ACTOR

Gregory Peck

1916 - 2003

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Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema. After studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner, Peck began appearing in stage productions, acting in over 50 plays and three Broadway productions. He first gained critical success in The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), a John M. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gregory Peck has received more than 13,799,223 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Gregory Peck is the 99th most popular actor (down from 84th in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from United States (down from 163rd in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Actor.

Gregory Peck is most famous for his role as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird.

Memorability Metrics

  • 14M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 83

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gregory Pecks by language

Over the past year Gregory Peck has had the most page views in the with 1,785,321 views, followed by German (220,084), and Spanish (164,534). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (914.67%), Egyptian Arabic (459.50%), and Uzbek (222.56%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gregory Peck ranks 99 out of 13,578. Before him are Clark Gable, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jane Fonda, Sigourney Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, and Robert Redford. After him are Mel Gibson, Jon Voight, Ben Affleck, Buster Keaton, Steve McQueen, and Cameron Diaz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Gregory Peck ranks 7. Before him are François Mitterrand, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Edward Heath, Kirk Douglas, Elena Ceaușescu, and Roald Dahl. After him are Francis Crick, Aldo Moro, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Gough Whitlam, and Claude Shannon. Among people deceased in 2003, Gregory Peck ranks 9. Before him are Leni Riefenstahl, Charles Bronson, Heydar Aliyev, Idi Amin, Robert K. Merton, and Alija Izetbegović. After him are Johnny Cash, Barry White, Maurice Gibb, Ilya Prigogine, Nina Simone, and Soong Mei-ling.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gregory Peck ranks 188 out of 20,380. Before him are Tim Cook (1960), Edwin McMillan (1907), Jane Fonda (1937), Sigourney Weaver (1949), Robert Redford (1936), and James Madison (1751). After him are Scatman John (1942), Louis Sullivan (1856), Mary Cassatt (1844), Leonard Bernstein (1918), Jeffrey Epstein (1953), and Mel Gibson (1956).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gregory Peck ranks 47. Before him are Tom Cruise (1962), John Travolta (1954), Clark Gable (1901), Jane Fonda (1937), Sigourney Weaver (1949), and Robert Redford (1936). After him are Mel Gibson (1956), Jon Voight (1938), Ben Affleck (1972), Buster Keaton (1895), Steve McQueen (1930), and Cameron Diaz (1972).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Omen
Robert Thorn
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
Jun 25o 19767.395 / 10
To Kill a Mockingbird
Atticus Finch
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
Dec 20o 19628.001 / 10
Roman Holiday
Joe Bradley
Overwhelmed by her suffocating schedule, touring European princess Ann takes off for a night while in Rome. When a sedative she took from her doctor kicks in, however, she falls asleep on a park bench and is found by an American reporter, Joe Bradley, who takes her back to his apartment for safety. At work the next morning, Joe finds out Ann's regal identity and bets his editor he can get exclusive interview with her, but romance soon gets in the way.
Aug 26o 19537.9 / 10