ACTOR

Nell Gwyn

1650 - 1687

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Eleanor Gwyn (2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687; also spelled Gwynn, Gwynne) was an English stage actress and celebrity figure of the Restoration period. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage, she became best known for being a long-time mistress of King Charles II of England (c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nell Gwyn has received more than 1,365,507 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Nell Gwyn is the 1,987th most popular actor (down from 1,709th in 2019), the 1,896th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,723rd in 2019) and the 257th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Nell Gwyn ranks 1,987 out of 13,578. Before her are Ray Winstone, Bernhard Wicki, Barbara O'Neil, Fay Wray, Angela Winkler, and Charles Grodin. After her are George Hilton, Tuba Büyüküstün, Dan Hedaya, Anna Sten, Warner Baxter, and Paul Winfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1650, Nell Gwyn ranks 15. Before her are Vincenzo Coronelli, Joachim Neander, Robert de Visée, George Rooke, Anthim the Iberian, and Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark. After her are Anne Jules de Noailles, Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin, Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild, Tituba, Christoph Arnold, and Nicola Saggio. Among people deceased in 1687, Nell Gwyn ranks 9. Before her are William Petty, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Constantijn Huygens, Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Nicholas Mercator, and Henry More. After her are Laura Martinozzi, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, François de Créquy, and Geminiano Montanari.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nell Gwyn ranks 1,896 out of 8,785. Before her are Walter Crane (1845), Ine of Wessex (700), Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776), Ouida (1839), John Aubrey (1626), and Ælle of Sussex (500). After her are Damon Albarn (1968), Billy Wright (1924), Mike Rutherford (1950), Catherine Ashton (1956), Harry Redknapp (1947), and John Hume (1937).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Nell Gwyn ranks 257. Before her are Susannah York (1939), Eunice Gayson (1928), Pauline Moran (1947), Lilian Harvey (1906), Donald Crisp (1882), and Ray Winstone (1957). After her are Julian Sands (1958), June Whitfield (1925), Andy Whitfield (1971), Joan Hickson (1906), Rachel Kempson (1910), and Penelope Wilton (1946).

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