ACTOR

David Jason

1940 - Today

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Sir David John White (born 2 February 1940), known professionally as David Jason, is an English actor. He has played Derek "Del Boy" Trotter in the BBC sitcom Only Fools and Horses, Detective Inspector Jack Frost in A Touch of Frost, Granville in Open All Hours and Still Open All Hours, and Pop Larkin in The Darling Buds of May, as well as voicing several cartoon characters, including Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Jason has received more than 8,468,301 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). David Jason is the 5,146th most popular actor (down from 4,085th in 2019), the 3,908th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,294th in 2019) and the 593rd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, David Jason ranks 5,146 out of 13,578. Before him are Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Verna Felton, Strother Martin, Ryu Seung-ryong, Rosemary Murphy, and Monte Blue. After him are Keiko Awaji, Kaori Momoi, Dan Schneider, Julian Richings, Michelle Jenner, and Kim Hyun-joong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, David Jason ranks 413. Before him are Van McCoy, Alex Trebek, Liang Guanglie, Yamini Krishnamurthy, Francisco Toledo, and Richard Attwood. After him are Manuel Esquivel, Marju Lauristin, Gianni De Michelis, Patrick Leahy, Héctor Silva, and Rex Cawley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Jason ranks 3,908 out of 8,785. Before him are William Townsend Aiton (1766), Guy Butler (1899), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), Archibald Geikie (1835), Richard Attwood (1940), and Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey (1880). After him are Ray Reardon (1932), Julian Richings (1955), Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar (940), Celia Imrie (1952), William Garbutt (1883), and William Martin (1767).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, David Jason ranks 593. Before him are David Burke (1934), Virginia McKenna (1931), Talulah Riley (1985), Stanley Holloway (1890), H. B. Warner (1876), and Alex Kingston (1963). After him are Julian Richings (1955), Celia Imrie (1952), Rebecca Hall (1982), Adrian Rawlins (1958), Ed Westwick (1987), and Asa Butterfield (1997).

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