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Chief Dan George

1899 - 1981

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Chief Dan George (born Geswanouth Slahoot; July 24, 1899 – September 23, 1981) was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band whose Indian reserve is located on Burrard Inlet in the southeast area of the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He also was an actor, musician, poet and author. The Chief's best-known written work is "My Heart Soars". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chief Dan George has received more than 1,544,008 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). Chief Dan George is the 4,357th most popular actor (down from 4,091st in 2019), the 351st most popular biography from Canada (down from 336th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Canadian Actor.

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  • 46.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Chief Dan George ranks 4,357 out of 9,996. Before him are Ann Dowd, Ingrid Pitt, Xiao Zhan, Juliet Berto, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Glenne Headly. After him are Richard Kind, Daniela Romo, Tahar Rahim, Dane DeHaan, Anna Torv, and Sabrina Carpenter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Chief Dan George ranks 211. Before him are Anselmo Alliegro y Milá, Elizabeth Bowen, Frances Yates, Colleen Moore, Louise Nevelson, and Willem Jacob Luyten. After him are Byron Haskin, Axel Bakunts, György Piller, Jacques Audiberti, George O'Brien, and Indra Devi. Among people deceased in 1981, Chief Dan George ranks 166. Before him are Leonard Howell, Curtis Bernhardt, Frances Yates, Jan Burgers, Sven Andersson, and Esteban Canal. After him are J. L. Mackie, Stanisław Mazur, Constantin Rădulescu, Andreas Alföldi, Crisant Bosch, and Mary Lou Williams.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Chief Dan George ranks 351 out of 1,350. Before him are Kenneth E. Iverson (1920), Samuel Cunard (1787), Terry Jacks (1944), Dean Butler (1956), Lucile Watson (1879), and Arthur Meighen (1874). After him are Tom Thomson (1877), Kristin Kreuk (1982), Katherine DeMille (1911), Mort Sahl (1927), Michel Tremblay (1942), and Wyndham Lewis (1882).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Chief Dan George ranks 103. Before him are Stephen Amell (1981), Robert Joy (1951), Victor Jory (1902), Anna Paquin (1982), Dean Butler (1956), and Lucile Watson (1879). After him are Kristin Kreuk (1982), Katherine DeMille (1911), Mort Sahl (1927), Kate Nelligan (1950), Emmanuelle Chriqui (1975), and Steven Ogg (1973).

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