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Robert Donat

1905 - 1958

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Friedrich Robert Donat (18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935) and Goodbye, Mr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Donat has received more than 1,411,692 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 48 in 2019). Robert Donat is the 2,152nd most popular actor (down from 1,868th in 2019), the 2,065th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,917th in 2019) and the 282nd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Robert Donat ranks 2,152 out of 9,996Before him are Maria de Medeiros, Peter Boyle, Venantino Venantini, Ottavia Piccolo, Stefán Karl Stefánsson, and Lloyd Bacon. After him are Paco Tous, Sylvia Sidney, Aurore Clément, Yolande Moreau, Vasily Lanovoy, and Paul Gleason.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Robert Donat ranks 129Before him are Aldo Fabrizi, Eduard Tubin, Robert Penn Warren, Sven Rydell, Louis Rosier, and Michael Powell. After him are Mohammad Hidayatullah, Hans Freudenthal, Mildred Natwick, Harold Arlen, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, and Preguinho. Among people deceased in 1958, Robert Donat ranks 75Before him are Aleksander Klumberg, Douglas Mawson, Yutaka Taniyama, Varvara Stepanova, Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria, and Vítězslav Nezval. After him are Henry Kuttner, Tommy Taylor, Joseph Klausner, Slobodan Jovanović, John Boland, and Vittorio Ambrosio.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Donat ranks 2,065 out of 7,765Before him are Arnold Bennett (1867), Lady Katherine Grey (1540), Andrew Bertie (1929), Ronnie Biggs (1929), Allan Octavian Hume (1829), and Robert Burton (1577). After him are Max Beerbohm (1872), Julian Lennon (1963), Chris Squire (1948), Barbara Hepworth (1903), Angela Carter (1940), and William Hudson (1730).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Robert Donat ranks 282Before him are Donald Crisp (1882), Charlie Hunnam (1980), Lily Collins (1989), Jonny Lee Miller (1972), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967), and Nigel Hawthorne (1929). After him are Susannah York (1939), Kit Harington (1986), John Thaw (1942), Albert Austin (1881), Paul Freeman (1943), and June Whitfield (1925).

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