ACTOR

Esmond Knight

1906 - 1987

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Esmond Penington Knight (4 May 1906 – 23 February 1987) was an English actor. He had a successful stage and film career before World War II. For much of his later career Knight was half-blind. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Esmond Knight has received more than 329,465 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Esmond Knight is the 8,801st most popular actor (down from 8,497th in 2019), the 5,955th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,604th in 2019) and the 971st most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Esmond Knight ranks 8,801 out of 13,578. Before him are Kate Dickie, Johnny Walker, Olivia Brown, Kiele Sanchez, Alastair Sim, and Kento Yamazaki. After him are Amanda Peterson, Santiago Cabrera, Yui Ishikawa, Kim Sung-kyun, Eva Amurri, and Sōichirō Hoshi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Esmond Knight ranks 431. Before him are Albert Charles Smith, Donald Woods, S. I. Hayakawa, William Bendix, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, and Jim Bausch. After him are Richard van der Riet Woolley, Catherine Cookson, Barbara Jo Allen, Bea Benaderet, Victoria Spivey, and Stuart Milner-Barry. Among people deceased in 1987, Esmond Knight ranks 254. Before him are Errol Barrow, Antony Tudor, Madge Kennedy, Jimmy Mullen, Wim Lagendaal, and Obafemi Awolowo. After him are Aileen Meagher, Jackie Fields, Walter Abel, Joseph Parecattil, Gus Johnson, and Frank Carlson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Esmond Knight ranks 5,955 out of 8,785. Before him are Atticus Ross (1968), Rupert Penry-Jones (1970), Andy Bell (1970), Tom Glynn-Carney (1995), Kate Dickie (1971), and Alastair Sim (1900). After him are David Haye (1980), Saskia Reeves (1961), Roberta Cowell (1918), Dominic Sherwood (1990), Ben Hardy (1991), and Birdy (1996).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Esmond Knight ranks 971. Before him are Georgie Henley (1995), Jemma Redgrave (1965), Rupert Penry-Jones (1970), Tom Glynn-Carney (1995), Kate Dickie (1971), and Alastair Sim (1900). After him are Saskia Reeves (1961), Dominic Sherwood (1990), Ben Hardy (1991), DeObia Oparei (1971), Douglas Henshall (1965), and Beatie Edney (1962).

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