ACTOR

Jean Richard

1921 - 2001

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Jean Richard (18 April 1921 – 12 December 2001) was a French actor, comedian, and circus entrepreneur. He is best remembered for his role as Georges Simenon's Maigret in the eponymous French television series, which he played for more than twenty years, and for his circus activities. Richard was born in Bessines, Deux-Sevres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Richard has received more than 46,598 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Richard is the 3,277th most popular actor (up from 4,037th in 2019), the 3,790th most popular biography from France (up from 3,941st in 2019) and the 235th most popular French Actor.

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  • 47k

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  • 57.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jean Richard ranks 3,277 out of 13,578. Before him are Gösta Ekman, Wojciech Pszoniak, Svetlana Toma, Ioan Gruffudd, Norio Wakamoto, and Lily Collins. After him are Ryan Phillippe, Julie Benz, Bae Yong-joon, Graham McTavish, Anthony Zerbe, and Branko Đurić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Jean Richard ranks 230. Before him are Gunnar Eriksson, Sune Andersson, Imre Kovács, Archduchess Charlotte of Austria, Inge Borkh, and Bengt Danielsson. After him are Saul Zaentz, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Simin Daneshvar, Alexander Kemurdzhian, Ida Fink, and Rinaldo Martino. Among people deceased in 2001, Jean Richard ranks 165. Before him are Ninette de Valois, Katharine Graham, Ken Aston, Gordon R. Dickson, Mohamed Atta, and Micheline Ostermeyer. After him are John Lewis, Eugene Sledge, Jenő Fock, Jalil Zandi, Herbert Ross, and William Masters.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Richard ranks 3,790 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Despiau (1874), Jacques Doniol-Valcroze (1920), Camille Mandrillon (1891), Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (1923), Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (1674), and André Gill (1840). After him are Joseph Bienaimé Caventou (1795), Louis de Freycinet (1779), Daniel Bensaïd (1946), Gaston Tissandier (1843), Jean Decoux (1884), and Pierre Weiss (1865).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Jean Richard ranks 235. Before him are Clémence Poésy (1982), Catherine Frot (1956), Lily Pons (1898), Raimu (1883), Jacques Dufilho (1914), and Jacques Doniol-Valcroze (1920). After him are Mathilda May (1965), Gérard Lanvin (1950), Pierre Fresnay (1897), Coline Serreau (1947), Jean-François Stévenin (1944), and Tonie Marshall (1951).

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