1888 - 1972
Maurice Auguste Chevalier (French: [moʁis ʃəvalje]; September 12, 1888 – January 1, 1972) was a French actor, cabaret singer and entertainer. He is perhaps best known for his signature songs, including "Livin' In The Sunlight", "Valentine", "Louise", "Mimi", and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" and for his films, including The Love Parade, The Big Pond, The Smiling Lieutenant, One Hour with You and Love Me Tonight. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maurice Chevalier has received more than 921,627 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Maurice Chevalier is the 381st most popular actor (down from 308th in 2019), the 783rd most popular biography from France (down from 702nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular French Actor.
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Among actors, Maurice Chevalier ranks 381 out of 10,030. Before him are Charles Laughton, Anne Baxter, James Woods, Bill Bixby, Charles Dance, and James Cromwell. After him are Brian Dennehy, Emmanuelle Riva, Lino Ventura, Gloria Swanson, Chespirito, and Jayne Mansfield.
1899 - 1962
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 375
1923 - 1985
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 376
1947 - Present
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 377
1934 - 1993
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 378
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 379
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 380
1888 - 1972
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 381
1938 - 2020
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 382
1927 - 2017
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 383
1919 - 1987
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 384
1899 - 1983
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 385
1929 - 2014
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 386
1933 - 1967
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 387
Among people born in 1888, Maurice Chevalier ranks 32. Before him are Friedrich Olbricht, Eugene O'Neill, Frits Zernike, Andrei Tupolev, Selman Waksman, and Inge Lehmann. After him are Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Josef Albers, Georges Bernanos, Ernst Kretschmer, and Oskar Schlemmer. Among people deceased in 1972, Maurice Chevalier ranks 24. Before him are Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Dino Buzzati, Andrei Tupolev, Talal of Jordan, Asta Nielsen, and Athenagoras I of Constantinople. After him are Cristóbal Balenciaga, Max Theiler, Heinrich Lübke, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Lale Andersen, and Georg von Békésy.
1888 - 1944
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 26
1888 - 1953
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 27
1888 - 1966
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 28
1888 - 1972
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 29
1888 - 1973
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 30
1888 - 1993
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 31
1888 - 1972
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 32
1888 - 1975
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 33
1888 - 1969
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 34
1888 - 1976
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 35
1888 - 1948
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 36
1888 - 1964
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 37
1888 - 1943
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 38
1908 - 1972
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 18
1906 - 1972
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 19
1888 - 1972
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 20
1909 - 1972
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 21
1881 - 1972
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 22
1886 - 1972
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 23
1888 - 1972
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 24
1895 - 1972
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 25
1899 - 1972
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 26
1894 - 1972
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 27
1901 - 1972
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 28
1905 - 1972
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 29
1899 - 1972
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 30
Among people born in France, Maurice Chevalier ranks 783 out of 5,234. Before him are Madame Roland (1754), Pierre Boulle (1912), Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), Arnaut Daniel (1150), Judith of Bavaria (797), and Philippa of Hainault (1314). After him are Louise Bourgeois (1911), Inessa Armand (1874), Emmanuelle Riva (1927), Charlotte of Savoy (1441), Jean-Georges Noverre (1727), and Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703).
1754 - 1793
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 777
1912 - 1994
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 778
1902 - 1947
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 779
1150 - 1210
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 780
797 - 843
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 781
1314 - 1369
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 782
1888 - 1972
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 783
1911 - 2010
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 784
1874 - 1920
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 785
1927 - 2017
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 786
1441 - 1483
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 787
1727 - 1810
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 788
1703 - 1752
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 789
Among actors born in France, Maurice Chevalier ranks 27. Before him are Pierre Richard (1934), Isabelle Adjani (1955), Sophie Marceau (1966), Annie Girardot (1931), Juliette Binoche (1964), and Juliette Gréco (1927). After him are Emmanuelle Riva (1927), Jean-Pierre Cassel (1932), Marina Vlady (1938), Marie Laforêt (1939), Pierre Brice (1929), and Stéphane Audran (1932).
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 21
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 22
1966 - Present
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 23
1931 - 2011
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 24
1964 - Present
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 25
1927 - 2020
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 26
1888 - 1972
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 27
1927 - 2017
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 28
1932 - 2007
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 29
1938 - Present
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 30
1939 - 2019
HPI: 71.69
Rank: 31
1929 - 2015
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 32
1932 - 2018
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 33