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Denzel Washington

1954 - Today

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Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor, producer, and director. Known for his dramatic roles on stage and screen, The New York Times named him the greatest actor of the 21st century in 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Denzel Washington has received more than 37,392,148 page views. His biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 94 in 2019). Denzel Washington is the 79th most popular actor (up from 87th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from United States (up from 172nd in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Actor.

Denzel Washington is an American actor and director. He is best known for his roles in the films "The Great Debaters", "Malcolm X", "The Hurricane", "Training Day", "Glory", "Philadelphia", "Remember the Titans", "He Got Game", "American Gangster", "The Book of Eli", "Safe House", "Unstoppable" and "Flight".

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  • 37M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 77.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 95

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Denzel Washington ranks 79 out of 13,578. Before him are Maggie Smith, Jean Marais, Steven Seagal, Tom Selleck, Roger Moore, and John Wayne. After him are Hedy Lamarr, Michael Caine, Sharon Tate, Toshiro Mifune, Paul Newman, and Yves Montand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Denzel Washington ranks 5. Before him are Angela Merkel, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Jackie Chan, and François Hollande. After him are John Travolta, Hugo Chávez, Shinzō Abe, Alexander Lukashenko, Viktor Yushchenko, Halimah Yacob, and James Cameron.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Denzel Washington ranks 159 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Selleck (1945), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), J. D. Salinger (1919), James Monroe (1758), John Wayne (1907), and John Steinbeck (1902). After him are Frank Lloyd Wright (1867), Herbert Hoover (1874), Dale Carnegie (1888), Jackson Pollock (1912), Olympias (-375), and Barry Barish (1936).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Denzel Washington ranks 36. Before him are Alan Alda (1936), Henry Fonda (1905), Johnny Depp (1963), Steven Seagal (1952), Tom Selleck (1945), and John Wayne (1907). After him are Sharon Tate (1943), Paul Newman (1925), Judy Garland (1922), Samuel L. Jackson (1948), Tom Cruise (1962), and John Travolta (1954).

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