1923 - 2012
Erland Josephson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈæ̌ːɭand ˈjûːsɛfˌsɔn]; 15 June 1923 – 25 February 2012) was a Swedish actor and author. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erland Josephson has received more than 206,496 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Erland Josephson is the 555th most popular actor (down from 524th in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 147th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Swedish Actor.
Erland Josephson was a Swedish actor who was most famous for his role as Jean in the film "Smiles of a Summer Night" and as the Professor in Ingmar Bergman's "The Magic Flute."
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Among actors, Erland Josephson ranks 555 out of 10,030. Before him are Udo Kier, James Cagney, Shah Rukh Khan, Linda Christian, Ken Watanabe, and Raf Vallone. After him are Elliott Gould, Buck Henry, Anjelica Huston, Lois Maxwell, Terence Stamp, and Richard Barthelmess.
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 549
1899 - 1986
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 550
1965 - Present
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 551
1923 - 2011
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 552
1959 - Present
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 553
1916 - 2002
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 554
1923 - 2012
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 555
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 556
1930 - 2020
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 557
1951 - Present
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 558
1927 - 2007
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 559
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 560
1895 - 1963
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 561
Among people born in 1923, Erland Josephson ranks 40. Before him are Freeman Dyson, Philip Warren Anderson, Morris, Horst Tappert, Bert Trautmann, and Linda Christian. After him are René Girard, Jorge Semprún, Val Logsdon Fitch, Mauno Koivisto, Frederick Herzberg, and Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. Among people deceased in 2012, Erland Josephson ranks 40. Before him are Antoni Tàpies, Kiro Gligorov, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Sun Myung Moon, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Eduard Khil. After him are Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Antonio Tabucchi, Rauf Denktaş, Miguel de la Madrid, Sergey Sokolov, and George Armitage Miller.
1923 - 2020
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 34
1923 - 2020
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 35
1923 - 2001
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 36
1923 - 2008
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 37
1923 - 2013
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 38
1923 - 2011
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 39
1923 - 2012
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 40
1923 - 2015
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 41
1923 - 2011
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 42
1923 - 2015
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 43
1923 - 2017
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 44
1923 - 2000
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 45
1923 - 1941
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 46
1923 - 2012
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 34
1917 - 2012
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 35
1923 - 2012
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 36
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 37
1925 - 2012
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 38
1934 - 2012
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 39
1923 - 2012
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 40
1933 - 2012
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 41
1943 - 2012
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 42
1924 - 2012
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 43
1934 - 2012
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 44
1911 - 2012
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 45
1920 - 2012
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 46
Among people born in Sweden, Erland Josephson ranks 138 out of 1,296. Before him are Tomas Lindahl (1938), Victor Sjöström (1879), Hugo Theorell (1903), Johannes Rydberg (1854), Carl Linnaeus the Younger (1741), and Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (1584). After him are Magnus II of Sweden (1130), Inge the Younger (1100), Halsten Stenkilsson (1050), Gustav, Prince of Vasa (1799), Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896), and Eric XI of Sweden (1216).
1938 - Present
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 132
1879 - 1960
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 133
1903 - 1982
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 134
1854 - 1919
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 135
1741 - 1783
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 136
1584 - 1638
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 137
1923 - 2012
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 138
1130 - 1161
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 139
1100 - 1125
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 140
1050 - 1081
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 141
1799 - 1877
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 142
1896 - 1966
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 143
1216 - 1250
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 144
Among actors born in Sweden, Erland Josephson ranks 11. Before him are Stellan Skarsgård (1951), Dolph Lundgren (1957), Bibi Andersson (1935), Peter Stormare (1953), Ingrid Thulin (1926), and Harriet Andersson (1932). After him are Michael Nyqvist (1960), Gunnar Björnstrand (1909), Ann-Margret (1941), Maud Adams (1945), Inger Nilsson (1959), and Britt Ekland (1942).
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 5
1957 - Present
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 6
1935 - 2019
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 7
1953 - Present
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 8
1926 - 2004
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 9
1932 - Present
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 10
1923 - 2012
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 11
1960 - 2017
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 12
1909 - 1986
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 13
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 14
1945 - Present
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 15
1959 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 16
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 17