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James Franco

1978 - Today

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James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. For his role in 127 Hours (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Franco is known for his roles in films, such as Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat, Pray, Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Franco has received more than 28,053,494 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). James Franco is the 1,208th most popular actor (up from 1,280th in 2019), the 2,149th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,334th in 2019) and the 589th most popular Actor.

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  • 28M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, James Franco ranks 1,208 out of 9,996. Before him are Denise Richards, Marisa Berenson, Marcia Cross, DeForest Kelley, Joan Allen, and Michael Richards. After him are Fabio Testi, Masako Nozawa, Gordon Scott, Libertad Lamarque, Bridget Fonda, and Mark Margolis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, James Franco ranks 15. Before him are Charlene, Princess of Monaco, Rachel McAdams, Steve Chen, Ashton Kutcher, Ian Somerhalder, and Daniel Brühl. After him are Gennaro Gattuso, Kumail Nanjiani, Frank Lampard, Katherine Heigl, Katie Holmes, and Juan Román Riquelme.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Franco ranks 2,149 out of 18,182. Before him are Marcia Cross (1962), Tony Levin (1946), Walter A. Shewhart (1891), DeForest Kelley (1920), Joan Allen (1956), and Michael Richards (1949). After him are Michael Kamen (1948), Gordon Scott (1926), Bob Odenkirk (1962), Eric Carle (1929), Rubin Carter (1937), and Ub Iwerks (1901).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, James Franco ranks 589. Before him are Denise Richards (1971), Marisa Berenson (1947), Marcia Cross (1962), DeForest Kelley (1920), Joan Allen (1956), and Michael Richards (1949). After him are Gordon Scott (1926), Bridget Fonda (1964), Mark Margolis (1939), Stacy Keach (1941), Jack Warden (1920), and Fred Willard (1939).

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