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Peter Mayhew

1944 - 2019

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Peter William Mayhew (19 May 1944 – 30 April 2019) was a British actor. He was best known for portraying Chewbacca in the Star Wars film series. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Mayhew has received more than 6,098,972 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Peter Mayhew is the 1,319th most popular actor (down from 1,314th in 2019), the 1,388th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,396th in 2019) and the 184th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 46

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter Mayhew ranks 1,319 out of 13,578. Before him are Olga Chekhova, Marg Helgenberger, Barbara Sukowa, Lorraine Bracco, Pat Hingle, and Hannah Chaplin. After him are Matt Dillon, Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Anny Ondra, Victor McLaglen, Stella Adler, and Paul Sorvino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Peter Mayhew ranks 171. Before him are Marc Ouellet, Richard Ford, Brenda Lee, Dennis Wilson, Stockard Channing, and Johnny Winter. After him are Alan Stivell, Pattie Boyd, Adriano Galliani, John Newcombe, António Mascarenhas Monteiro, and Christine Chubbuck. Among people deceased in 2019, Peter Mayhew ranks 105. Before him are Jessye Norman, Antoine Gizenga, Georgiy Daneliya, Stanley Donen, John Conyers, and Branko Lustig. After him are Guillermo Mordillo, Paul Badura-Skoda, György Konrád, Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Frank Lucas, and Rip Torn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peter Mayhew ranks 1,388 out of 8,785. Before him are Williamina Fleming (1857), John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (1384), Beau Brummell (1778), Peter Mansfield (1933), John Bowring (1792), and Hannah Chaplin (1865). After him are Adrian Newey (1958), Vidal Sassoon (1928), Victor McLaglen (1886), Pattie Boyd (1944), Edward Frankland (1825), and Jimmy Greaves (1940).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Peter Mayhew ranks 184. Before him are Edward Gordon Craig (1872), Rupert Everett (1959), Jack Hawkins (1910), Guy Pearce (1967), Steven Berkoff (1937), and Hannah Chaplin (1865). After him are Victor McLaglen (1886), Vinnie Jones (1965), Michael Redgrave (1908), Timothy Spall (1957), Julia Ormond (1965), and Sophie Turner (1996).

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