ACTOR

Leonardo Favio

1938 - 2012

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Fuad Jorge Jury (28 May 1938 – 5 November 2012), better known by his stage name Leonardo Favio (Spanish pronunciation: [leoˈnaɾðo ˈfaβjo]), was an Argentine singer, actor and filmmaker. He is considered one of Argentina's best film directors and one of the country's most enduring cultural figures, as well as a popular singer-songwriter throughout Latin America. Much beloved in Latin America, Favio was one of the most successful Argentine singers in the 1960s and 1970s, with big hits like "Ding, dong, estas cosas del amor" (with Carola Leyton), "O quizás simplemente le regale una rosa", "Fuiste mía un verano", "Ella ya me olvidó", "Quiero aprender de memoria", "Mí tristeza es mía y nada más", "Para saber cómo es la soledad", "Mi amante niña mi compañera", "Ni el clavel ni la rosa", "La foto de carnet", "No jueges más", "Chiquillada" and "La cita". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonardo Favio has received more than 350,444 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 22 in 2019). Leonardo Favio is the 2,802nd most popular actor (down from 2,483rd in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 194th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Argentinean Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Leonardo Favio ranks 2,802 out of 13,578Before him are Eva Gabor, Charles Bickford, John Shrapnel, Movita Castaneda, Dyan Cannon, and Margo Martindale. After him are María Baxa, Tim Matheson, Wu Ma, Rossano Brazzi, Julie Kavner, and Virginia Mayo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Leonardo Favio ranks 254Before him are Karin Balzer, Anar Rzayev, Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama, Aleksei Yuryevich German, Spencer Johnson, and Corine Rottschäfer. After him are Mort Shuman, Roy Thinnes, David Bailey, Nikola Kotkov, Susan Strasberg, and Artavazd Peleshyan. Among people deceased in 2012, Leonardo Favio ranks 187Before him are Albert O. Hirschman, Ervin Zádor, Celeste Holm, Pierre Mondy, José María Zárraga, and Claude Pinoteau. After him are Kurt Adolff, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Maxim of Bulgaria, Sancho Gracia, Ruggiero Ricci, and Elliott Carter.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Leonardo Favio ranks 255 out of 1,154Before him are Robledo Puch (1952), Marga López (1924), Oscar Ruggeri (1962), Leopoldo Lugones (1874), Juan Carlos Lorenzo (1922), and Sergio Batista (1962). After him are Gustavo Cerati (1959), Sandro de América (1945), Rogelio Domínguez (1931), Fernando Paternoster (1903), Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear (1868), and Luis Galván (1948).

Among ACTORS In Argentina

Among actors born in Argentina, Leonardo Favio ranks 14Before him are Linda Cristal (1934), Susana Giménez (1944), Néstor Pitana (1975), Cecilia Roth (1956), Lolita Torres (1929), and Marga López (1924). After him are Hilda Bernard (1920), Héctor Alterio (1929), Bérénice Bejo (1976), Fernando Lamas (1916), Tita Merello (1904), and Christian Bach (1959).