ACTOR

Frank Finlay

1926 - 2016

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Francis Finlay, (6 August 1926 – 30 January 2016) was an English actor. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance as Iago in Othello (1965). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Finlay has received more than 1,179,317 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Finlay is the 2,201st most popular actor (up from 2,522nd in 2019), the 2,077th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,305th in 2019) and the 276th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Frank Finlays by language

Over the past year Frank Finlay has had the most page views in the with 153,029 views, followed by German (15,193), and Italian (11,389). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (140.61%), Southern Azerbaijani (95.52%), and Spanish (55.30%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Frank Finlay ranks 2,201 out of 13,578. Before him are Anselmo Duarte, Zubaida Tharwat, Rishi Kapoor, Demián Bichir, Milena Vukotic, and Brigitte Lin. After him are Richard Beymer, Vasily Lanovoy, Paul Gleason, Eric Tsang, René Auberjonois, and Angelique Rockas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Frank Finlay ranks 182. Before him are Mark Taimanov, Big Mama Thornton, James Samuel Coleman, Shigeru Kayano, Alfred Pfaff, and Mickey Hargitay. After him are Johanna Quandt, Wolfgang Iser, Mahasweta Devi, Anne McCaffrey, Georges Lautner, and Michael Bond. Among people deceased in 2016, Frank Finlay ranks 174. Before him are Qahhor Mahkamov, Silvio Gazzaniga, Scotty Moore, Rick Parfitt, Zubaida Tharwat, and Ramón Castro Ruz. After him are Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Hassan Al-Turabi, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, and Lola Novaković.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frank Finlay ranks 2,077 out of 8,785. Before him are Alexander Parkes (1813), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Josephine Tey (1896), Marion Chesney (1936), David Byrne (1952), and Roderick Murchison (1792). After him are James Herriot (1916), Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1182), Rick Davies (1944), Princess Eugenie of York (1990), Joan of the Tower (1321), and Chris Menges (1940).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Frank Finlay ranks 276. Before him are John Mills (1908), Lesley Manville (1956), Robert Donat (1905), Stuart Wilson (1946), Francesca Annis (1945), and Tom Courtenay (1937). After him are Anthony Dawson (1916), James Fox (1939), Barbara Steele (1937), Miriam Margolyes (1941), Jodie Whittaker (1982), and Michael Byrne (1943).

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The Pianist
Father
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