ACTOR
May Whitty
1865 - 1948
May Whitty
Dame Mary Louise Webster, (née Whitty; 19 June 1865 – 29 May 1948), known professionally as May Whitty and later, for her charity work, Dame May Whitty, was an English stage and film actress. She was one of the first two women entertainers to become a Dame. The British actors' union Equity was established in her home in 1930. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of May Whitty has received more than 486,512 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. May Whitty is the 4,271st most popular actor (down from 2,664th in 2019), the 3,334th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,407th in 2019) and the 499th most popular British Actor.
Memorability Metrics
490k
Page Views (PV)
55.55
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
31
Languages Editions (L)
2.44
Effective Languages (L*)
4.51
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among ACTORS
Among actors, May Whitty ranks 4,271 out of 13,578. Before her are Naima Akef, Robert John Burke, Hōchū Ōtsuka, Alfonso Arau, Billy Barty, and Romain Duris. After her are Arturo de Córdova, Andrei Smirnov, László Szabó, Harrison Young, Rand Brooks, and Priscilla Pointer.
Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsNaima Akef
1929 - 1966
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 4,265
Robert John Burke
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 4,266
Hōchū Ōtsuka
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 4,267
Alfonso Arau
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 4,268
Billy Barty
1924 - 2000
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 4,269
Romain Duris
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 4,270
May Whitty
1865 - 1948
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 4,271
Arturo de Córdova
1908 - 1973
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 4,272
Andrei Smirnov
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 4,273
László Szabó
1936 - Present
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 4,274
Harrison Young
1930 - 2005
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 4,275
Rand Brooks
1918 - 2003
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 4,276
Priscilla Pointer
1924 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 4,277
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1865, May Whitty ranks 128. Before her are Yevgeni Bauer, Mikhail Tskhakaya, Robert Henri, Sakina Akhundzadeh, Elise Richter, and Lionel Dunsterville. After her are Guido Castelnuovo, Louis Borno, Madison Grant, Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, Otto Modersohn, and Olavo Bilac. Among people deceased in 1948, May Whitty ranks 145. Before her are Alfredo Baldomir, Marcel Brillouin, Yevgeniy Abalakov, Abraham Brill, Alfred Lacroix, and Gregg Toland. After her are Julius Curtius, Samuel P. Bush, Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, José Vianna da Motta, Zhu Ziqing, and Manuel Arce y Ochotorena.
Others Born in 1865
Go to all RankingsYevgeni Bauer
FILM DIRECTOR
1865 - 1917
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 122
Mikhail Tskhakaya
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1950
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 123
Robert Henri
PAINTER
1865 - 1929
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 124
Sakina Akhundzadeh
WRITER
1865 - 1927
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 125
Elise Richter
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1943
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 126
Lionel Dunsterville
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1865 - 1946
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 127
May Whitty
ACTOR
1865 - 1948
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 128
Guido Castelnuovo
MATHEMATICIAN
1865 - 1952
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 129
Louis Borno
POLITICIAN
1865 - 1942
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 130
Madison Grant
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1865 - 1937
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 131
Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević
WRITER
1865 - 1908
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 132
Otto Modersohn
PAINTER
1865 - 1943
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 133
Olavo Bilac
WRITER
1865 - 1918
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 134
Others Deceased in 1948
Go to all RankingsAlfredo Baldomir
POLITICIAN
1884 - 1948
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 139
Marcel Brillouin
PHYSICIST
1854 - 1948
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 140
Yevgeniy Abalakov
MOUNTAINEER
1907 - 1948
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 141
Abraham Brill
PSYCHOLOGIST
1874 - 1948
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 142
Alfred Lacroix
GEOLOGIST
1863 - 1948
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 143
Gregg Toland
FILM DIRECTOR
1904 - 1948
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 144
May Whitty
ACTOR
1865 - 1948
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 145
Julius Curtius
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1948
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 146
Samuel P. Bush
BUSINESSPERSON
1863 - 1948
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 147
Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1851 - 1948
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 148
José Vianna da Motta
COMPOSER
1868 - 1948
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 149
Zhu Ziqing
WRITER
1898 - 1948
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 150
Manuel Arce y Ochotorena
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1948
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 151
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, May Whitty ranks 3,334 out of 8,785. Before her are John Negroponte (1939), Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374), Neil Aspinall (1941), Sarah Kane (1971), Peter Gethin (1940), and Grace Aguilar (1816). After her are Thomas Middleton (1580), Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer (1897), Peter Bonetti (1941), William Lawes (1602), Henry Scott Tuke (1858), and Richard de Bury (1287).
Others born in United Kingdom
Go to all RankingsJohn Negroponte
POLITICIAN
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 3,328
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March
POLITICIAN
1374 - 1398
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 3,329
Neil Aspinall
BUSINESSPERSON
1941 - 2008
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 3,330
Sarah Kane
WRITER
1971 - 1999
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 3,331
Peter Gethin
RACING DRIVER
1940 - 2011
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 3,332
Grace Aguilar
WRITER
1816 - 1847
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 3,333
May Whitty
ACTOR
1865 - 1948
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 3,334
Thomas Middleton
WRITER
1580 - 1627
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 3,335
Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer
NOBLEMAN
1897 - 1972
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 3,336
Peter Bonetti
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 2020
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 3,337
William Lawes
COMPOSER
1602 - 1645
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 3,338
Henry Scott Tuke
PAINTER
1858 - 1929
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 3,339
Richard de Bury
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1287 - 1345
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 3,340
Among ACTORS In United Kingdom
Among actors born in United Kingdom, May Whitty ranks 499. Before her are Jon Pertwee (1919), Tommy Cooper (1921), Ian McNeice (1950), Catherine Bell (1968), Clive Russell (1945), and Eric Sykes (1923). After her are Michael Wilding (1912), Rupert Graves (1963), Dominic Cooper (1978), Simon McBurney (1957), James Donald (1917), and Gary Lewis (1957).
Jon Pertwee
1919 - 1996
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 493
Tommy Cooper
1921 - 1984
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 494
Ian McNeice
1950 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 495
Catherine Bell
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 496
Clive Russell
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 497
Eric Sykes
1923 - 2012
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 498
May Whitty
1865 - 1948
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 499
Michael Wilding
1912 - 1979
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 500
Rupert Graves
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 501
Dominic Cooper
1978 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 502
Simon McBurney
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 503
James Donald
1917 - 1993
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 504
Gary Lewis
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 505