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John Barrymore

1882 - 1942

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John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen, and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly attempted a career as an artist, but appeared on stage together with his father Maurice in 1900, and then his sister Ethel the following year. He began his career in 1903 and first gained attention as a stage actor in light comedy, then high drama, culminating in productions of Justice (1916), Richard III (1920), and Hamlet (1922); his portrayal of Hamlet led to him being called the "greatest living American tragedian".After a success as Hamlet in London in 1925, Barrymore left the stage for 14 years and instead focused entirely on films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Barrymore has received more than 4,441,362 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). John Barrymore is the 1,261st most popular actor (down from 1,143rd in 2019), the 2,186th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,040th in 2019) and the 594th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Barrymores by language

Over the past year John Barrymore has had the most page views in the with 594,557 views, followed by Spanish (31,184), and German (20,976). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (286.79%), Uzbek (218.88%), and Afrikaans (112.07%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Barrymore ranks 1,261 out of 13,578. Before him are Jack Warden, Fess Parker, Kurt Gerron, Geraldine McEwan, Kōji Yakusho, and Victoria Principal. After him are Momoko Kōchi, Connie Nielsen, Vladimír Menšík, Patricia Clarkson, Michael Emerson, and Don S. Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, John Barrymore ranks 87. Before him are Yoshijirō Umezu, Eugène Joseph Delporte, William Halsey Jr., Princess Louise of Orléans, Sylvia Pankhurst, and Artur Schnabel. After him are David Burliuk, Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Kimon Georgiev, Florian Znaniecki, Gian Francesco Malipiero, and Max Decugis. Among people deceased in 1942, John Barrymore ranks 70. Before him are Yuri Kondratyuk, Henri de Baillet-Latour, Avraham Stern, Augustinas Voldemaras, Alexander Belyaev, and Valdemar Poulsen. After him are Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Miguel Hernández, Mikhail Nesterov, Erwin Schulhoff, Georg Alexander Pick, and Julio González.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Barrymore ranks 2,186 out of 20,380. Before him are Peter Diamond (1940), Joan Didion (1934), Buddy Rich (1917), W. I. Thomas (1863), Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1921), and Cindy Crawford (1966). After him are Henry King (1886), Anna Moffo (1932), Charles M. Rice (1952), Edmond Hamilton (1904), Doc Holliday (1851), and Dexter Gordon (1923).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, John Barrymore ranks 594. Before him are Joe Pantoliano (1951), Ted Danson (1947), Vincent Schiavelli (1948), Stefanie Powers (1942), Jack Warden (1920), and Fess Parker (1924). After him are Patricia Clarkson (1959), Michael Emerson (1954), Don S. Davis (1942), Linda Blair (1959), Linda Evans (1942), and Kim Hunter (1922).

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Television and Movie Roles

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