1890 - 1938
Frans Gösta Viktor Ekman (28 December 1890 – 12 January 1938) was a Swedish actor, director and singer. Generally spoken of as Swedish theatre's most legendary stage actor, Gösta Ekman enjoyed a prolific stage career during his short life, becoming the first real star of Swedish theatre. His boyish good looks attracted both sexes, helping to create a massive cult following and elevating him to the status of a living legend. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gösta Ekman has received more than 149,429 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Gösta Ekman is the 2,504th most popular actor (down from 2,187th in 2019), the 422nd most popular biography from Sweden (down from 396th in 2019) and the 40th most popular Swedish Actor.
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Among actors, Gösta Ekman ranks 2,504 out of 9,996. Before him are Louis Seigner, Sarah Clarke, Park Chanyeol, Dana Reeve, Maureen Stapleton, and Savely Kramarov. After him are Zdeněk Svěrák, Nick Cravat, Maggie Grace, Richard Madden, Jane Kaczmarek, and Harry Langdon.
1903 - 1991
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 2,498
1972 - Present
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 2,499
1992 - Present
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 2,500
1961 - 2006
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 2,501
1925 - 2006
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 2,502
1934 - 1995
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 2,503
1890 - 1938
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 2,504
1936 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 2,505
1912 - 1994
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 2,506
1983 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 2,507
1986 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 2,508
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 2,509
1884 - 1944
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 2,510
Among people born in 1890, Gösta Ekman ranks 115. Before him are Jean Rhys, Elpidio Quirino, Henny Porten, Harry Hopkins, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, and Erik Heinrichs. After him are Walter Hasenclever, Arthur Holmes, Oswald de Andrade, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, and Frank Morgan. Among people deceased in 1938, Gösta Ekman ranks 115. Before him are Miguel Cabanellas, Maurice Emmanuel, Marie-Joseph Lagrange, Lampião, Jānis Rudzutaks, and Boris Pilnyak. After him are Joseph Strauss, Abdurauf Fitrat, Leopoldo Lugones, Egon Friedell, Georges Urbain, and Florence Lawrence.
1890 - 1979
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 109
1890 - 1956
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 110
1890 - 1960
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 111
1890 - 1946
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 112
1890 - 1979
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 113
1890 - 1965
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 114
1890 - 1938
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 115
1890 - 1940
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 116
1890 - 1965
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 117
1890 - 1954
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 118
1890 - 1916
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 119
1890 - 1963
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 120
1890 - 1949
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 121
1872 - 1938
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 109
1862 - 1938
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 110
1855 - 1938
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 111
1897 - 1938
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 112
1887 - 1938
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 113
1894 - 1938
HPI: 51.55
Rank: 114
1890 - 1938
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 115
1870 - 1938
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 116
1885 - 1938
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 117
1874 - 1938
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 118
1878 - 1938
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 119
1872 - 1938
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 120
1886 - 1938
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 121
Among people born in Sweden, Gösta Ekman ranks 422 out of 1,612. Before him are Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874), Gunilla Bergström (1942), Amalia Lindegren (1814), Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp (1883), Ernst Alexanderson (1878), and Bernhard Karlgren (1889). After him are Peter Artedi (1705), Jan Eliasson (1940), Ernst Josephson (1851), Svante Pääbo (1955), Arvid Lindman (1862), and John Ljunggren (1919).
1874 - 1960
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 416
1942 - 2021
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 417
1814 - 1891
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 418
1883 - 1954
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 419
1878 - 1975
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 420
1889 - 1978
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 421
1890 - 1938
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 422
1705 - 1735
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 423
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 424
1851 - 1906
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 425
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 426
1862 - 1936
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 427
1919 - 2000
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 428
Among actors born in Sweden, Gösta Ekman ranks 40. Before him are Alexander Skarsgård (1976), Per Oscarsson (1927), Sofia Helin (1972), Lena Nyman (1944), Hillevi Rombin (1933), and Marika Green (1943). After him are Sven Wollter (1934), Rebecca Ferguson (1983), Mai Zetterling (1925), Kristina Wayborn (1950), Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (1921), and Ulla Jacobsson (1929).
1976 - Present
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 34
1927 - 2010
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 35
1972 - Present
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 36
1944 - 2011
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 37
1933 - 1996
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 38
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 39
1890 - 1938
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 40
1934 - 2020
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 41
1983 - Present
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 42
1925 - 1994
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 43
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 44
1921 - 2015
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 45
1929 - 1982
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 46