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Henry Irving

1838 - 1905

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Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905), christened John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility (supervision of sets, lighting, direction, casting, as well as playing the leading roles) for season after season at the West End's Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Irving has received more than 659,749 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Henry Irving is the 3,084th most popular actor (down from 2,583rd in 2019), the 2,673rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,418th in 2019) and the 383rd most popular British Actor.

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  • 660k

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  • 49.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Henry Irving ranks 3,084 out of 9,996. Before him are Peggy Ashcroft, Takuya Kimura, Mike Connors, Raimu, Doug Jones, and Lara Flynn Boyle. After him are Wu Ma, Maggie Q, Antonio Fargas, Elena Anaya, Ben Whishaw, and Bob Crane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Henry Irving ranks 69. Before him are Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso, Emil Rathenau, Paul Mauser, Thomas Blake Glover, Valeriano Weyler, and John Hay. After him are James Craig Watson, James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, Henry Adams, Oswald Schmiedeberg, Gotō Shōjirō, and Giovanni Cagliero. Among people deceased in 1905, Henry Irving ranks 56. Before him are Rudolf von Alt, Konstantin Savitsky, Charles Renard, Alexander, Prince of Lippe, Hermann Wissmann, and John Hay. After him are Kārlis Baumanis, Charles Yerkes, Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano, Célestine Galli-Marié, Henrik Sjöberg, and Francesco Tamagno.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Irving ranks 2,673 out of 7,765. Before him are Radclyffe Hall (1880), Simon Le Bon (1958), Lady Arbella Stuart (1575), Samuel Frederick Gray (1766), Peggy Ashcroft (1907), and Eleanor of Scotland (1433). After him are Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583), Ben Whishaw (1980), Billy Boyd (1968), Ray Davies (1944), Storm Thorgerson (1944), and Hilary Mantel (1952).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Henry Irving ranks 383. Before him are Sam Claflin (1986), Julian Sands (1958), Philip Jackson (1948), Minnie Driver (1970), Barry Morse (1918), and Peggy Ashcroft (1907). After him are Ben Whishaw (1980), Billy Boyd (1968), Joely Richardson (1965), Joseph Grimaldi (1778), Freddie Jones (1927), and Naveen Andrews (1969).

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