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Kirk Alyn

1910 - 1999

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Kirk Alyn (born John Feggo Jr.; October 8, 1910 – March 14, 1999) was an American actor, best known for being the first actor to play the DC Comics character Superman in live-action for the 1948 movie serial Superman and its 1950 sequel Atom Man vs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kirk Alyn has received more than 468,485 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Kirk Alyn is the 4,037th most popular actor (down from 3,763rd in 2019), the 6,108th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,896th in 2019) and the 1,893rd most popular American Actor.

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  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Kirk Alyn ranks 4,037 out of 9,996Before him are Engin Akyürek, Andy Griffith, Julie Kavner, Clarence Williams III, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and Mena Suvari. After him are Marian Seldes, Edie Falco, Mamie Van Doren, Kathy Burke, Željko Ivanek, and Wang Leehom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Kirk Alyn ranks 226Before him are Raoul Diagne, Fernando de Santiago, Carlo Ceresoli, Robert Havemann, Genrikh Kasparyan, and Rachel de Queiroz. After him are Karl Zischek, Frank Lubin, Duncan McNaughton, Guy Mairesse, Aldo Donati, and Tomás Ojeda. Among people deceased in 1999, Kirk Alyn ranks 171Before him are Charles Crichton, Rudi Glöckner, Olga Orozco, Rudolf Kárpáti, Tatevik Sazandaryan, and Galina Bystrova. After him are Rory Calhoun, Guillermo Arellano, Charlie Byrd, Frank Lubin, Heinrich Schmid, and Ashley Montagu.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kirk Alyn ranks 6,108 out of 18,182Before him are Julie Kavner (1950), Marshall Applewhite (1931), Karch Kiraly (1960), Clarence Williams III (1939), Stuart Hameroff (1947), and Mena Suvari (1979). After him are Marian Seldes (1928), Edie Falco (1963), Charles Lang (1902), Mamie Van Doren (1931), Jamie Gillis (1943), and Doug Liman (1965).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Kirk Alyn ranks 1,893Before him are Topher Grace (1978), Ally Sheedy (1962), Andy Griffith (1926), Julie Kavner (1950), Clarence Williams III (1939), and Mena Suvari (1979). After him are Marian Seldes (1928), Edie Falco (1963), Mamie Van Doren (1931), Wang Leehom (1976), Barry Corbin (1940), and Christine Lahti (1950).

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