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Jack Hawkins

1910 - 1973

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John Edward Hawkins, CBE (14 September 1910 – 18 July 1973) was an English actor who worked on stage and in film from the 1930s until the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Hawkins has received more than 2,220,756 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Hawkins is the 1,302nd most popular actor (up from 1,472nd in 2019), the 1,374th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,538th in 2019) and the 180th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jack Hawkins by language

Over the past year Jack Hawkins has had the most page views in the with 300,365 views, followed by German (31,413), and Spanish (24,267). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (91.87%), Finnish (47.08%), and Egyptian Arabic (37.27%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jack Hawkins ranks 1,302 out of 13,578. Before him are Pedro Pascal, Brigitte Fossey, Katy Jurado, Rupert Everett, Chazz Palminteri, and Vahide Perçin. After him are Simon Baker, Zbigniew Cybulski, Patrick Bauchau, Guy Pearce, Steven Berkoff, and Yuen Siu-tien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Jack Hawkins ranks 87. Before him are Maurice Papon, Irmfried Eberl, Juan Velasco Alvarado, Miguel Hernández, Remo Giazotto, and Kenneth E. Boulding. After him are Masayoshi Ōhira, Johan Ferrier, Trygve Bratteli, J. Allen Hynek, Carmine Coppola, and Viktors Arājs. Among people deceased in 1973, Jack Hawkins ranks 84. Before him are Bruno Maderna, Veronica Lake, Shirali Muslimov, Alexander Orlov, Ben Webster, and Monika Ertl. After him are Gian Francesco Malipiero, Frank Jack Fletcher, Nikos Zachariadis, Hans Globke, P. Ramlee, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jack Hawkins ranks 1,374 out of 8,785. Before him are Frederick Abel (1827), Hertha Ayrton (1854), Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854), Mary de Bohun (1369), Rupert Everett (1959), and Penda of Mercia (606). After him are Alan Walker (1997), Norman Lockyer (1836), Guy Pearce (1967), Steven Berkoff (1937), W. T. Stead (1849), and John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Jack Hawkins ranks 180. Before him are Elizabeth Hurley (1965), Geraldine McEwan (1932), Edmund Kean (1787), Eileen Essell (1922), Edward Gordon Craig (1872), and Rupert Everett (1959). After him are Guy Pearce (1967), Steven Berkoff (1937), Hannah Chaplin (1865), Peter Mayhew (1944), Victor McLaglen (1886), and Vinnie Jones (1965).

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Television and Movie Roles

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