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Richard Thomas

1951 - Today

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Richard Earl Thomas (born June 13, 1951) is an American actor. He is best known for his leading role as budding author John-Boy Walton in the CBS drama series The Waltons for which he won an Emmy Award. He also received another Emmy nomination and two Golden Globe Award nominations for that role.Thomas later starred in the 1990 television miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's epic horror novel It, and played Special Agent Frank Gaad on FX's spy thriller series The Americans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Thomas has received more than 75,292 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Richard Thomas is the 2,273rd most popular actor (up from 4,151st in 2019), the 3,713th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,471st in 2019) and the 1,083rd most popular American Actor.

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  • 75k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Thomas ranks 2,273 out of 9,996. Before him are Stephen Dillane, Gérard Blain, Russ Tamblyn, Maurice Evans, Georges Descrières, and Pedro Armendáriz Jr.. After him are John Astin, Ralf Moeller, Robert Brown, Jane Lynch, Caterina Boratto, and Peggy Lipton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Richard Thomas ranks 147. Before him are Moriteru Ueshiba, Ahron Daum, Gustav Thöni, Zalmay Khalilzad, Chrissie Hynde, and Zeudi Araya. After him are Massimo Ranieri, Rajnath Singh, Sydne Rome, Andrei Kozyrev, Ivars Godmanis, and Bob Iger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Thomas ranks 3,713 out of 18,182. Before him are Paula Abdul (1962), Lois Smith (1930), James M. Gavin (1907), Russ Tamblyn (1934), Eric Dolphy (1928), and Scott Carpenter (1925). After him are John Astin (1930), James Gunn (1966), Leontyne Price (1927), Eric Allin Cornell (1961), Jane Lynch (1960), and Peggy Lipton (1946).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Thomas ranks 1,083. Before him are Adolphe Menjou (1890), Rick Hoffman (1970), Ann Miller (1923), Jennifer Morrison (1979), Lois Smith (1930), and Russ Tamblyn (1934). After him are John Astin (1930), Jane Lynch (1960), Peggy Lipton (1946), John Stamos (1963), Rita Wilson (1956), and Lauren Graham (1967).

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