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George Raft

1901 - 1980

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George Raft (née Ranft; September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Raft has received more than 3,740,712 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). George Raft is the 2,228th most popular actor (down from 2,112th in 2019), the 3,571st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,474th in 2019) and the 1,026th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, George Raft ranks 2,228 out of 13,578. Before him are Shirley Knight, Ray Wise, Cameron Mitchell, James Fox, Henry Czerny, and Charles Coburn. After him are William Atherton, Joe Viterelli, Jean Acker, Charles Martinet, David Harbour, and James Rebhorn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, George Raft ranks 138. Before him are Kjeld Abell, Prince Christoph of Hesse, Antal Szerb, Stanisław Mikołajczyk, Ismail al-Azhari, and Ebbe Schwartz. After him are Lanza del Vasto, Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Mario Scelba, Yuliya Solntseva, Arleigh Burke, and Rose Ausländer. Among people deceased in 1980, George Raft ranks 126. Before him are Cecil Beaton, Justas Paleckis, Sanjay Gandhi, Leopold Kielholz, Joy Adamson, and Lucien Buysse. After him are José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, Hellmuth Walter, Celia Sánchez, Marian Spychalski, Roza Eskenazi, and Alfred Andersch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Raft ranks 3,571 out of 20,380. Before him are Marcian Hoff (1937), Jeff Buckley (1966), Eric Dolphy (1928), Cameron Mitchell (1918), David Stern (1942), and Charles Coburn (1877). After him are William Atherton (1947), Joe Viterelli (1937), Dave Grusin (1934), Rick Barry (1944), Jean Acker (1893), and Charles Martinet (1955).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, George Raft ranks 1,026. Before him are Edmond O'Brien (1915), Diana Hyland (1936), Shirley Knight (1936), Ray Wise (1947), Cameron Mitchell (1918), and Charles Coburn (1877). After him are William Atherton (1947), Joe Viterelli (1937), Jean Acker (1893), Charles Martinet (1955), David Harbour (1975), and James Rebhorn (1948).

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