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John Thaw

1942 - 2002

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John Edward Thaw (3 January 1942 – 21 February 2002) was an English actor in television, stage and cinema, best known for his starring roles in the television series Inspector Morse as Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse and in The Sweeney as Detective Inspector Jack Regan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Thaw has received more than 5,115,867 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 26 in 2019). John Thaw is the 2,976th most popular actor (down from 2,199th in 2019), the 2,542nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,093rd in 2019) and the 359th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Thaw ranks 2,976 out of 13,578. Before him are Dennis Weaver, John Phillip Law, Dagmar Lassander, Zendaya, Barry Jackson, and Harry Baur. After him are Pamela Tiffin, Andrew Robinson, Nick Cassavetes, Gordon Liu, Andréa Parisy, and August Schellenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, John Thaw ranks 309. Before him are Clarence Clemons, Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Taj Mahal, Kent Andersson, Charles Konan Banny, and Joaquim Rifé. After him are Pamela Tiffin, Andrew Robinson, Bo Hopkins, Michael G. Wilson, Reinhard Mey, and Madeline Kahn. Among people deceased in 2002, John Thaw ranks 158. Before him are Lolita Torres, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Layne Staley, Ray Brown, Raymond Firth, and Robert Urich. After him are Xavier Montsalvatge, Vlado Perlemuter, Heinz von Foerster, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Martti Miettunen, and André Clot.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Thaw ranks 2,542 out of 8,785. Before him are Warwick Davis (1970), Edward Blyth (1810), Edwin Arnold (1832), Gordon Jackson (1923), Barry Jackson (1938), and Leslie Stephen (1832). After him are Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928), Dominic Purcell (1970), Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878), Edith Durham (1863), Blanche of England (1392), and Philip Stone (1924).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Thaw ranks 359. Before him are Vincent Regan (1965), Minnie Driver (1970), Jane Asher (1946), Warwick Davis (1970), Gordon Jackson (1923), and Barry Jackson (1938). After him are Dominic Purcell (1970), Philip Stone (1924), Freddie Highmore (1992), Ben Miller (1966), Flora Finch (1867), and Edmund Gwenn (1877).

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