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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 629,581 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Alec McCowen is the 3,587th most popular actor (down from 2,567th in 2019), the 2,985th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,404th in 2019) and the 446th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 630k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alec McCowen ranks 3,587 out of 9,996Before him are Danneel Ackles, James Shigeta, Anne Shirley, Nancy Walker, Pruitt Taylor Vince, and Judith Light. After him are Trine Dyrholm, Ji Sung, Małgorzata Braunek, John Vernon, Gemma Chan, and David Spade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Alec McCowen ranks 273Before him are William Wharton, Roy Haynes, Vojtěch Jasný, Oldřich Lajsek, Harry Guardino, and Eugene Garfield. After him are Attilâ İlhan, Yury Trifonov, Burkhard Heim, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Pyotr Todorovsky, and Néstor Rossi. Among people deceased in 2017, Alec McCowen ranks 275Before him are Darlanne Fluegel, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, Om Puri, Daniil Granin, Eugene Garfield, and François Van der Elst. After him are Amotz Zahavi, Richard Hatch, Björn Granath, Hrvoje Šarinić, Hubert Dreyfus, and Tim Pigott-Smith.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alec McCowen ranks 2,985 out of 7,765Before him are David Frost (1939), Adrian Paul (1959), Joe Abercrombie (1974), Richard Hughes (1900), Nicholas Grimshaw (1939), and Michael Morpurgo (1943). After him are Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough (1681), John Hoppner (1758), Derek Bell (1941), Gemma Chan (1982), Ashley Cole (1980), and Capability Brown (1716).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Alec McCowen ranks 446Before him are Christina Pickles (1935), Nathalie Emmanuel (1989), Dawn Addams (1930), Tom Conti (1941), Jennifer Saunders (1958), and Adrian Paul (1959). After him are Gemma Chan (1982), Sarah Siddons (1755), Roger Rees (1944), Stella McCartney (1971), Janet McTeer (1961), and Theo James (1984).

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