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Fernandel

1903 - 1971

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Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French comic actor. Born in Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, a town located in the province of Turin, Italy, he became a comedy star, first gaining popularity in French vaudeville, operettas, and music-hall revues. His stage name originated from his marriage to Henriette Manse, the sister of his best friend and frequent cinematic collaborator Jean Manse. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernandel has received more than 395,511 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). Fernandel is the 159th most popular actor (up from 174th in 2019), the 388th most popular biography from France (down from 385th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Actor.

Fernandel was a French actor and comedian who is most famous for his comedic roles in French cinema.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Fernandel ranks 159 out of 13,578. Before him are Eli Wallach, Tommy Lee Jones, Stan Laurel, Antonio Banderas, Sandra Bullock, and Burt Lancaster. After him are Oliver Hardy, Rita Hayworth, Jeremy Irons, Angelina Jolie, Marcel Marceau, and Christopher Walken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Fernandel ranks 12. Before him are Theodor W. Adorno, Georges Simenon, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Mark Rothko, Habib Bourguiba, and C. F. Powell. After him are Yasujirō Ozu, Marguerite Yourcenar, Vladimir Horowitz, Adolf Butenandt, Andrey Kolmogorov, and Kane Tanaka. Among people deceased in 1971, Fernandel ranks 10. Before him are Louis Armstrong, Jim Morrison, Paul Karrer, György Lukács, Audie Murphy, and Lawrence Bragg. After him are Hermann Hoth, Arne Tiselius, Theodor Svedberg, Mátyás Rákosi, Lin Biao, and Giorgos Seferis.

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In France

Among people born in France, Fernandel ranks 388 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), Jeanne d'Albret (1528), Jean Baptiste Perrin (1870), Léo Delibes (1836), and Louis IV of France (920). After him are Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715), Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908), Jules Rimet (1873), Ernest Renan (1823), Paul Éluard (1895), and James I of Aragon (1208).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Fernandel ranks 14. Before him are Jean Marais (1913), Jean Gabin (1904), Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930), Philippe Noiret (1930), Gérard Philipe (1922), and Jean Renoir (1894). After him are Marcel Marceau (1923), Anouk Aimée (1932), Isabelle Huppert (1953), Jeanne Moreau (1928), Annie Girardot (1931), and Isabelle Adjani (1955).

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