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Bruce Lee

1940 - 1973

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Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong-American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that is sometimes credited with paving the way for the combat sport mixed martial arts (MMA). Lee is considered by some commentators and martial artists to be the most influential martial artist of all time and a pop culture icon of the 20th century, who bridged the gap between East and West. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bruce Lee has received more than 49,662,587 page views. His biography is available in 113 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 111 in 2019). Bruce Lee is the 6th most popular actor (down from 4th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from United States (up from 24th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Actor.

Bruce Lee is most famous for his martial arts skills. He was a martial artist and actor.

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  • 83.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 113

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bruce Lee ranks 6 out of 9,996. Before him are Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe, Sylvester Stallone, Grace Kelly, and Alain Delon. After him are Al Pacino, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Audrey Hepburn, Robert De Niro, Anthony Hopkins, and Brigitte Bardot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Bruce Lee ranks 2. Before him is Pelé. After him are Al Pacino, John Lennon, Margrethe II of Denmark, Nursultan Nazarbayev, Chuck Norris, Constantine II of Greece, Saparmurat Niyazov, Ringo Starr, Michael Gambon, and Bartholomew I of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 1973, Bruce Lee ranks 3. Before him are Pablo Picasso and J. R. R. Tolkien. After him are Pablo Neruda, Salvador Allende, David Ben-Gurion, Erich von Manstein, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Fulgencio Batista, Pearl S. Buck, and Ivan Konev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bruce Lee ranks 20 out of 18,182. Before him are Malcolm X (1925), Steven Spielberg (1946), Martin Van Buren (1782), Benjamin Franklin (1706), John F. Kennedy (1917), and Elvis Presley (1935). After him are James K. Polk (1795), Hillary Clinton (1947), Ronald Reagan (1911), Michael Jackson (1958), Ernest Hemingway (1899), and Joe Biden (1942).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Bruce Lee ranks 4. Before him are Marilyn Monroe (1926), Sylvester Stallone (1946), and Grace Kelly (1929). After him are Al Pacino (1940), Robert De Niro (1943), Marlon Brando (1924), Clint Eastwood (1930), James Stewart (1908), Morgan Freeman (1937), Danny DeVito (1944), and Patrick Swayze (1952).

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