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Richard Burbage

1567 - 1619

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Richard Burbage (c. 1567 – 13 March 1619) was an English stage actor, widely considered to have been one of the most famous actors of the Globe Theatre and of his time. In addition to being a stage actor, he was also a theatre owner, entrepreneur, and painter. He was the younger brother of Cuthbert Burbage. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Burbage has received more than 480,301 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Richard Burbage is the 2,651st most popular actor (down from 1,985th in 2019), the 2,397th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,008th in 2019) and the 334th most popular British Actor.

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  • 480k

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  • 50.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Burbage ranks 2,651 out of 9,996Before him are Anil Kapoor, Julian Beck, Ignacio López Tarso, June Squibb, Jane Badler, and Anthony Delon. After him are Jacques Lecoq, Victoria Ruffo, Leo Genn, Raymond Massey, Edmund Gwenn, and Tim Matheson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1567, Richard Burbage ranks 16Before him are Eleanor de' Medici, Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, Honoré d'Urfé, Jacob van Heemskerck, Archduchess Margaret of Austria, and John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are Thomas Nashe and Thomas Campion. Among people deceased in 1619, Richard Burbage ranks 17Before him are Hieronymus Fabricius, Shimazu Yoshihiro, Marko Krizin, Denis Calvaert, Stephen Pongracz, and Melchior Grodziecki. After him are Nicholas Hilliard, Jagat Gosain, Olivier de Serres, Robert Peake the Elder, and Samuel Daniel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Burbage ranks 2,397 out of 7,765Before him are Peter Pears (1910), Terence Fisher (1904), Michael Green (1946), Lesley Manville (1956), Michael Berry (1941), and Benedict Biscop (628). After him are Gerry Adams (1948), Leo Genn (1905), Edmund Gwenn (1877), William Gull (1816), Sarah Fuller Flower Adams (1805), and Brian Connolly (1945).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Richard Burbage ranks 334Before him are John Neville (1925), Pauline Moran (1947), Tania Mallet (1941), Peg Entwistle (1908), Joss Ackland (1928), and Lesley Manville (1956). After him are Leo Genn (1905), Edmund Gwenn (1877), Chris Vance (1971), May Whitty (1865), Patricia Routledge (1929), and Samantha Bond (1961).

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