ACTOR

Ken Howard

1944 - 2016

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Kenneth Joseph Howard Jr. (March 28, 1944 – March 23, 2016) was an American actor. He was known for his roles as Thomas Jefferson in 1776 (1972) and as high school basketball coach and former Chicago Bulls player Ken Reeves in the television show The White Shadow (1978–1981). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Howard has received more than 2,999,153 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Howard is the 5,580th most popular actor (down from 5,274th in 2019), the 8,148th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,832nd in 2019) and the 2,534th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ken Howard ranks 5,580 out of 13,578. Before him are Marin Hinkle, Cho Yeo-jeong, Mike Farrell, Faith Domergue, Blossom Rock, and David Walliams. After him are Agnez Mo, Aleksei Serebryakov, Lewis Wilson, Bill Moseley, Keegan-Michael Key, and Amy Acker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Ken Howard ranks 559. Before him are Emilio Zapico, Alex Acuña, Jacques Beurlet, Braulio Rodríguez Plaza, Christopher Browning, and Orlando Martínez. After him are Gabriele Kuby, Russi Taylor, Yuriy Istomin, Manfred Schmid, Mick Avory, and Giorgi Sichinava. Among people deceased in 2016, Ken Howard ranks 406. Before him are David Margulies, Paulo Emilio, Alain Decaux, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Aki Schmidt, and Anton Yelchin. After him are Alice Drummond, Tom Kibble, Lothar Späth, Karel Husa, Michael Herr, and Teatao Teannaki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ken Howard ranks 8,148 out of 20,380. Before him are Margaret Woodbridge (1902), Cliff Edwards (1895), Mike Farrell (1939), Robert M. La Follette (1855), Faith Domergue (1924), and Blossom Rock (1895). After him are Karen Silkwood (1946), Lewis Wilson (1920), Jake Roberts (1955), Edward Henry Potthast (1857), Jill Stein (1950), and Jason Kidd (1973).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Ken Howard ranks 2,534. Before him are Merna Kennedy (1908), Joan Shawlee (1926), Chris Owen (1980), Mike Farrell (1939), Faith Domergue (1924), and Blossom Rock (1895). After him are Lewis Wilson (1920), Bill Moseley (1951), Keegan-Michael Key (1971), Amy Acker (1976), Christopher George (1931), and Denise Crosby (1957).

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Television and Movie Roles

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