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Edwin Booth

1833 - 1893

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Edwin Thomas Booth (November 13, 1833 – June 7, 1893) was an American actor who toured throughout the United States and the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespearean plays. In 1869, he founded Booth's Theatre in New York. Some theatrical historians consider him the greatest American actor, and the greatest Prince Hamlet, of the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edwin Booth has received more than 1,501,495 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Edwin Booth is the 4,903rd most popular actor (down from 4,208th in 2019), the 7,305th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,546th in 2019) and the 2,287th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Edwin Booth ranks 4,903 out of 9,996. Before him are Jenna Elfman, Hiromi Tsuru, Sylvia Hoeks, Angie Harmon, Faye Grant, and Ella Raines. After him are Valerie Hobson, Wallace Reid, Hugh O'Brian, Haley Joel Osment, Preity Zinta, and Aja Naomi King.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Edwin Booth ranks 64. Before him are Gustaf Åkerhielm, Constantine V of Constantinople, Cándido Bareiro, Salvador Jovellanos, Baron Karl von Hasenauer, and José María de Pereda. After him are Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Petre S. Aurelian, Ludwig von Brenner, Antonio Flores Jijón, Charles Bradlaugh, and Luis Cordero Crespo. Among people deceased in 1893, Edwin Booth ranks 70. Before him are Duleep Singh, John O. Westwood, Constantin von Wurzbach, Benjamin Butler, Aleksey Pleshcheyev, and James G. Blaine. After him are Richard Spruce, Hamilton Fish, Ion Emanuel Florescu, John Rae, Aleksandra Potanina, and Edmund Kirby Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin Booth ranks 7,305 out of 18,182. Before him are Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942), Angie Harmon (1972), Jon Stewart (1962), Faye Grant (1957), Robert Bacon (1860), and Ella Raines (1920). After him are Cliff Martinez (1954), Wallace Reid (1891), Hugh O'Brian (1925), Haley Joel Osment (1988), Peter S. Beagle (1939), and Aja Naomi King (1985).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Edwin Booth ranks 2,287. Before him are Forrest Tucker (1919), Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (1978), Jenna Elfman (1971), Angie Harmon (1972), Faye Grant (1957), and Ella Raines (1920). After him are Wallace Reid (1891), Hugh O'Brian (1925), Haley Joel Osment (1988), Aja Naomi King (1985), Elizabeth Ashley (1939), and Richard Gant (1944).

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