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Richard Farnsworth

1920 - 2000

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Richard William Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor and stuntman. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award: in 1978 for Best Supporting Actor for Comes a Horseman, and in 2000 for Best Actor in The Straight Story, making him the oldest nominee for the award at the time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Farnsworth has received more than 1,971,635 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Richard Farnsworth is the 1,646th most popular actor (down from 994th in 2019), the 2,810th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,872nd in 2019) and the 797th most popular American Actor.

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  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Farnsworth ranks 1,646 out of 9,996Before him are Suzanne Pleshette, Mimi Rogers, Viveca Lindfors, Ronny Cox, Allison Janney, and Joanna Lumley. After him are Lina Romay, Cynthia Nixon, Sung Kang, Lea Thompson, Bruce Greenwood, and Simone Simon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Richard Farnsworth ranks 136Before him are Yegor Ligachyov, Miguel Delibes, Dick Francis, Yevgeny Dragunov, Christopher Robin Milne, and Viveca Lindfors. After him are Amet-khan Sultan, Harold Sakata, Renato Carosone, Václav Neumann, Delbert Mann, and Thomas Szasz. Among people deceased in 2000, Richard Farnsworth ranks 84Before him are Yasuo Suzuki, Tito Puente, Patrick O'Brian, Hendrik Casimir, Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, and Steven Runciman. After him are Charles Gray, Pierre Pflimlin, Rabah Bitat, Andy Hug, Baden Powell, and Terence McKenna.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Farnsworth ranks 2,810 out of 18,182Before him are Gutzon Borglum (1867), A. E. Waite (1857), Mimi Rogers (1956), David Riesman (1909), Ronny Cox (1938), and Allison Janney (1959). After him are Theodore Sturgeon (1918), Arnold Gesell (1880), Cynthia Nixon (1966), Sung Kang (1972), Jedediah Smith (1799), and Lea Thompson (1961).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Farnsworth ranks 797Before him are Red Buttons (1919), Sandra Dee (1942), Suzanne Pleshette (1937), Mimi Rogers (1956), Ronny Cox (1938), and Allison Janney (1959). After him are Cynthia Nixon (1966), Sung Kang (1972), Lea Thompson (1961), Chico Marx (1887), Dana Delany (1956), and Harold Sakata (1920).

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