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Harrison Ford

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Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. Regarded as a cinematic cultural icon, he has starred in several notable films over seven decades, and is one of the highest-grossing actors in the world. Ford’s accolades include nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Screen Actors Guild awards, and five Golden Globe Awards, and he has been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award, Cecil B. DeMille Award, Honorary César, and Honorary Palme d'Or. After making his screen debut in 1966 and early supporting roles in the films American Graffiti (1973) and The Conversation (1974), Ford achieved global stardom for portraying Han Solo in the space opera film Star Wars (1977), a role he reprised in four films for the eponymous franchise spanning the next four decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harrison Ford has received more than 48,508,940 page views. His biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 92 in 2019). Harrison Ford is the 36th most popular actor (down from 35th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from United States (down from 91st in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Actor.

Harrison Ford is most famous for playing Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy.

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  • 49M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 79.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 95

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Harrison Ford ranks 36 out of 13,578. Before him are Bud Spencer, Jim Carrey, Yul Brynner, Morgan Freeman, Gina Lollobrigida, and Terence Hill. After him are Jean Reno, Vivien Leigh, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, and Nicolas Cage.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Harrison Ford ranks 11. Before him are Joe Biden, Stephen Hawking, Aretha Franklin, Amitabh Bachchan, Eusébio, and Hu Jintao. After him are Jimi Hendrix, Ratko Mladić, Scatman John, Ehud Barak, Dino Zoff, and Isabel Allende.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harrison Ford ranks 97 out of 20,380. Before him are Samuel Morse (1791), Woodrow Wilson (1856), Jeff Bezos (1964), Vince McMahon (1945), Gerald Ford (1913), and John Jay (1745). After him are Warren Buffett (1930), Bob Dylan (1941), Crazy Horse (1840), Lyndon B. Johnson (1908), Frank Sinatra (1915), and Nicolas Cage (1964).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Harrison Ford ranks 14. Before him are Bette Davis (1908), Marlon Brando (1924), Danny DeVito (1944), James Stewart (1908), Patrick Swayze (1952), and Morgan Freeman (1937). After him are Nicolas Cage (1964), Vin Diesel (1967), Debbie Reynolds (1932), Jack Nicholson (1937), James Dean (1931), and Chuck Norris (1940).

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