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Charlie Chaplin

1889 - 1977

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Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charlie Chaplin has received more than 34,533,933 page views. His biography is available in 192 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 187 in 2019). Charlie Chaplin is the 2nd most popular actor (down from 1st in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 10th in 2019) and the most popular British Actor.

Charlie Chaplin is most famous for his role as the Little Tramp in the silent comedy films, such as The Kid and The Gold Rush.

Memorability Metrics

  • 35M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 86.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 192

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Charlie Chaplin ranks 2 out of 13,578. Before him are Sylvester Stallone. After him are Marilyn Monroe, Anthony Hopkins, Alain Delon, Bruce Lee, Grace Kelly, Brigitte Bardot, Al Pacino, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert De Niro, and Audrey Hepburn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Charlie Chaplin ranks 2. Before him is Adolf Hitler. After him are Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, António de Oliveira Salazar, Jawaharlal Nehru, Jean Cocteau, Edwin Hubble, Paul Karrer, Ante Pavelić, Anna Akhmatova, and Arnold J. Toynbee. Among people deceased in 1977, Charlie Chaplin ranks 1. After him are Elvis Presley, Maria Callas, Vladimir Nabokov, Wernher von Braun, Anthony Eden, Stefania Turkewich, Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Ludwig Erhard, René Goscinny, Roberto Rossellini, and Jacques Prévert.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charlie Chaplin ranks 7 out of 8,785. Before him are Isaac Newton (1643), Adam Smith (1723), William Shakespeare (1564), Charles Darwin (1809), Elizabeth II (1926), and Lord Byron (1788). After him are Francis Bacon (1561), Elizabeth I of England (1533), John Locke (1632), Winston Churchill (1874), James Watt (1736), and Richard III of England (1452).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Charlie Chaplin ranks 1. After him are Anthony Hopkins (1937), Richard Burton (1925), Sean Connery (1930), Alan Rickman (1946), Elizabeth Taylor (1932), Christopher Lee (1922), Liam Neeson (1952), Ian McKellen (1939), Maggie Smith (1934), Roger Moore (1927), and Michael Caine (1933).

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Television and Movie Roles

Modern Times
The Tramp (A Factory Worker)
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
Feb 5o 19368.291 / 10
The Great Dictator
Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Oct 15o 19408.305 / 10
City Lights
A Tramp
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
Feb 6o 19318.278 / 10