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Raymond Chow

1927 - 2018

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Raymond Chow Man-wai, (Chinese: 鄒文懷; 8 October 1927 – 2 November 2018) was a Hong Kong film producer, and presenter. He was responsible for successfully launching martial arts and the Hong Kong cinema onto the international stage. As the founder of Golden Harvest, he produced some of the biggest stars of the martial arts film genre, including Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Chow has received more than 662,651 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Raymond Chow is the 24th most popular producer (down from 23rd in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Hong Kong (up from 18th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Producer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Raymond Chow ranks 24 out of 140. Before him are Albert R. Broccoli, William Fox, Claude Berri, Alberto Grimaldi, Darryl F. Zanuck, and Aurelio De Laurentiis. After him are Samuel Goldwyn, Don Simpson, John de Mol Jr., Kathleen Kennedy, Franco Cristaldi, and Fred Quimby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Raymond Chow ranks 118. Before him are Robert Plutchik, Paul Badura-Skoda, Andy Williams, Carlo Maria Martini, Vasile Milea, and Mikhail Ulyanov. After him are Pierre Henry, Vladimir Shatalov, Gabdulkhay Akhatov, Marvin Harris, Laura Betti, and Vladimir Kuts. Among people deceased in 2018, Raymond Chow ranks 108. Before him are Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Paul Andreu, Nicanor Parra, Bruno Sammartino, Dennis Nilsen, and Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza. After him are Josep Lluís Núñez, Irena Szewińska, Choi Eun-hee, Tom Wolfe, Philip Kerr, and Lill-Babs.

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In Hong Kong

Among people born in Hong Kong, Raymond Chow ranks 17 out of 115. Before him are Stanley Ho (1921), John Lone (1952), Margaret Chan (1947), Carrie Lam (1957), Nora Miao (1952), and Maggie Cheung (1964). After him are Jacky Cheung (1961), Anita Mui (1963), James Wong (1959), William Anders (1933), John Tong Hon (1939), and John Lee Ka-chiu (1957).

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Among PRODUCERS In Hong Kong

Among producers born in Hong Kong, Raymond Chow ranks 1. 

Chinese born Producers

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