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Lew Ayres

1908 - 1996

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Lewis Frederick Ayres III (December 28, 1908 – December 30, 1996) was an American actor whose film and television career spanned 65 years. He is best known for starring as German soldier Paul Bäumer in the film All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and for playing Dr. Kildare in nine films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lew Ayres has received more than 1,696,879 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Lew Ayres is the 1,566th most popular actor (up from 2,736th in 2019), the 2,621st most popular biography from United States (up from 4,346th in 2019) and the 735th most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.7M

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  • 55.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lew Ayres ranks 1,566 out of 13,578. Before him are Barry Nelson, Maïwenn, Tod Browning, Paul Lukas, Jim Carter, and Stephen Rea. After him are Valeria Golino, Eric McCormack, Rocío Dúrcal, Drew Barrymore, Ben Cross, and J. T. Walsh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Lew Ayres ranks 106. Before him are Fyodor Okhlopkov, Ahmad Shukeiri, Jacques Massu, Bruno Lüdke, Edgar Faure, and Van Heflin. After him are Sergei Sobolev, Arturo Frondizi, Vazgen I, Harold Holt, Sarit Thanarat, and Jean Delannoy. Among people deceased in 1996, Lew Ayres ranks 90. Before him are Saul Bass, Dondinho, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, Amos Tversky, and Ben Johnson. After him are David Packard, Lo Wei, Infanta María Cristina of Spain, Jo Van Fleet, Jack Churchill, and Don Simpson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lew Ayres ranks 2,621 out of 20,380. Before him are Chester Carlson (1906), Tod Browning (1880), Jack Nicklaus (1940), Melissa McCarthy (1970), Marvin Harris (1927), and Eleanor F. Helin (1932). After him are Drew Barrymore (1975), A. E. Waite (1857), John Grinder (1940), Dorothea Tanning (1910), Walter Tevis (1928), and J. T. Walsh (1943).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lew Ayres ranks 735. Before him are Melissa Leo (1960), Van Heflin (1908), Melvyn Douglas (1901), Mercedes McCambridge (1916), Barry Nelson (1917), and Tod Browning (1880). After him are Drew Barrymore (1975), J. T. Walsh (1943), Susan Sullivan (1942), Anne Schedeen (1949), Steve Guttenberg (1958), and Channing Tatum (1980).

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