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Norman Wisdom

1915 - 2010

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Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010) was an English actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring a hapless character called Norman Pitkin. He was awarded the 1953 BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles following the release of Trouble in Store, his first film in a lead role. Wisdom gained celebrity status in lands as far apart as South America, Iran and many Eastern Bloc countries, particularly in Albania where his films were the only ones with Western actors permitted to be shown by dictator Enver Hoxha. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Wisdom has received more than 1,826,710 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Norman Wisdom is the 2,351st most popular actor (up from 2,423rd in 2019), the 2,198th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,299th in 2019) and the 302nd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Norman Wisdom ranks 2,351 out of 9,996. Before him are Helmut Griem, Leila Abashidze, David White, Meiko Kaji, Natalia Makarova, and Nurgül Yeşilçay. After him are Philip Baker Hall, Darlene Conley, Miriam Hopkins, Chishū Ryū, Nonna Mordyukova, and Ryan Phillippe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Norman Wisdom ranks 116. Before him are Henry Kuttner, Caterina Boratto, Raúl Alberto Lastiri, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Takeshi Kamo, and Paul Castellano. After him are Willie Dixon, Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, Hoàng Văn Thái, John Tukey, Tim, and John C. Lilly. Among people deceased in 2010, Norman Wisdom ranks 146. Before him are Abraham Sutzkever, Emilio Eduardo Massera, Caterina Boratto, Ernst von Glasersfeld, Rudolf Barshai, and Nasr Abu Zayd. After him are Palle Huld, Stephen J. Cannell, Tom Bosley, Iskandar of Johor, Sinan Hasani, and Werner Schroeter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Norman Wisdom ranks 2,198 out of 7,765. Before him are Amy Johnson (1903), Robert Harris (1957), Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1406), Peter James (1948), Richard Baxter (1615), and Marjorie Boulton (1924). After him are John Canton (1718), Noel Redding (1945), Peter Mayle (1939), Roy Salvadori (1922), Damian Lewis (1971), and John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Norman Wisdom ranks 302. Before him are Maurice Evans (1901), Robert Brown (1921), Murray Head (1946), Jamie Dornan (1982), Toby Jones (1966), and Robert Morley (1908). After him are Damian Lewis (1971), Lindsay Duncan (1950), Philip Stone (1924), Edward Hardwicke (1932), Rachel Ward (1957), and Miriam Margolyes (1941).

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