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James Shigeta

1929 - 2014

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James Saburo Shigeta (Japanese: 繁田 三郎; June 17, 1929 – July 28, 2014) was an American actor and singer of Japanese descent. He was noted for his roles in The Crimson Kimono (1959), Walk Like a Dragon (1960), Flower Drum Song (1961), Bridge to the Sun (1961), Die Hard (1988), and Mulan (1998). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Shigeta has received more than 936,495 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. James Shigeta is the 3,582nd most popular actor (up from 3,916th in 2019), the 5,488th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,103rd in 2019) and the 1,683rd most popular American Actor.

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  • 940k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, James Shigeta ranks 3,582 out of 9,996Before him are Nur Fettahoğlu, Jennifer Saunders, Robert Walker, Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Adrian Paul, and Danneel Ackles. After him are Anne Shirley, Nancy Walker, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Judith Light, Alec McCowen, and Trine Dyrholm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, James Shigeta ranks 298Before him are Ray Barretto, Rolan Bykov, Don Murray, Karl-Erik Palmér, Ninón Sevilla, and Bazilio Olara-Okello. After him are Hallgeir Brenden, Bonnie Bartlett, Hubert Dreyfus, Carlo Clerici, Ruth Pfau, and Alla Horska. Among people deceased in 2014, James Shigeta ranks 236Before him are Dave Legeno, Lilli Carati, Gough Whitlam, Ernie Terrell, Bel Kaufman, and Abdul Qadir. After him are Małgorzata Braunek, Victor J. Stenger, Ryhor Baradulin, Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Warren Clarke, and Ilija Pantelić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Shigeta ranks 5,488 out of 18,182Before him are Robert Walker (1918), Budd Boetticher (1916), Marion Jones (1975), Danneel Ackles (1979), Thomas Friedman (1953), and Oswald Veblen (1880). After him are Milman Parry (1902), Anne Shirley (1918), Eugene Garfield (1925), Nancy Walker (1922), Pruitt Taylor Vince (1960), and Judith Light (1949).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, James Shigeta ranks 1,683Before him are Lawrence Tierney (1919), Keenen Ivory Wayans (1958), Lauren Ridloff (1978), Wendy O. Williams (1949), Robert Walker (1918), and Danneel Ackles (1979). After him are Anne Shirley (1918), Nancy Walker (1922), Pruitt Taylor Vince (1960), Judith Light (1949), David Spade (1964), and Tara Reid (1975).

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