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Haing S. Ngor

1940 - 1996

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Haing Somnang Ngor (Khmer: ហាំង សំណាង ង៉ោ; Chinese: 吳漢潤; pinyin: Wú Hànrùn; March 22, 1940 – February 25, 1996) was a Cambodian-born American actor, gynecologist, and obstetrician. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1985 for his debut performance in the film The Killing Fields (1984), in which he portrayed Cambodian journalist and refugee Dith Pran.Ngor is one of two actors of Asian descent to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the other being Ke Huy Quan in 2023. He survived three terms in Cambodian prison camps, using his medical knowledge to keep himself alive by eating beetles, termites, and scorpions; he eventually crawled between Khmer Rouge and Vietnamese lines to safety in a Red Cross refugee camp. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Haing S. Ngor has received more than 1,446,313 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Haing S. Ngor is the 1,707th most popular actor (down from 1,090th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Cambodia (down from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Cambodian Actor.

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  • 54.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Haing S. Ngor ranks 1,707 out of 9,996. Before him are Anatoli Papanov, Luis Guzmán, Lamberto Maggiorani, Álvaro Morte, Ruan Lingyu, and Melvyn Douglas. After him are Tony Jaa, Aleksey Batalov, Ricardo Darín, Nell Gwyn, Mario Brega, and John Hannah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Haing S. Ngor ranks 160. Before him are Wilma Rudolph, Jill St. John, Leonard Susskind, Petru Lucinschi, Luis Cubilla, and Sam Waterston. After him are John Havlicek, Jan Stráský, Abbas El Fassi, Víctor Erice, José van Dam, and Chuck Close. Among people deceased in 1996, Haing S. Ngor ranks 100. Before him are Infanta María Cristina of Spain, Christopher Robin Milne, Gerry Mulligan, Hyman Minsky, Idries Shah, and Leo Joseph Suenens. After him are Karl Rappan, Ai Qing, Cao Yu, Jerry Siegel, Edison Denisov, and Károly Grósz.

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In Cambodia

Among people born in Cambodia, Haing S. Ngor ranks 23 out of 35. Before him are Ram Khamhaeng (1237), Sisowath of Cambodia (1840), Nuon Chea (1926), Ang Duong (1796), Ieng Thirith (1932), and Yasovarman I (900). After him are Ang Mey (1815), Son Sann (1911), Khuang Aphaiwong (1902), Penn Nouth (1906), Sisowath Sirik Matak (1914), and Sam Rainsy (1949).

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Among ACTORS In Cambodia

Among actors born in Cambodia, Haing S. Ngor ranks 1. After him are François Chau (1959).

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