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Leonard Nimoy

1931 - 2015

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Leonard Simon Nimoy ( NEE-moy; March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor and director, famed for playing Spock in the Star Trek franchise for almost 50 years. This includes originating Spock in the original Star Trek series in 1966, then Star Trek: The Animated Series, the first six Star Trek films, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek (Film) (as Spock Prime), and Star Trek Into Darkness (as Spock Prime). Nimoy also directed films, including Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), and Three Men and a Baby (1987), and appeared in several films, television shows, and voice acted in several video games. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonard Nimoy has received more than 12,701,397 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Leonard Nimoy is the 277th most popular actor (down from 213th in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from United States (down from 409th in 2019) and the 136th most popular American Actor.

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  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Leonard Nimoy ranks 277 out of 9,996. Before him are Liza Minnelli, Sylvia Kristel, Richard Widmark, David Niven, Mads Mikkelsen, and Robert Mitchum. After him are Romina Power, John Malkovich, Richard Kiel, Sophie Marceau, Peter Fonda, and Betty White.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Leonard Nimoy ranks 27. Before him are Anatoly Dyatlov, Thomas Bernhard, Annie Girardot, Jim Jones, Josef Masopust, and John le Carré. After him are Ian Holm, Guy Debord, William Shatner, Rupert Murdoch, João Gilberto, and D. B. Cooper. Among people deceased in 2015, Leonard Nimoy ranks 21. Before him are Laura Antonelli, Nicholas Winton, Henning Mankell, Süleyman Demirel, Kim Young-sam, and Josef Masopust. After him are Ulrich Beck, Richard von Weizsäcker, Otto Carius, Kenan Evren, Maya Plisetskaya, and Eduardo Galeano.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leonard Nimoy ranks 510 out of 18,182. Before him are Melvin Calvin (1911), Ruth Benedict (1887), Immanuel Wallerstein (1930), Florence Foster Jenkins (1868), John Kerry (1943), and Robert Mitchum (1917). After him are Romina Power (1951), John Malkovich (1953), Allen Ginsberg (1926), Kary Mullis (1944), Richard Kiel (1939), and George R. R. Martin (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Leonard Nimoy ranks 136. Before him are Ernest Borgnine (1917), Richard Chamberlain (1934), Warren Beatty (1937), Liza Minnelli (1946), Richard Widmark (1914), and Robert Mitchum (1917). After him are Romina Power (1951), John Malkovich (1953), Richard Kiel (1939), Peter Fonda (1940), Betty White (1922), and George Peppard (1928).

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