ACTOR

Philip Ahn

1905 - 1978

Philip Ahn

Philip Ahn (born Pillip Ahn (안필립), March 29, 1905 – February 28, 1978) was an American actor and activist of Korean descent. With over 180 film and television credits between 1935 and 1978, he was one of the most recognizable and prolific Asian-American character actors of his time. He is widely regarded as the first Korean American film actor in Hollywood. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Ahn has received more than 631,134 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Philip Ahn is the 4,585th most popular actor (down from 4,398th in 2019), the 6,713th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,592nd in 2019) and the 2,048th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

630k
Page Views (PV)
47.97
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
23
Languages Editions (L)
2.72
Effective Languages (L*)
3.58
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Philip Ahns by language

Over the past year Philip Ahn has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 76,817 views, followed by Korean (5,372), and Spanish (3,482). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (211.82%), Egyptian Arabic (70.16%), and Macedonian (67.23%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Philip Ahn ranks 4,585 out of 13,578. Before him are Harold Gould, Kazuo Hasegawa, Grażyna Szapołowska, Daniela Romo, Karl Dall, and Noah Emmerich. After him are Gummo Marx, Lon Chaney Jr., Juliane Köhler, Patti D'Arbanville, Boris Babochkin, and Eve Arden.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

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Harold Gould
1923 - 2010
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 4,579
Kazuo Hasegawa
1908 - 1984
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 4,580
Grażyna Szapołowska
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 4,581
Daniela Romo
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 4,582
Karl Dall
1941 - 2020
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 4,583
Noah Emmerich
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 4,584
Philip Ahn
1905 - 1978
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 4,585
Gummo Marx
1893 - 1977
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 4,586
Lon Chaney Jr.
1906 - 1973
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 4,587
Juliane Köhler
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 4,588
Patti D'Arbanville
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 4,589
Boris Babochkin
1904 - 1975
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 4,590
Eve Arden
1908 - 1990
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 4,591

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Philip Ahn ranks 268. Before him are Víctor Morales, Ray Barbuti, Pedro Solé, Jenő Rejtő, Leopold Hofmann, and John Lyng. After him are Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald, Vicente Trueba, John Van Ryn, József Turay, Akilles Järvinen, and Roberto Gayón. Among people deceased in 1978, Philip Ahn ranks 181. Before him are Jānis Daliņš, Philip K. Hitti, Ahmad al-Ghashmi, Sandy Denny, Edward Lindberg, and John Lyng. After him are Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Willy Hansen, Carlos Torre Repetto, Ivan Kavaleridze, Mladen Ramljak, and František Šterc.

Others Born in 1905

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Víctor Morales
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1938
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 262
Ray Barbuti
ATHLETE
1905 - 1988
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 263
Pedro Solé
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1982
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 264
Jenő Rejtő
WRITER
1905 - 1943
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 265
Leopold Hofmann
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1976
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 266
John Lyng
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1978
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 267
Philip Ahn
ACTOR
1905 - 1978
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 268
Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1985
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 269
Vicente Trueba
CYCLIST
1905 - 1986
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 270
John Van Ryn
TENNIS PLAYER
1905 - 1999
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 271
József Turay
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - 1963
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 272
Akilles Järvinen
ATHLETE
1905 - 1943
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 273
Roberto Gayón
SOCCER PLAYER
1905 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 274