ACTOR

Louis Gossett Jr.

1936 - 2024

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Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (May 27, 1936 – March 29, 2024) was an American actor. He made his stage debut at the age of 17. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Gossett Jr. has received more than 5,405,160 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Louis Gossett Jr. is the 1,851st most popular actor (down from 1,393rd in 2019), the 3,041st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,440th in 2019) and the 853rd most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Louis Gossett Jr. ranks 1,851 out of 13,578Before him are Natalia Makarova, Julie Delpy, Calista Flockhart, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Sarah Miles, and Dan Castellaneta. After him are Steven Bauer, Aurore Clément, Robert Conrad, Robert Sean Leonard, Arielle Dombasle, and William B. Davis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Louis Gossett Jr. ranks 176Before him are Raymond Damadian, Vice Vukov, Hermeto Pascoal, Masashi Watanabe, Savitri, and Dan Inosanto. After him are Antonio López García, Jozef Vengloš, Arend Lijphart, Norma Aleandro, Volodymyr Holubnychy, and Santos Abril y Castelló. Among people deceased in 2024, Louis Gossett Jr. ranks 142Before him are Vyacheslav Zudov, Juan Vicente Pérez, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Bennie Muller, Paul Di'Anno, and Thomas P. Stafford. After him are Alberto Colombo, Péter Eötvös, Jim Abrahams, Fritz Wepper, Josip Manolić, and Christopher Priest.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Gossett Jr. ranks 3,041 out of 20,380Before him are Calista Flockhart (1964), Thomas P. Stafford (1930), Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898), Melvil Dewey (1851), Curtis Mayfield (1942), and Dan Castellaneta (1957). After him are Edward Zwick (1952), Russell Means (1939), Paul Romer (1955), George Ord (1781), Robert Conrad (1935), and Mary Mapes Dodge (1831).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Louis Gossett Jr. ranks 853Before him are Dana Delany (1956), Octavia Spencer (1972), William Powell (1892), Frank Wolff (1928), Calista Flockhart (1964), and Dan Castellaneta (1957). After him are Robert Conrad (1935), Robert Sean Leonard (1969), Arielle Dombasle (1953), Lisa Bonet (1967), Dana Andrews (1909), and Ted Levine (1957).