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Don Johnson

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Don Wayne Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor. He played the role of James "Sonny" Crockett in the 1980s television series Miami Vice, for which he won a Golden Globe, and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. He also played the titular character in the 1990s series Nash Bridges. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Johnson has received more than 17,707,005 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Don Johnson is the 464th most popular actor (down from 360th in 2019), the 835th most popular biography from United States (down from 683rd in 2019) and the 229th most popular American Actor.

Don Johnson is most famous for his role as Sonny Crockett in the 1980s TV show "Miami Vice."

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  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Don Johnson ranks 464 out of 13,578. Before him are Michele Placido, Tim Robbins, Daniel Auteuil, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Claudine Auger, and Jonathan Pryce. After him are Linda Hunt, Mark Margolis, Peter Stormare, Lex Barker, Morgan Fairchild, and Donnie Yen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Don Johnson ranks 49. Before him are Martin Amis, José Ramos-Horta, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Bill Nighy, and Amin Maalouf. After him are Nando Parrado, Ruud Krol, Ashraf Ghani, Billy Joel, Horst Ludwig Störmer, and Dubravka Ugrešić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Johnson ranks 835 out of 20,380. Before him are Mark Zuckerberg (1984), Michael Bloomberg (1942), John Dos Passos (1896), Scott Joplin (1868), Rudy Giuliani (1944), and Bill Evans (1929). After him are Linda Hunt (1945), Victor Fleming (1889), Mark David Chapman (1955), Mark Margolis (1939), Ray Manzarek (1939), and Stanley B. Prusiner (1942).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Don Johnson ranks 229. Before him are Halle Berry (1966), Gloria Swanson (1899), William Hurt (1950), William H. Macy (1950), Robert Downey Jr. (1965), and Tim Robbins (1958). After him are Linda Hunt (1945), Mark Margolis (1939), Lex Barker (1919), Morgan Fairchild (1950), Powers Boothe (1948), and Matthew McConaughey (1969).

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