ACTOR

Milton Sills

1882 - 1930

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Milton George Gustavus Sills (January 12, 1882 – September 15, 1930) was an American stage and film actor of the early twentieth century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Milton Sills has received more than 86,266 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Milton Sills is the 7,121st most popular actor (up from 7,549th in 2019), the 10,515th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,197th in 2019) and the 3,284th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 86k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Milton Sills by language

Over the past year Milton Sills has had the most page views in the with 12,873 views, followed by Spanish (1,201), and German (944). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (1,105.13%), Greek (178.05%), and Afrikaans (32.24%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Milton Sills ranks 7,121 out of 13,578. Before him are Reynaldo Gianecchini, Ahn Hyo-seop, Kenneth Connor, John Anderson, Moon So-ri, and Michelle Hurst. After him are Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva, Ricardo Cortez, Lior Ashkenazi, Coraima Torres, Vanness Wu, and Margaret Lindsay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Milton Sills ranks 267. Before him are Felix Frankfurter, Edward Van Sloan, Ricardo J. Alfaro, Mary Boland, Sybil Thorndike, and N. C. Wyeth. After him are Robert G. Vignola, Joseph Wedderburn, Louis Wilkins, Ethel Clayton, Conrad Christensen, and George Siegmann. Among people deceased in 1930, Milton Sills ranks 133. Before him are Santeri Alkio, Rebecca Latimer Felton, Šatrijos Ragana, Christine Ladd-Franklin, Aston Webb, and William Diller Matthew. After him are Henri Cohen, Johnny Douglas, Gauhar Jaan, Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone, Bill Tuttle, and Robert Bridges.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Milton Sills ranks 10,515 out of 20,380. Before him are John Anderson (1922), Oscar Apfel (1878), Blanche Barton (1961), Rick Adelman (1946), Scott Steiner (1962), and Michelle Hurst (1953). After him are Ricardo Cortez (1900), Brett Kavanaugh (1965), Brewster Kahle (1960), Aaron Swartz (1986), Vanness Wu (1978), and Margaret Lindsay (1910).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Milton Sills ranks 3,284. Before him are Florence Turner (1885), Lowell Sherman (1888), Mary Woronov (1943), C. Henry Gordon (1883), John Anderson (1922), and Michelle Hurst (1953). After him are Ricardo Cortez (1900), Vanness Wu (1978), Margaret Lindsay (1910), Jane Sibbett (1962), Frank Albertson (1909), and Wendell Pierce (1963).

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