ACTOR

Lionel Barrymore

1878 - 1954

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Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blyth; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931) and is known to modern audiences for the role of villainous Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lionel Barrymore has received more than 4,481,855 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Lionel Barrymore is the 1,331st most popular actor (up from 1,364th in 2019), the 2,304th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,392nd in 2019) and the 625th most popular American Actor.

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  • 4.5M

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  • 56.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lionel Barrymore ranks 1,331 out of 13,578. Before him are Paul Sorvino, Lee Grant, Josef Abrhám, Treat Williams, Holly Hunter, and Margot Kidder. After him are David Strathairn, Henry Silva, Vinnie Jones, Peter Graves, Shannen Doherty, and Emma Stone.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Lionel Barrymore ranks 61. Before him are Upton Sinclair, Hans Ledwinka, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Alfréd Hajós, and Jack Johnson. After him are Wallace Hartley, C. Rajagopalachari, Paul Troost, Stephen Timoshenko, Walter Heitz, and Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir. Among people deceased in 1954, Lionel Barrymore ranks 46. Before him are Günther Quandt, Edwin Howard Armstrong, Ahmed Nihad, Viktor Abakumov, Gideon Sundback, and Oscar Straus. After him are Stig Dagerman, Theodor Kaluza, Claude Cahun, Princess Antonia of Luxembourg, James Hilton, and Jacob Tullin Thams.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lionel Barrymore ranks 2,304 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), Stephen Crane (1871), John Phillips (1935), Rick Riordan (1964), Harlow Shapley (1885), and Holly Hunter (1958). After him are David Strathairn (1949), Lionel Hampton (1908), Nathan Rosen (1909), George Gallup (1901), Steve McCurry (1950), and Ralph Asher Alpher (1921).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lionel Barrymore ranks 625. Before him are Matt Dillon (1964), Stella Adler (1901), Paul Sorvino (1939), Lee Grant (1927), Treat Williams (1951), and Holly Hunter (1958). After him are David Strathairn (1949), Henry Silva (1928), Peter Graves (1926), Shannen Doherty (1971), Emma Stone (1988), and Myrna Loy (1905).

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