ACTOR

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 second–oldest nominee for the award for the latter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Farnsworth has received more than 2,186,840 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Richard Farnsworth is the 738th most popular actor (up from 1,644th in 2019), the 1,340th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,803rd in 2019) and the 358th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Farnsworth ranks 738 out of 13,578. Before him are Max Linder, Linda Christian, Lionel Logue, Eric Roberts, Daniela Bianchi, and Adam West. After him are Herbert Lom, Ben Gazzara, Ugo Tognazzi, Jean-Louis Barrault, Adolfo Celi, and Anthony Mann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Richard Farnsworth ranks 65. Before him are Ștefan Kovács, Timothy Leary, Setsuko Hara, Mario Beccaria, Tom of Finland, and Gene Tierney. After him are Isaac Stern, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Ivan Kozhedub, César Rodríguez Álvarez, and Albert Barillé. Among people deceased in 2000, Richard Farnsworth ranks 35. Before him are Bettino Craxi, Gino Bartali, Anatoly Sobchak, Steve Reeves, Rudolf Kirchschläger, and John Gielgud. After him are Lila Kedrova, Arkan, Takashi Kano, Willard Van Orman Quine, Carlo M. Cipolla, and Merton Miller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Farnsworth ranks 1,340 out of 20,380. Before him are Eric Roberts (1956), John Updike (1932), Fredric Brown (1906), Madam C. J. Walker (1867), Britney Spears (1981), and Adam West (1928). After him are Richard Donner (1930), John Foster Dulles (1888), Ben Gazzara (1930), Kris Kristofferson (1936), John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960), and Anthony Mann (1906).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Farnsworth ranks 358. Before him are Sarah Jessica Parker (1965), James Spader (1960), Mark Ruffalo (1967), J. K. Simmons (1955), Eric Roberts (1956), and Adam West (1928). After him are Ben Gazzara (1930), Anthony Mann (1906), Robin Wright (1966), Cybill Shepherd (1950), Tyler Perry (1969), and Martin Balsam (1919).

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