ACTOR

Paul Newman

1925 - 2008

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Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, racing driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Silver Bear, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.Born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, Newman showed an interest in theater as a child and at age 10 performed in a stage production of Saint George and the Dragon at the Cleveland Play House. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in drama and economics from Kenyon College in 1949. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Newman has received more than 25,143,549 page views. His biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 89 in 2019). Paul Newman is the 84th most popular actor (down from 77th in 2019), the 168th most popular biography from United States (down from 151st in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Actor.

Paul Newman was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which all after-tax profits are given to charity.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 90

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Paul Newmen by language

Over the past year Paul Newman has had the most page views in the with 3,163,312 views, followed by Spanish (402,917), and French (318,770). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (98.60%), Ido (85.26%), and Tarantino (79.06%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Paul Newman ranks 84 out of 13,578. Before him are John Wayne, Denzel Washington, Hedy Lamarr, Michael Caine, Sharon Tate, and Toshiro Mifune. After him are Yves Montand, Judy Garland, Samuel L. Jackson, Jane Birkin, Tom Cruise, and John Travolta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Paul Newman ranks 8. Before him are Margaret Thatcher, Pol Pot, Richard Burton, Yukio Mishima, Patrice Lumumba, and Gilles Deleuze. After him are Alija Izetbegović, Giorgio Napolitano, Zygmunt Bauman, Mahathir Mohamad, Albert Bandura, and Audie Murphy. Among people deceased in 2008, Paul Newman ranks 6. Before him are Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Bobby Fischer, Edmund Hillary, Yves Saint Laurent, and Suharto. After him are Samuel P. Huntington, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Albert Hofmann, Irena Sendler, Charlton Heston, and Arthur C. Clarke.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Newman ranks 168 out of 20,380. Before him are Dale Carnegie (1888), Jackson Pollock (1912), Olympias (-375), Barry Barish (1936), Sharon Tate (1943), and Amelia Earhart (1897). After him are William James Sidis (1898), Judy Garland (1922), Samuel L. Jackson (1948), Sitting Bull (1831), Tom Cruise (1962), and John Travolta (1954).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Paul Newman ranks 38. Before him are Johnny Depp (1963), Steven Seagal (1952), Tom Selleck (1945), John Wayne (1907), Denzel Washington (1954), and Sharon Tate (1943). After him are Judy Garland (1922), Samuel L. Jackson (1948), Tom Cruise (1962), John Travolta (1954), Clark Gable (1901), and Jane Fonda (1937).

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Television and Movie Roles

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Butch Cassidy
In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot Sundance Kid. As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally catches up to Butch, Sundance and their gang. Chased doggedly by a special posse, the two decide to make their way to South America in hopes of evading their pursuers once and for all. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 1998.
Jan 15o 19697.607 / 10
Cars
Doc Hudson (voice)
Lightning McQueen, a hotshot rookie race car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. On route across the country to the big Piston Cup Championship in California to compete against two seasoned pros, McQueen gets to know the town's offbeat characters.
Jun 8o 20067 / 10
The Sting
Henry Gondorff
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
Dec 25o 19738 / 10