ACTOR

John Shrapnel

1942 - 2020

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John Morley Shrapnel (27 April 1942 – 14 February 2020) was an English actor. He is known mainly for his stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre in the United Kingdom and for his many television appearances. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Shrapnel has received more than 840,732 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John Shrapnel is the 2,795th most popular actor (up from 3,257th in 2019), the 2,443rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,770th in 2019) and the 337th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 840k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Shrapnel ranks 2,795 out of 13,578. Before him are Chieko Baisho, Sven Wollter, Phylicia Rashad, Lara Flynn Boyle, Eva Gabor, and Charles Bickford. After him are Movita Castaneda, Dyan Cannon, Margo Martindale, Leonardo Favio, María Baxa, and Tim Matheson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, John Shrapnel ranks 295. Before him are Martin Rees, Nobby Stiles, Gunilla Bergström, Janko Prunk, Philip Catherine, and Abdulsalami Abubakar. After him are Wu Ma, Anneke Grönloh, Fatma Girik, B. J. Thomas, Imran N. Hosein, and Carol Lynley. Among people deceased in 2020, John Shrapnel ranks 254. Before him are Lê Khả Phiêu, Nobby Stiles, Park Won-soon, Éva Székely, Lynn Cohen, and Sven Wollter. After him are Corine Rottschäfer, Ray Clemence, Peter Sutcliffe, Irina Skobtseva, Jair Marinho, and Enrique Irazoqui.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Shrapnel ranks 2,443 out of 8,785. Before him are Eddie Clarke (1950), Ian Khama (1953), Robert T. A. Innes (1861), Charles James Fox (1749), John Henry Mackay (1864), and Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891). After him are Sidney Smith (1764), Grace Elliott (1754), J. B. Priestley (1894), Ray Clemence (1948), Auguste Couder (1789), and John Osborne (1929).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Shrapnel ranks 337. Before him are Luke Evans (1979), Ian Richardson (1934), Terry-Thomas (1911), Leslie Phillips (1924), Delroy Lindo (1952), and Richard Bremmer (1953). After him are John Callen (1946), Sally Hawkins (1976), Eric Porter (1928), Bernard Fox (1927), Corin Redgrave (1939), and Chiwetel Ejiofor (1977).

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Television and Movie Roles

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