ACTOR

Alec McCowen

1925 - 2017

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Alexander Duncan McCowen, (26 May 1925 – 6 February 2017) was an English actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alec McCowen has received more than 689,503 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Alec McCowen is the 3,895th most popular actor (down from 3,582nd in 2019), the 3,115th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,977th in 2019) and the 458th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alec McCowen ranks 3,895 out of 13,578Before him are Jonah Falcon, Alice Joyce, Edi Gathegi, Kim Raver, Alexander Knox, and Mario Casas. After him are Ally Sheedy, Julianna Margulies, Gabrielle Réjane, Mia May, Vadim Glowna, and Vinod Khanna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Alec McCowen ranks 295Before him are Paul Kurtz, Julian Beck, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Ilona Novák, Leslie Laing, and Italo De Zan. After him are Yury Trifonov, William Wharton, Burkhard Heim, Bert Bolin, Michal Vičan, and Carlo Di Palma. Among people deceased in 2017, Alec McCowen ranks 306Before him are Timo Mäkinen, Isabella Karle, Abdelmajid Dolmy, Jean Vuarnet, Shyla Stylez, and Daniil Granin. After him are Vinod Khanna, Betty Cuthbert, John Abercrombie, Viktor Tsaryov, Cuthbert Sebastian, and Robert Alt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alec McCowen ranks 3,115 out of 8,785Before him are Duncan Grant (1885), Anna Massey (1937), William Thoms (1803), Charles Townshend (1725), Florence Green (1901), and Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899). After him are Don McCullin (1935), Edith Evans (1888), Henry Travers (1874), John Lennox (1943), Everard Home (1756), and William Nicholson (1753).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Alec McCowen ranks 458Before him are Madeleine Carroll (1906), Roger Rees (1944), Rhona Mitra (1976), James Robertson Justice (1907), Anthony Andrews (1948), and Anna Massey (1937). After him are Edith Evans (1888), Henry Travers (1874), Anton Lesser (1952), Ben Barnes (1981), Rory McCann (1969), and Christopher Eccleston (1964).