ACTOR

Peter van Eyck

1911 - 1969

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Peter van Eyck (born Götz Eick; 16 July 1911 – 15 July 1969) was a German-American film and television actor. Born in Prussian Pomerania, he moved to the United States in the 1930s and established a career as a character actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter van Eyck has received more than 336,527 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter van Eyck is the 2,004th most popular actor (down from 1,588th in 2019), the 574th most popular biography from Poland (down from 463rd in 2019) and the 15th most popular Polish Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

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  • 54.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peter van Eyck ranks 2,004 out of 13,578. Before him are Bruce Boxleitner, Dan Blocker, Bianca Jagger, Johnny Galecki, John C. Reilly, and Diane Baker. After him are Cherry Jones, Josh Holloway, Sofia Helin, Mel Blanc, Julian Sands, and Bill Cobbs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Peter van Eyck ranks 123. Before him are Barbara West, Carlos Marighella, Annie M. G. Schmidt, Mark Bernes, Joseph Alcazar, and Mikhail Yangel. After him are Mstislav Keldysh, Tilly Fleischer, Pierre Harmel, Harry Andrews, Randolph Churchill, and Birger Ruud. Among people deceased in 1969, Peter van Eyck ranks 88. Before him are Ivar Ballangrud, Josef Blösche, Leonard Woolf, Carlos Marighella, Mark Bernes, and Georges Catroux. After him are Krzysztof Komeda, Max Weinreich, Léon Scieur, John Wyndham, Eduardo Mondlane, and Jeffrey Hunter.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Peter van Eyck ranks 574 out of 1,694. Before him are Wincenty Witos (1874), Joachim Lelewel (1786), Stanisław Ryłko (1945), Kazimierz Fajans (1887), Ignacy Krasicki (1735), and Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819). After him are Krzysztof Komeda (1931), Isaac Deutscher (1907), Caspar Schwenckfeld (1490), Tadeusz Kutrzeba (1885), Bella Darvi (1928), and Hilary Koprowski (1916).

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Among ACTORS In Poland

Among actors born in Poland, Peter van Eyck ranks 15. Before him are Dita Parlo (1906), Aleksander Krupa (1947), Paul Wegener (1874), Beata Tyszkiewicz (1938), Janusz Gajos (1939), and Izabella Scorupco (1970). After him are Bella Darvi (1928), Krystyna Janda (1952), Leo White (1882), Peter Berling (1934), Franciszek Pieczka (1928), and Heinrich George (1893).

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Television and Movie Roles

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