1977 - Today
James William Van Der Beek (; born March 8, 1977) is an American actor. Known for his portrayal of Dawson Leery on The WB's Dawson's Creek (1998–2003), he also played a fictionalized version of himself on the cult ABC sitcom Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 (2012–2013), starred on CSI: Cyber as FBI Agent Elijah Mundo (2015–2016), and appeared as Matt Bromley on the first season of the FX drama Pose (2018). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Van Der Beek has received more than 7,660,002 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). James Van Der Beek is the 4,880th most popular actor (up from 5,140th in 2019), the 7,266th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,039th in 2019) and the 2,275th most popular American Actor.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among actors, James Van Der Beek ranks 4,880 out of 9,996. Before him are Cha Eun-woo, Madalena Iglésias, Timothy West, Saif Ali Khan, Roger Dumas, and Brenda Marshall. After him are Sadie Frost, Leticia Calderón, Mona Malm, Dianna Agron, Jaime Lorente, and Lee Sun-kyun.
1997 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 4,874
1939 - 2018
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 4,875
1934 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 4,876
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 4,877
1932 - 2016
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 4,878
1915 - 1992
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 4,879
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 4,880
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 4,881
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 4,882
1935 - 2021
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 4,883
1986 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 4,884
1991 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 4,885
1975 - 2023
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 4,886
Among people born in 1977, James Van Der Beek ranks 109. Before him are David Dastmalchian, Natalia Gavrilița, Ravshan Irmatov, Giorgia Meloni, John Green, and Melanie Lynskey. After him are Phil Neville, Colin Hanks, Samantha Cristoforetti, Adam Małysz, David Albelda, and Manuel Almunia.
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 103
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 104
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 105
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 106
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 107
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 108
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 109
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 110
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 111
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 112
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.24
Rank: 113
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 114
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 115
Among people born in United States, James Van Der Beek ranks 7,266 out of 18,182. Before him are Edward Everett (1794), Nancy Wilson (1954), Conrad Aiken (1889), John Oliver Creighton (1943), Lucy Webb Hayes (1831), and Daniel Quinn (1935). After him are Booker T (1965), Bill Bradley (1943), Dianna Agron (1986), Jackson Scholz (1897), Pat Robertson (1930), and John F. MacArthur (1939).
1794 - 1865
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 7,260
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 7,261
1889 - 1973
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 7,262
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 7,263
1831 - 1889
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 7,264
1935 - 2018
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 7,265
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 7,266
1965 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 7,267
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 7,268
1986 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 7,269
1897 - 1986
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 7,270
1930 - 2023
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 7,271
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 7,272
Among actors born in United States, James Van Der Beek ranks 2,275. Before him are Bill Moseley (1951), Nadia Cassini (1949), Yuri Lowenthal (1971), Paget Brewster (1969), Maddie Ziegler (2002), and Denise Crosby (1957). After him are Dianna Agron (1986), Marilyn Maxwell (1921), Andrew McCarthy (1962), Bobcat Goldthwait (1962), Lewis Stone (1879), and Forrest Tucker (1919).
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 2,269
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 2,270
1971 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 2,271
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 2,272
2002 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 2,273
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.47
Rank: 2,274
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 2,275
1986 - Present
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 2,276
1921 - 1972
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 2,277
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 2,278
1962 - Present
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 2,279
1879 - 1953
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 2,280
1919 - 1986
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 2,281