ACTOR

Lorne Greene

1915 - 1987

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Lorne Hyman Greene (born Lyon Himan Green; 12 February 1915 – 11 September 1987) was a Canadian actor, musician, singer and radio personality. His notable television roles include Ben Cartwright on the Western Bonanza and Commander Adama in the original science-fiction television series Battlestar Galactica and Galactica 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lorne Greene has received more than 5,256,901 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Lorne Greene is the 1,632nd most popular actor (up from 1,734th in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Canada (up from 141st in 2019) and the 38th most popular Canadian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lorne Greene ranks 1,632 out of 13,578. Before him are Marie Dubois, Peter Boyle, Sylvia Sidney, Cécile Aubry, Brigitte Lahaie, and Burak Özçivit. After him are Jim Kelly, Jean Delannoy, Jaya Bachchan, Anne Archer, Jo Van Fleet, and Bhupen Hazarika.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Lorne Greene ranks 85. Before him are Alicia Rhett, Kon Ichikawa, Liisi Oterma, C. W. Ceram, Nguyễn Văn Linh, and Ibolya Csák. After him are Jo Van Fleet, Loris Francesco Capovilla, Tapio Wirkkala, Shogo Kamo, Mariano Rumor, and Piet de Jong. Among people deceased in 1987, Lorne Greene ranks 85. Before him are Salim Ali, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, Asim Ferhatović, Masatoshi Nakayama, Yasuo Haruyama, and Anatoli Papanov. After him are J. P. Guilford, Konstantinos Tsatsos, Alfred Bester, Alejandro Scopelli, Yves Allégret, and Morton Feldman.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Lorne Greene ranks 126 out of 1,622. Before him are Florence Lawrence (1886), Loreena McKennitt (1957), Eric McCormack (1963), Mary Simon (1947), Steven Pinker (1954), and William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874). After him are John Stanley Plaskett (1865), William Osler (1849), Evangeline Lilly (1979), Gordie Howe (1928), Arthur Hiller (1923), and Ian Stevenson (1918).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Lorne Greene ranks 38. Before him are Walter Huston (1883), Rick Moranis (1953), Bruce Greenwood (1956), Graham Greene (1952), Florence Lawrence (1886), and Eric McCormack (1963). After him are Evangeline Lilly (1979), Joseph Wiseman (1918), Katheryn Winnick (1977), Eugene Levy (1946), Tom Cavanagh (1963), and Peter Cullen (1941).

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