ACTOR

Burt Lancaster

1913 - 1994

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Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor. Initially known for playing tough guys with a tender heart, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-year career in films and television series. He was a four-time nominee for the Academy Award for Best Actor (winning once), and he also won two BAFTA Awards and one Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Burt Lancaster has received more than 9,313,796 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Burt Lancaster is the 158th most popular actor (down from 129th in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from United States (down from 243rd in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Actor.

Burt Lancaster is most famous for his roles in the films Elmer Gantry, From Here to Eternity, The Leopard, and Atlantic City.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Burt Lancaster ranks 158 out of 13,578. Before him are Ava Gardner, Eli Wallach, Tommy Lee Jones, Stan Laurel, Antonio Banderas, and Sandra Bullock. After him are Fernandel, Oliver Hardy, Rita Hayworth, Jeremy Irons, Angelina Jolie, and Marcel Marceau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Burt Lancaster ranks 15. Before him are Robert Capa, Josef Bican, Claude Simon, Jesse Owens, Klaus Barbie, and Gustáv Husák. After him are Ramón Mercader, Paul Ricœur, Willis Lamb, Makarios III, Sabiha Gökçen, and Benjamin Britten. Among people deceased in 1994, Burt Lancaster ranks 15. Before him are Erik Erikson, Ayrton Senna, Linus Pauling, Giulietta Masina, Jeffrey Dahmer, and John Wayne Gacy. After him are Andrei Chikatilo, Harry Nilsson, Melina Mercouri, Kurt Cobain, Mas Oyama, and Antônio Carlos Jobim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Burt Lancaster ranks 303 out of 20,380. Before him are P. T. Barnum (1810), John Wayne Gacy (1942), John Bardeen (1908), Sandra Bullock (1964), Miles Davis (1926), and Coen brothers (null). After him are Clinton Davisson (1881), Oliver Hardy (1892), David Woodard (1964), Calvin Coolidge (1872), Billy the Kid (1859), and B.B. King (1925).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Burt Lancaster ranks 78. Before him are Tony Curtis (1925), Orson Welles (1915), Ava Gardner (1922), Eli Wallach (1915), Tommy Lee Jones (1946), and Sandra Bullock (1964). After him are Oliver Hardy (1892), Rita Hayworth (1918), Angelina Jolie (1975), Christopher Walken (1943), Jared Leto (1971), and Geraldine Chaplin (1944).

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