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John Nettles

1943 - Today

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John Vivian Drummond Nettles, (born 11 October 1943) is an English actor and author. He is best known for his starring roles as detectives in the crime drama television series Bergerac (1981–1991) in the title role, and Midsomer Murders (1997–2011) as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Nettles has received more than 4,509,000 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). John Nettles is the 952nd most popular actor (up from 1,111th in 2019), the 1,044th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,236th in 2019) and the 136th most popular British Actor.

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  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Nettles ranks 952 out of 13,578. Before him are Marthe Keller, Lucy Liu, Arletty, Brigitte Helm, Helena Rojo, and Conchata Ferrell. After him are Héctor Elizondo, Erdoğan Atalay, Marie-Christine Barrault, Ralph Bellamy, Diane Lane, and Griffin Dunne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, John Nettles ranks 119. Before him are Lyudmila Ulitskaya, Richard Smalley, Leonardo Sandri, Michael Palin, Conchata Ferrell, and René Préval. After him are Antônio Wilson Vieira Honório, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Dušan Ivković, Barış Manço, Jacques Dutronc, and Armando Guebuza.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Nettles ranks 1,044 out of 8,785. Before him are James Murray (1837), Princess Marie of Orléans (1865), Simon Pegg (1970), A. J. Ayer (1910), Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1936), and James Stirling (1926). After him are Glenn Hughes (1951), Robbie Williams (1974), Twiggy (1949), Robert Browning (1812), John Hanning Speke (1827), and Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Nettles ranks 136. Before him are James Mason (1909), David Warner (1941), Jeremy Brett (1933), Michael Palin (1943), Sebastian Shaw (1905), and Kenny Baker (1934). After him are Stephen Boyd (1931), Frank Oz (1944), Sacha Baron Cohen (1971), Dirk Bogarde (1921), Honor Blackman (1925), and Helen McCrory (1968).

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