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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 role in the television series Inspector Morse as Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse and The Sweeney as Detective Inspector Jack Regan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Thaw has received more than 4,827,447 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). John Thaw is the 2,202nd most popular actor (up from 3,399th in 2019), the 2,098th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,919th in 2019) and the 285th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, John Thaw ranks 2,202 out of 9,996. Before him are Jessie Royce Landis, Joan Copeland, Kit Harington, Burl Ives, Brigitte Lin, and Michael Jai White. After him are Paolo Stoppa, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Ita Rina, Michael Ansara, Kim Hae-sook, and Monica Potter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, John Thaw ranks 253. Before him are Leo Nucci, Hayedeh, Antoine Berman, Marshall Bell, Ludmila Savelyeva, and Ian Dury. After him are Ana Blandiana, Guy Edwards, Jean-Luc Ponty, Jules Wijdenbosch, Alan Price, and Tariq al-Hashimi. Among people deceased in 2002, John Thaw ranks 123. Before him are Mamo Wolde, Yevgeny Svetlanov, Inge Morath, Branko Stanković, Günter Wand, and Grote Reber. After him are Robert Guéï, Marion Dönhoff, Domènec Balmanya, Gabriel Almond, Franjo Kuharić, and Ibn al-Khattab.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Thaw ranks 2,098 out of 7,765. Before him are Barbara West (1911), Kit Harington (1986), James Dyson (1947), Mary Bell (1957), Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783), and Joseph Lancaster (1778). After him are Anthony Jenkinson (1529), Thomas Beecham (1879), Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886), Albert Austin (1881), Paul Freeman (1943), and David Gemmell (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, John Thaw ranks 285. Before him are Jonny Lee Miller (1972), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967), Nigel Hawthorne (1929), Robert Donat (1905), Susannah York (1939), and Kit Harington (1986). After him are Albert Austin (1881), Paul Freeman (1943), June Whitfield (1925), James Purefoy (1964), Mark Williams (1959), and Barbara Steele (1937).

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