ACTOR

Chadwick Boseman

1977 - 2020

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Chadwick Aaron Boseman (; November 29, 1976 – August 28, 2020) was an American actor and playwright. After studying directing at Howard University, he became prominent in theater, winning a Drama League Directing Fellowship and an acting AUDELCO, and being nominated for a Jeff Award as a playwright for Deep Azure. Transitioning to the screen, he landed his first major role as a series regular on Persons Unknown in 2010, and his breakthrough performance came in 2013 as baseball player Jackie Robinson in the biographical film 42. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chadwick Boseman has received more than 29,807,158 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Chadwick Boseman is the 3,818th most popular actor (down from 2,620th in 2019), the 5,966th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,332nd in 2019) and the 1,869th most popular American Actor.

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  • 30M

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  • 59.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Chadwick Boseman ranks 3,818 out of 10,030. Before him are George Bancroft, Glória Pires, Kappei Yamaguchi, Seth Rogen, Emilie de Ravin, and Sylvia Chang. After him are Björn Granath, Ariadna Gil, Francisco Martínez Soria, Bill Irwin, Titus Welliver, and Dick Van Patten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, Chadwick Boseman ranks 72. Before him are Won Bin, Giorgos Karagounis, Tom Brady, Steve Aoki, Hiro Mashima, and So Ji-sub. After him are Takuma Sato, Cadel Evans, Caterina Murino, Brad Delson, John Green, and Jeff Hardy. Among people deceased in 2020, Chadwick Boseman ranks 408. Before him are Johnny Mandel, Stuart Christie, Raúl Eduardo Vela Chiriboga, Charlie Daniels, Isabel-Clara Simó, and Juan José Pizzuti. After him are David Dinkins, Ahmed Radhi, Shirley Ann Grau, René Felber, Pavol Biroš, and John D. Barrow.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chadwick Boseman ranks 5,966 out of 15,968. Before him are George Bancroft (1882), Bella Abzug (1920), Luther Allison (1939), Whitcomb L. Judson (1846), Clyde Cowan (1919), and Frank Pierson (1925). After him are Jack Kramer (1921), Joshua Chamberlain (1828), Clarence Thomas (1948), Philip Bailey (1951), Conway Twitty (1933), and Stanley Norman Cohen (1935).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Chadwick Boseman ranks 1,869. Before him are Anne Jackson (1925), Kim Manners (1951), Lorna Luft (1952), Dinah Shore (1916), Phoebe Cates (1963), and George Bancroft (1882). After him are Bill Irwin (1950), Titus Welliver (1962), Dick Van Patten (1928), Michael B. Jordan (1987), Andre Braugher (1962), and Judge Reinhold (1957).

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