1886 - 1956
Jean Pierre Carl Buron (12 July 1886 – 2 June 1956), known professionally as Jean Hersholt, was a Danish-American actor. He is best known for starring on the CBS radio series Dr. Christian (1937–1954) and inspiring later subsequent TV series (1956-1957), along with co-starring in the Shirley Temple film Heidi (1937). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Hersholt has received more than 632,510 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Jean Hersholt is the 2,760th most popular actor (up from 2,889th in 2019), the 337th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 349th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Danish Actor.
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Among actors, Jean Hersholt ranks 2,760 out of 9,996. Before him are Tom Mix, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Anthony Heald, RuPaul, Barbara Babcock, and Jo Jung-suk. After him are John Mahoney, Vanessa Hudgens, Brian Austin Green, John Aniston, Jean Smart, and Kristanna Loken.
1880 - 1940
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 2,754
1924 - 2006
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 2,755
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 2,756
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 2,757
1937 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 2,758
1980 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 2,759
1886 - 1956
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 2,760
1940 - 2018
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 2,761
1988 - Present
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 2,762
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 2,763
1933 - 2022
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 2,764
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 2,765
1979 - Present
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 2,766
Among people born in 1886, Jean Hersholt ranks 157. Before him are Chester Conklin, Elise Ottesen-Jensen, Peter Freuchen, Florence Lawrence, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, and Roberto María Ortiz. After him are G. I. Taylor, Ernest Burgess, Rudolf Belling, Othmar Schoeck, Austin Osman Spare, and Hiratsuka Raichō. Among people deceased in 1956, Jean Hersholt ranks 109. Before him are Tommy Dorsey, Leo Baeck, Paul Renner, Vladimir Filatov, Auguste Chevalier, and Frigyes Riesz. After him are Preston Tucker, Austin Osman Spare, Jehanne D'Alcy, Lewis Terman, Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, and Herminio Masantonio.
1886 - 1971
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 151
1886 - 1973
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 152
1886 - 1957
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 153
1886 - 1938
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 154
1886 - 1950
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 155
1886 - 1942
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 156
1886 - 1956
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 157
1886 - 1975
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 158
1886 - 1966
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 159
1886 - 1972
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 160
1886 - 1957
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 161
1886 - 1956
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 162
1886 - 1971
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 163
1905 - 1956
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 103
1873 - 1956
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 104
1878 - 1956
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 105
1875 - 1956
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 106
1873 - 1956
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 107
1880 - 1956
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 108
1886 - 1956
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 109
1903 - 1956
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 110
1886 - 1956
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 111
1865 - 1956
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 112
1877 - 1956
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 113
1899 - 1956
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 114
1910 - 1956
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 115
Among people born in Denmark, Jean Hersholt ranks 337 out of 893. Before him are Peter Freuchen (1886), Bjarne Riis (1964), Olafur Eliasson (1967), Kjeld Abell (1901), Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1609), and Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia (1504). After him are Kim Larsen (1945), Svend Asmussen (1916), Erik Eriksen (1902), Hans Wegner (1914), Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1524), and Christen Sørensen Longomontanus (1562).
1886 - 1957
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 331
1964 - Present
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 332
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 333
1901 - 1961
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 334
1609 - 1689
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 335
1504 - 1547
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 336
1886 - 1956
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 337
1945 - 2018
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 338
1916 - 2017
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 339
1902 - 1972
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 340
1914 - 2007
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 341
1524 - 1586
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 342
1562 - 1647
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 343
Among actors born in Denmark, Jean Hersholt ranks 16. Before him are Annette Stroyberg (1936), Lars Mikkelsen (1964), Ulrich Thomsen (1963), Ghita Nørby (1935), Palle Huld (1912), and Kim Bodnia (1965). After him are Nikolaj Lie Kaas (1973), Thure Lindhardt (1974), Trine Dyrholm (1972), Johanne Luise Heiberg (1812), Viggo Larsen (1880), and Sofie Gråbøl (1968).
1936 - 2005
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 10
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 11
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 12
1935 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 13
1912 - 2010
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 14
1965 - Present
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 15
1886 - 1956
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 16
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 17
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 18
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 19
1812 - 1890
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 20
1880 - 1957
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 21
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 22