ACTOR

Chaim Topol

1935 - 2023

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Chaim Topol (Hebrew: חיים טופול‎; 9 September 1935 – 8 March 2023), mononymously known as Topol, was an Israeli actor and singer. He is best known for his portrayal of Tevye, the lead role in the stage musical Fiddler on the Roof and the 1971 film adaptation, performing this role more than 3,500 times from 1967 through 2009. Topol began acting during his Israeli army service as a member of the Nahal entertainment troupe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chaim Topol has received more than 3,389,944 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Chaim Topol is the 1,482nd most popular actor (down from 1,369th in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Israel (down from 155th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Israeli Actor.

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  • 3.4M

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  • 62.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Chaim Topol ranks 1,482 out of 13,578. Before him are Robert Powell, Maureen O'Sullivan, Julie Newmar, Rosamund Pike, Aleksander Krupa, and Vera Fischer. After him are Heather Locklear, Lynda Carter, Bruce Spence, Cyd Charisse, Fernando Fernán Gómez, and Richard Roundtree.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Chaim Topol ranks 122. Before him are Richard Kuklinski, Bruno Sammartino, Jan Saudek, André Brink, Jerry Orbach, and Jerry Fodor. After him are Tsutomu Hata, Mohamed Choukri, Sergei Khrushchev, Richard Brautigan, Franco Citti, and Lyudmila Chernykh. Among people deceased in 2023, Chaim Topol ranks 167. Before him are Ken Block, Ralph Boston, Ion Druță, Terry Funk, Vera Krepkina, and Carlo Mazzone. After him are Richard Roundtree, Tom Sizemore, Earl Boen, Horst-Dieter Höttges, Guy Marchand, and Dianne Feinstein.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Chaim Topol ranks 186 out of 466. Before him are Haya Harareet (1931), Dana International (1969), Zahir al-Umar (1689), Yigal Amir (1970), Sarah Aaronsohn (1890), and Ivry Gitlis (1922). After him are Eliahu Inbal (1936), Amos Tversky (1937), Peter I, Count of Alençon (1251), Dan Shomron (1937), Daliah Lavi (1942), and Ilan Pappé (1954).

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Among ACTORS In Israel

Among actors born in Israel, Chaim Topol ranks 4. Before him are Gal Gadot (1985), Natalie Portman (1981), and Haya Harareet (1931). After him are Daliah Lavi (1942), Yvan Attal (1965), Hiam Abbass (1960), Gila Almagor (1939), Ayelet Zurer (1969), Nehemiah Persoff (1919), Mohammad Bakri (1953), and Oded Fehr (1970).

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