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Richard Kiley

1922 - 1999

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Richard Paul Kiley (March 31, 1922 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, film and television actor and singer. He is best known for his distinguished theatrical career in which he twice won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Kiley created the role of Don Quixote in the original 1965 production of the Broadway musical Man of La Mancha and was the first to sing and record "The Impossible Dream", the hit song from the show. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Kiley has received more than 1,083,037 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Richard Kiley is the 2,933rd most popular actor (down from 2,900th in 2019), the 4,613th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,687th in 2019) and the 1,391st most popular American Actor.

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  • 50.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Kiley ranks 2,933 out of 9,996. Before him are Vladimir Zeldin, Julian McMahon, Mary Alice, Tony Ramos, Elizabeth Perkins, and Semka Sokolović-Bertok. After him are Lolita Torres, Konrad Ernst Ackermann, Melinda Culea, Perry King, Gregory Hines, and Béatrice Dalle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Richard Kiley ranks 227. Before him are Farrokhroo Parsa, Blaga Dimitrova, Esther Lederberg, Bhimsen Joshi, Alexander Kazhdan, and Vladimir Etush. After him are Ester Mägi, Daniel Boulanger, Hal Moore, Eusebio Tejera, Bigode, and Micheline Ostermeyer. Among people deceased in 1999, Richard Kiley ranks 131. Before him are Flávio Costa, Riccardo Freda, Maxim Munzuk, Louis Boyer, Umberto Maglioli, and Grete Stern. After him are Susan Strasberg, Mario Soldati, Art Farmer, Lee Falk, Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, and Georges Miez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Kiley ranks 4,613 out of 18,182. Before him are Mary Alice (1941), Kendall Jenner (1995), Carl Bernstein (1944), Robert H. Dicke (1916), Michael Kahn (1935), and Elizabeth Perkins (1960). After him are Gary Hart (1936), Richard Sears (1861), Herman Wouk (1915), Melinda Culea (1955), Joseph Grew (1880), and Natalie Zemon Davis (1928).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Kiley ranks 1,391. Before him are Andreas Katsulas (1946), Alicia Silverstone (1976), Mercedes Ruehl (1948), Zelda Rubinstein (1933), Mary Alice (1941), and Elizabeth Perkins (1960). After him are Melinda Culea (1955), Perry King (1948), Gregory Hines (1946), Stephen Tobolowsky (1951), Elizabeth Mitchell (1970), and Emily Deschanel (1976).

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