ACTOR

Peter Mayhew

1944 - 2019

Peter Mayhew

Peter William Mayhew (May 19, 1944 – April 30, 2019) was an English-American actor, 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 4,927,983 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Peter Mayhew is the 1,219th most popular actor (down from 635th in 2019), the 1,390th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 862nd in 2019) and the 179th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

4.9M
Page Views (PV)
66.29
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
42
Languages Editions (L)
2.85
Effective Languages (L*)
4.98
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter Mayhew ranks 1,219 out of 10,030. Before him are Kirsten Dunst, George Reeves, Myrna Loy, Otto Sander, Lucy Lawless, and Laurence Harvey. After him are Casey Affleck, Richard Bull, Rita Wilson, Britt Ekland, Marisa Tomei, and Chris Evans.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

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Kirsten Dunst
1982 - Present
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 1,213
George Reeves
1914 - 1959
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 1,214
Myrna Loy
1905 - 1993
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 1,215
Otto Sander
1941 - 2013
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 1,216
Lucy Lawless
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 1,217
Laurence Harvey
1928 - 1973
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 1,218
Peter Mayhew
1944 - 2019
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 1,219
Casey Affleck
1975 - Present
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 1,220
Richard Bull
1924 - 2014
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 1,221
Rita Wilson
1956 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 1,222
Britt Ekland
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 1,223
Marisa Tomei
1964 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 1,224
Chris Evans
1981 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 1,225

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Peter Mayhew ranks 141. Before him are Chris Patten, Brian Tracy, Sergei Belov, Chico Mendes, Michel Polnareff, and Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto. After him are Marie-Christine Barrault, Angela Winkler, Steve Fossett, Tsuyoshi Kunieda, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, and Agnes Baltsa. Among people deceased in 2019, Peter Mayhew ranks 103. Before him are Hirokazu Kanazawa, Gershon Kingsley, Dušan Makavejev, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Robert Frank, and Rip Torn. After him are Harold Bloom, Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, Dawda Jawara, Monkey Punch, Kevin Roche, and Machiko Kyō.

Others Born in 1944

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Chris Patten
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 135
Brian Tracy
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 136
Sergei Belov
1944 - 2013
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 137
Chico Mendes
1944 - 1988
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 138
Michel Polnareff
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 139
Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto
1944 - 2020
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 140
Peter Mayhew
1944 - 2019
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 141
Marie-Christine Barrault
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 142
Angela Winkler
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 143
Steve Fossett
1944 - 2007
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 144
Tsuyoshi Kunieda
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 145
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 146
Agnes Baltsa
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 147