ACTOR

David Soul

1943 - 2024

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David Soul (born David Richard Solberg; August 28, 1943 – January 4, 2024) was an American-British actor and singer. With a career spanning five decades, he rose to prominence for portraying Detective Kenneth "Hutch" Hutchinson in the American television series Starsky & Hutch from 1975 to 1979. His other notable roles included Joshua Bolt on Here Come the Brides from 1968 to 1970 and as the lead actor in the 1979 American TV movie Salem's Lot. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Soul has received more than 6,252,132 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). David Soul is the 595th most popular actor (up from 1,251st in 2019), the 1,088th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,221st in 2019) and the 290th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, David Soul ranks 595 out of 13,578. Before him are David Caruso, Jude Law, John Heard, Marion Cotillard, Piper Laurie, and Wesley Snipes. After him are Brendan Fraser, Alfred Molina, Joanne Woodward, Erland Josephson, Betty White, and Horst Buchholz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, David Soul ranks 76. Before him are Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Johann Deisenhofer, Jerry Bruckheimer, Antonio Inoki, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, and Yohji Yamamoto. After him are Arthur Ashe, Roy Andersson, Joni Mitchell, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Chantal Mouffe, and Sam Shepard. Among people deceased in 2024, David Soul ranks 55. Before him are Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior, Maurizio Pollini, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Roberto Cavalli, Philip Zimbardo, and Marcello Gandini. After him are Ira von Fürstenberg, Robin Warren, Richard Serra, Shelley Duvall, Bernard Hill, and Gena Rowlands.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Soul ranks 1,088 out of 20,380. Before him are John Vincent Atanasoff (1903), Piper Laurie (1932), Janet Yellen (1946), Mike Pence (1959), Harvey J. Alter (1935), and Wesley Snipes (1962). After him are E. Donnall Thomas (1920), Carl Woese (1928), Edward B. Lewis (1918), Betty Ford (1918), Jon Bon Jovi (1962), and Brendan Fraser (1968).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, David Soul ranks 290. Before him are Steve Carell (1962), Brian Dennehy (1938), David Caruso (1956), John Heard (1946), Piper Laurie (1932), and Wesley Snipes (1962). After him are Brendan Fraser (1968), Joanne Woodward (1930), Betty White (1922), Dean Reed (1938), Robert Vaughn (1932), and Idina Menzel (1971).

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