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Max von Sydow

1929 - 2020

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Max von Sydow (, Swedish: [fɔn ˈsy̌ːdɔv] ; born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish-French actor. He had a 70-year career in European and American cinema, television, and theatre, appearing in more than 150 films and several television series in multiple languages. Capable in roles ranging from stolid, contemplative protagonists to sardonic artists and menacing, often gleeful villains, von Sydow received numerous accolades including honors from the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max von Sydow has received more than 9,337,936 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia. Max von Sydow is the 124th most popular actor (down from 58th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 19th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Actor.

Max von Sydow is most famous for his role as Father Merrin in The Exorcist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 9.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Max von Sydow ranks 124 out of 9,996. Before him are Tommy Lee Jones, Orson Welles, Ben Kingsley, Cameron Diaz, Spencer Tracy, and Stan Laurel. After him are Peter Falk, Ursula Andress, Rita Hayworth, Rutger Hauer, Burt Lancaster, and Tony Curtis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Max von Sydow ranks 15. Before him are Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Jürgen Habermas, Sergio Leone, Imre Kertész, Jacques Brel, and Hassan II of Morocco. After him are Jean Baudrillard, Yayoi Kusama, Frank Gehry, Hafizullah Amin, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Christopher Plummer. Among people deceased in 2020, Max von Sydow ranks 9. Before him are Diego Maradona, Hosni Mubarak, Kirk Douglas, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Pierre Cardin, and Olivia de Havilland. After him are Qaboos bin Said al Said, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Katherine Johnson, Krzysztof Penderecki, John le Carré, and Ian Holm.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Max von Sydow ranks 34 out of 1,612. Before him are Emanuel Swedenborg (1688), Charles X Gustav of Sweden (1622), Dieterich Buxtehude (1637), John III of Sweden (1537), Charles IX of Sweden (1550), and Björn Ulvaeus (1945). After him are Ingrid of Sweden (1910), Charles XI of Sweden (1655), Charles XIII of Sweden (1748), Gustav III of Sweden (1746), Benny Andersson (1946), and Tomas Tranströmer (1931).

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Among ACTORS In Sweden

Among actors born in Sweden, Max von Sydow ranks 3. Before him are Ingrid Bergman (1915) and Greta Garbo (1905). After him are Anita Ekberg (1931), Dolph Lundgren (1957), Stellan Skarsgård (1951), Bibi Andersson (1935), Peter Stormare (1953), Harriet Andersson (1932), Björn Andrésen (1955), Ingrid Thulin (1926), and Erland Josephson (1923).

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