ACTOR

Jean Hersholt

1886 - 1956

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Jean Pierre Carl Buron (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956), known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish-American actor. He is most famous for starring on the CBS radio series Dr. Christian from 1937–1954, which later inspired a TV series with the same name from 1956-1957. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Hersholt has received more than 688,142 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Jean Hersholt is the 2,719th most popular actor (up from 2,756th in 2019), the 334th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 335th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Danish Actor.

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  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jean Hersholt ranks 2,719 out of 13,578. Before him are Eugenio Derbez, Stanley Kamel, Fahriye Evcen, Vladimir Basov, Sonja Wigert, and Moira Orfei. After him are Richard Tauber, Brunhilde Pomsel, Edward Furlong, Linda Fiorentino, Miyoshi Umeki, and Hayley Atwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Jean Hersholt ranks 160. Before him are Catherine Desnitski, Constant Permeke, Malak Hifni Nasif, Peter Freuchen, Alexander Svanidze, and Roberto María Ortiz. After him are Georges Vantongerloo, Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, Rose Wilder Lane, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Erich Salomon, and Mikhail Tereshchenko. Among people deceased in 1956, Jean Hersholt ranks 109. Before him are Frigyes Riesz, Stan Ockers, Leo Baeck, Paul Renner, Norman L. Bowen, and Heinrich Barkhausen. After him are Vladimir Filatov, Corrado Alvaro, Tommy Dorsey, Mikhail Tereshchenko, Ágnes Esterházy, and Elmer Drew Merrill.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jean Hersholt ranks 334 out of 1,032. Before him are Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia (1504), Henning Jensen (1949), Caspar Bartholin the Younger (1655), Cecil Bødker (1927), Peter Freuchen (1886), and Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1792). After him are Per Nørgård (1932), Erik Eriksen (1902), Palle Huld (1912), Hans Wegner (1914), Thomas Kingo (1634), and Vilhelm Buhl (1881).

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Among ACTORS In Denmark

Among actors born in Denmark, Jean Hersholt ranks 16. Before him are Sidse Babett Knudsen (1968), Lars Mikkelsen (1964), Ulrich Thomsen (1963), Ghita Nørby (1935), Kim Bodnia (1965), and Bodil Ipsen (1889). After him are Palle Huld (1912), Nikolaj Lie Kaas (1973), Trine Dyrholm (1972), Sofie Gråbøl (1968), Johanne Luise Heiberg (1812), and Thomas Bo Larsen (1963).

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