ACTOR

Jimmy Wang Yu

1943 - 2022

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James Wang Yu (28 March 1943 – 5 April 2022) was a Hong Kong-Taiwanese martial artist, actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter. Initially a contract player for Shaw Brothers, he rose to fame for his starring role in The One-Armed Swordsman (1967) and its sequels, and was one of the first major stars of martial arts and wuxia cinema. At the height of his fame in the 1970s, he was the highest-paid martial arts actor in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jimmy Wang Yu has received more than 524,265 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Jimmy Wang Yu is the 1,958th most popular actor, the 654th most popular biography from China and the 21st most popular Chinese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jimmy Wang Yu ranks 1,958 out of 13,578. Before him are Pierre Brasseur, Laurie Metcalf, Li Bingbing, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Pauline Moran, and Kristin Davis. After him are Brent Spiner, Jandira Martini, Olga Kurylenko, Puneeth Rajkumar, Olivier Martinez, and Christian Slater.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Jimmy Wang Yu ranks 228. Before him are Terry Venables, Shlomo Ben-Ami, Richard S. Hamilton, James Turrell, Marika Green, and Stanley Fischer. After him are Sani Abacha, Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Nolan Bushnell, Mike Leigh, Rashid Sunyaev, and Patrick Demarchelier. Among people deceased in 2022, Jimmy Wang Yu ranks 161. Before him are Tekla Juniewicz, Mino Raiola, Philip Baker Hall, Elza Soares, Bernd Bransch, and Ivanka Khristova. After him are Kunimitsu Takahashi, Birju Maharaj, Patrick Demarchelier, Fred Brooks, Maryan Wisniewski, and Mulayam Singh Yadav.

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In China

Among people born in China, Jimmy Wang Yu ranks 654 out of 1,610. Before him are Yuan Mei (1716), Xu Zhimo (1897), Emperor Mingyuan of Northern Wei (392), Jung Chang (1952), Wang Huning (1955), and Li Bingbing (1973). After him are Empress Wang (-8), Eric Liddell (1902), Cai Yuanpei (1868), Liu Yuxi (772), Huang Tingjian (1045), and Cheng Hao (1032).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Jimmy Wang Yu ranks 21. Before him are Na Moon-hee (1941), Zhang Ziyi (1979), Ruan Lingyu (1910), Kenneth Tsang (1935), Roy Chiao (1927), and Li Bingbing (1973). After him are Lee Hoi-chuen (1901), Lau Kar-leung (1934), James Tien (1942), Fan Bingbing (1981), Ng Man-tat (1952), and David Chiang (1947).

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