ACTOR

Dick Powell

1904 - 1963

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Richard Ewing Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and studio head. Though he came to stardom as a musical comedy performer, he showed versatility and successfully transformed into a hardboiled leading man, starring in projects of a more dramatic nature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dick Powell has received more than 2,884,050 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Dick Powell is the 3,879th most popular actor (down from 3,178th in 2019), the 5,784th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,948th in 2019) and the 1,750th most popular American Actor.

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  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dick Powell ranks 3,879 out of 13,578. Before him are Rooney Mara, Anthony Andrews, Krista Allen, Ewa Aulin, Shabana Azmi, and Mikhail Shchepkin. After him are Van Johnson, N. T. Rama Rao, Josh Hutcherson, Enrico Maria Salerno, Carlo Verdone, and Josh Lucas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Dick Powell ranks 216. Before him are Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Anton Yugov, Ray Bolger, Semyon Ignatyev, Tita Merello, and Josef Pieper. After him are Nnamdi Azikiwe, Yves Giraud-Cabantous, Cecil Day-Lewis, Attila Petschauer, Giuliano Bonfante, and Piero Toscani. Among people deceased in 1963, Dick Powell ranks 139. Before him are Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, J. D. Tippit, Sabu Dastagir, Woldemar Hägglund, Melville J. Herskovits, and Luo Ronghuan. After him are Amelita Galli-Curci, Georg Braun, Augusts Kirhenšteins, Mehdi Frashëri, Josef Gauchel, and Cilly Aussem.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dick Powell ranks 5,784 out of 20,380. Before him are Florence Bascom (1862), Jennifer Capriati (1976), Godfrey Reggio (1940), Kenneth Appel (1932), Krista Allen (1971), and Sylvester (1947). After him are Van Johnson (1916), Connie Willis (1945), Linda Perry (1965), Josh Hutcherson (1992), Marion Donovan (1917), and Gil Scott-Heron (1949).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dick Powell ranks 1,750. Before him are Mary Wickes (1910), David Spade (1964), Laura Hope Crews (1879), Marcia Wallace (1942), Rooney Mara (1985), and Krista Allen (1971). After him are Van Johnson (1916), Josh Hutcherson (1992), Josh Lucas (1971), Jason Beghe (1960), James Read (1953), and Jonah Falcon (1970).

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