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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 5,741,990 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. David Soul is the 1,253rd most popular actor (up from 1,524th in 2019), the 2,223rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,698th in 2019) and the 606th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, David Soul ranks 1,253 out of 9,996. Before him are Charles Vanel, Ben Johnson, Daryl Hannah, Michu Meszaros, Cloris Leachman, and Kumail Nanjiani. After him are Alicia Rhett, Aamir Khan, Mark Rylance, Eva Longoria, Vera Farmiga, and Mary Steenburgen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, David Soul ranks 150. Before him are Beba Lončar, Hervé Villechaize, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, John Eliot Gardiner, Jacques Dutronc, and Armando Guebuza. After him are Richard Sennett, Mikhail Leonidovich Gromov, James Levine, Richard S. Hamilton, Björn Waldegård, and Clément Mouamba. Among people deceased in 2024, David Soul ranks 17. Before him are Kurt Hamrin, Hage Geingob, Alexei Navalny, Andreas Brehme, Seiji Ozawa, and Artur Jorge. After him are Norman Jewison, Ira von Fürstenberg, Dries van Agt, Zvi Zamir, Carl Andre, and Robert Badinter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Soul ranks 2,223 out of 18,182. Before him are Ben Johnson (1918), John Frusciante (1970), Oliver Winchester (1810), David Letterman (1947), Daryl Hannah (1960), and Cloris Leachman (1926). After him are Robert Plutchik (1927), Paul Bowles (1910), Alicia Rhett (1915), Christopher Latham Sholes (1819), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), and Robert Todd Lincoln (1843).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, David Soul ranks 606. Before him are Katey Sagal (1954), Judd Hirsch (1935), Chazz Palminteri (1952), Ben Johnson (1918), Daryl Hannah (1960), and Cloris Leachman (1926). After him are Alicia Rhett (1915), Eva Longoria (1975), Vera Farmiga (1973), Mary Steenburgen (1953), Myrna Loy (1905), and Terry O'Quinn (1952).

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