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Paul Winfield

1939 - 2004

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Paul Edward Winfield (May 22, 1939 – March 7, 2004) was an American actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder (1972), which earned him an Academy Award nomination. He portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Winfield has received more than 2,501,766 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Paul Winfield is the 1,936th most popular actor (up from 1,999th in 2019), the 3,220th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,410th in 2019) and the 928th most popular American Actor.

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  • 2.5M

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  • 53.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Paul Winfield ranks 1,936 out of 9,996Before him are Marie Dressler, Burak Özçivit, Rainn Wilson, Erik Estrada, John Mills, and Ray Winstone. After him are Orson Bean, Robert Sean Leonard, Warner Baxter, Alicia Vikander, Deep Roy, and Abdellatif Kechiche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Paul Winfield ranks 175Before him are Louis Andriessen, Concha Velasco, Marisa Mell, Festus Mogae, Jack Lang, and Takako Shimazu. After him are Glauber Rocha, John Badham, Ron Rifkin, Hércules Brito Ruas, Flavio Cotti, and John Howard. Among people deceased in 2004, Paul Winfield ranks 106Before him are Alexandra Ripley, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo, Carmen Laforet, Walter Frentz, and Joe Viterelli. After him are Rafael Eitan, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Thomas Gold, John Maynard Smith, Ryszard Kukliński, and Hubert Selby Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Winfield ranks 3,220 out of 18,182Before him are Rainn Wilson (1966), Erik Estrada (1949), Fergie (1975), Levi P. Morton (1824), Alfred P. Sloan (1875), and Isiah Thomas (1961). After him are Richard Wright (1908), Orson Bean (1928), James Forrestal (1892), William A. Wheeler (1819), Fred Brooks (1931), and Abel Ferrara (1951).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Paul Winfield ranks 928Before him are Christina Ricci (1980), Mimsy Farmer (1945), Sarah Paulson (1974), David Ogden Stiers (1942), Rainn Wilson (1966), and Erik Estrada (1949). After him are Orson Bean (1928), Robert Sean Leonard (1969), Warner Baxter (1889), Josh Hartnett (1978), Tia Carrere (1967), and Michael C. Hall (1971).

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