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Gérard Philipe

1922 - 1959

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Gérard Philipe (French pronunciation: [ʒeʁaʁ filip]) (born Gérard Albert Philip, 4 December 1922 – 25 November 1959) was a prominent French actor who appeared in 32 films between 1944 and 1959. He came to prominence during the later period of the poetic realism movement of French Cinema in the late 1940s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gérard Philipe has received more than 273,653 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Gérard Philipe is the 231st most popular actor (down from 184th in 2019), the 484th most popular biography from France (down from 422nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Actor.

Gérard Philipe is most famous for his role in the film "Les 400 Coups" in which he plays a troubled adolescent.

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  • 270k

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  • 67.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gérard Philipe ranks 231 out of 9,996. Before him are Benny Hill, Melina Mercouri, Dwayne Johnson, Harold Ramis, Giuliano Gemma, and Jacqueline Bisset. After him are Mireille Darc, Willem Dafoe, Jessica Lange, Viggo Mortensen, Kim Basinger, and George Clooney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Gérard Philipe ranks 19. Before him are Hiroo Onoda, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Erving Goffman, Jack Kerouac, Emil Zátopek, and Christiaan Barnard. After him are Imre Lakatos, Aage Bohr, Kurt Vonnegut, Iannis Xenakis, Betty White, and Hans Georg Dehmelt. Among people deceased in 1959, Gérard Philipe ranks 9. Before him are Ante Pavelić, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, George Marshall, Raymond Chandler, Billie Holiday, and Owen Willans Richardson. After him are Boris Vian, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Camilo Cienfuegos, Adolf Windaus, Shirō Ishii, and Buddy Holly.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gérard Philipe ranks 484 out of 6,011. Before him are Hippolyte Fizeau (1819), Aristide Briand (1862), Alfred Kastler (1902), Emmanuel Macron (1977), Henri, Count of Chambord (1820), and Victor Grignard (1871). After him are Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834), Alphonse de Lamartine (1790), Mireille Darc (1938), Emma of Normandy (985), Jean-Martin Charcot (1825), and Hilary of Poitiers (315).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Gérard Philipe ranks 17. Before him are Jean Renoir (1894), Jeanne Moreau (1928), Fernandel (1903), Anouk Aimée (1932), Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930), and Philippe Noiret (1930). After him are Mireille Darc (1938), Annie Girardot (1931), Isabelle Huppert (1953), Pierre Richard (1934), Sophie Marceau (1966), and Michel Piccoli (1925).

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