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Dirk Bogarde

1921 - 1999

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Sir Dirk Bogarde (born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde; 28 March 1921 – 8 May 1999) was an English actor, novelist and screenwriter. Initially a matinée idol in films such as Doctor in the House (1954) for the Rank Organisation, he later acted in art house films, evolving from "heartthrob to icon of edginess". In a second career, Bogarde wrote seven best-selling volumes of memoirs, six novels, and a volume of collected journalism, mainly from articles in The Daily Telegraph. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dirk Bogarde has received more than 3,347,215 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Dirk Bogarde is the 987th most popular actor (down from 448th in 2019), the 1,083rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 594th in 2019) and the 140th most popular British Actor.

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  • 3.3M

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  • 58.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dirk Bogarde ranks 987 out of 13,578. Before him are Ving Rhames, Barbara Bel Geddes, Basil Rathbone, Sacha Baron Cohen, Stephen Lang, and Paul Muni. After him are Honor Blackman, Jean Dujardin, Emilio Estevez, Billy Crystal, Rod Taylor, and Helen McCrory.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Dirk Bogarde ranks 89. Before him are Angelica Rozeanu, Ágnes Keleti, Leonardo Sciascia, Gene Roddenberry, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, and Seretse Khama. After him are Iris Apfel, Donna Reed, Shin Kyuk-ho, Stanley Ho, Herta Bothe, and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld. Among people deceased in 1999, Dirk Bogarde ranks 55. Before him are André Martinet, Benjamin Bloom, Barış Manço, João Figueiredo, Alfredo Kraus, and Charlotte Perriand. After him are Rafael Alberti, Lajos Tichy, Daniel Nathans, Brion James, Gyula Zsengellér, and Igor Netto.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dirk Bogarde ranks 1,083 out of 8,785. Before him are Chris Patten (1944), Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001), Paul Grice (1913), Sacha Baron Cohen (1971), Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883), and William Stuart-Houston (1911). After him are Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Honor Blackman (1925), Llywelyn the Great (1173), Ryan Giggs (1973), John Tenniel (1820), and Don Airey (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Dirk Bogarde ranks 140. Before him are Sebastian Shaw (1905), Kenny Baker (1934), John Nettles (1943), Stephen Boyd (1931), Frank Oz (1944), and Sacha Baron Cohen (1971). After him are Honor Blackman (1925), Helen McCrory (1968), Patrick Macnee (1922), Brenda Blethyn (1946), Sydney Chaplin (1885), and Hugh Griffith (1912).

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