ACTOR

Jan Werich

1906 - 1980

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Jan Werich (Czech: [ˈjan ˈvɛrɪx]; 6 February 1905 – 31 October 1980) was a Czech actor, playwright and writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Werich has received more than 194,150 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Werich is the 2,644th most popular actor, the 413th most popular biography from Czechia and the 11th most popular Czech Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jan Werich ranks 2,644 out of 13,578. Before him are Chita Rivera, Helena Modjeska, Sarah Clarke, Warren Oates, Chico Marx, and Bill Irwin. After him are Sherilyn Fenn, Harry Carey Jr., Jordana Brewster, Dan O'Herlihy, E. G. Marshall, and Magdaléna Vášáryová.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Jan Werich ranks 181. Before him are Sergei Gerasimov, Paul Sacher, Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, Ulanhu, Nils Axelsson, and Jerzy Giedroyc. After him are R. K. Narayan, Agniya Barto, Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, John D. Rockefeller III, Friz Freleng, and Alex Thépot. Among people deceased in 1980, Jan Werich ranks 147. Before him are Boun Oum, John W. McCormack, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Rachel Roberts, Gerhard Hanappi, and Dorothy Day. After him are Allan Pettersson, Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, Miliza Korjus, Sonja Wigert, Ángel Sanz Briz, and Philip Guston.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Werich ranks 413 out of 1,200. Before him are Jiří Dienstbier (1937), Simon Sechter (1788), Lubor Niederle (1865), Eugen Sänger (1905), Oldřich Černík (1921), and Franz von Soxhlet (1848). After him are Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský (1684), Kaspar Maria von Sternberg (1761), Tomáš Halík (1948), Mikoláš Aleš (1852), Josef Silný (1902), and Vítězslava Kaprálová (1915).

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Among ACTORS In Czechia

Among actors born in Czechia, Jan Werich ranks 11. Before him are Vladimír Menšík (1929), Josef Abrhám (1939), Jean-Gaspard Deburau (1796), Jana Brejchová (1940), Vlastimil Brodský (1920), and Zdeněk Svěrák (1936). After him are Dagmar Lassander (1943), Karel Roden (1962), Jan Tříska (1936), Hugo Haas (1901), Vladimir Kulich (1956), and Ernst Deutsch (1890).

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