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Don Simpson

1943 - 1996

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Donald Clarence Simpson (October 29, 1943 – January 19, 1996) was an American film producer, screenwriter, and actor, known for his work in blockbuster films of the 1980s and '90s. Simpson entered the film industry in the 1970s and worked at Warner Bros. and Paramount Pictures. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Simpson has received more than 1,841,215 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Don Simpson is the 26th most popular producer (up from 28th in 2019), the 2,777th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,762nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Producer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Don Simpson ranks 26 out of 140. Before him are Claude Berri, Alberto Grimaldi, Darryl F. Zanuck, Aurelio De Laurentiis, Raymond Chow, and Samuel Goldwyn. After him are John de Mol Jr., Kathleen Kennedy, Franco Cristaldi, Fred Quimby, Andrew G. Vajna, and Dick Wolf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Don Simpson ranks 193. Before him are Kiyoshi Tomizawa, Lynn Redgrave, Jef Raskin, Andrew Yeom Soo-jung, Michael Spence, and Odilon Polleunis. After him are Edie Sedgwick, Dominik Duka, Paul Freeman, Nasr Abu Zayd, Antonio Juliano, and Rodney Alcala. Among people deceased in 1996, Don Simpson ranks 96. Before him are Lew Ayres, David Packard, Lo Wei, Infanta María Cristina of Spain, Jo Van Fleet, and Jack Churchill. After him are Greer Garson, Yulii Khariton, Cao Yu, Leo Joseph Suenens, Ai Qing, and Tiny Tim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Simpson ranks 2,777 out of 20,380. Before him are Miley Cyrus (1992), Charles Robert Jenkins (1940), Robert Serber (1909), Robert Garrett (1875), Paul Reubens (1952), and Charles W. Fairbanks (1852). After him are Melanie (1947), Thelma Ritter (1902), Joseph Heller (1923), Wayne Dyer (1940), Harry Porter (1882), and Edie Sedgwick (1943).

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Among PRODUCERS In United States

Among producers born in United States, Don Simpson ranks 13. Before him are Aaron Spelling (1923), Gene Roddenberry (1921), Irving Thalberg (1899), Joel Silver (1952), Albert R. Broccoli (1909), and Darryl F. Zanuck (1902). After him are Kathleen Kennedy (1953), Fred Quimby (1886), Dick Wolf (1946), Robert Evans (1930), Stephen J. Cannell (1941), and Michael G. Wilson (1942).

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