), Walter Pidgeon (1897), Jason Priestley (1969), and Tommy Chong (1938). After him are Sandra Oh (1971), Ann Rutherford (1917), Oliver Platt (1960), Barry Pepper (1970), Phil Hartman (1948), and Nathan Fillion (1971).

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