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Gig Young

1913 - 1978

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Gig Young (born Byron Elsworth Barr; November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Come Fill the Cup (1952) and Teacher's Pet (1959), finally winning that award for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). In 1978, Young murdered his 31-year old wife three weeks after their wedding before turning the gun on himself and committing suicide at the age of 64. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gig Young has received more than 3,025,679 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Gig Young is the 2,069th most popular actor (up from 2,570th in 2019), the 3,430th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,221st in 2019) and the 991st most popular American Actor.

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  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gig Young ranks 2,069 out of 9,996. Before him are William Petersen, Olga Baclanova, William Devane, Ken Kercheval, William Hartnell, and Annabella. After him are Dudley Moore, René Auberjonois, Ben Turpin, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Jessica Walter, and Mélanie Laurent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Gig Young ranks 134. Before him are Albert Cossery, Motoo Tatsuhara, Tadao Horie, Alfonso López Michelsen, Alexander Kotov, and Stefan Heym. After him are George Koval, William P. Rogers, Milivoj Ašner, Walter Andreas Schwarz, René Schneider, and Sebastiano Baggio. Among people deceased in 1978, Gig Young ranks 95. Before him are Gabriel Ramanantsoa, Louis Prima, Jean Acker, Gunnar Nilsson, Lucius D. Clay, and Armin T. Wegner. After him are Jacques Brugnon, Hans Stuck, Viggo Brun, Diana Budisavljević, Luigi Allemandi, and Harold Abrahams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gig Young ranks 3,430 out of 18,182. Before him are Randy Savage (1952), Frederick Wiseman (1930), Ken Kercheval (1935), Dean Corll (1939), Stephen Curry (1988), and Charlie Kaufman (1958). After him are René Auberjonois (1940), Ben Turpin (1869), Gregory Jarvis (1944), Jay Wright Forrester (1918), Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857), and Jeffrey Sachs (1954).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gig Young ranks 991. Before him are Josh Radnor (1974), John Gilbert (1895), Mack Swain (1876), William Petersen (1953), William Devane (1939), and Ken Kercheval (1935). After him are René Auberjonois (1940), Ben Turpin (1869), Jessica Walter (1941), Geraldine Farrar (1882), Paul Giamatti (1967), and Dana Andrews (1909).

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