ACTOR

Pierre Richard

1934 - Today

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Pierre Richard (born Pierre-Richard Maurice Charles Léopold Defays; 16 August 1934) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films. Richard is considered by some, such as Louis de Funès and Gérard Depardieu, to be one of the greatest French comedians of the last 50 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Richard has received more than 590,922 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Pierre Richard is the 210th most popular actor (up from 269th in 2019), the 480th most popular biography from France (up from 580th in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Actor.

Pierre Richard is most famous for his role in the French comedy films La Grande Vadrouille and Les Tontons Flingueurs.

Memorability Metrics

  • 590k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Pierre Richard ranks 210 out of 13,578. Before him are Rock Hudson, Mickey Rourke, Melina Mercouri, Isabelle Adjani, Olivia de Havilland, and Ryan O'Neal. After him are Martin Sheen, Vanessa Redgrave, Mireille Darc, Julie Andrews, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Peter Sellers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Pierre Richard ranks 22. Before him are Vavá, Jane Goodall, Paco Rabanne, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ulrike Meinhof, and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. After him are Stjepan Mesić, Shirley MacLaine, Empress Michiko, Manuel Noriega, Paul Ekman, and Alan Bates.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Richard ranks 480 out of 6,770. Before him are Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Alfred de Musset (1810), Ambroise Paré (1510), Yves Klein (1928), Charles-Henri Sanson (1739), and Adolphe Adam (1803). After him are Carus (230), Patrick Modiano (1945), Genevieve (423), Jean Arp (1886), Jacques Delors (1925), and Mireille Darc (1938).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Pierre Richard ranks 21. Before him are Marcel Marceau (1923), Anouk Aimée (1932), Isabelle Huppert (1953), Jeanne Moreau (1928), Annie Girardot (1931), and Isabelle Adjani (1955). After him are Mireille Darc (1938), Michel Piccoli (1925), Sophie Marceau (1966), Marina Vlady (1938), Juliette Binoche (1964), and Maurice Chevalier (1888).

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