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Robert Evans

1930 - 2019

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Robert Evans (born Robert J. Shapera; June 29, 1930 – October 26, 2019) was an American film producer who worked on Rosemary's Baby (1968), Love Story (1970), The Godfather (1972), and Chinatown (1974). Evans began his career in a successful business venture with his brother, selling women's apparel. In 1956, while on a business trip, he was by chance spotted by actress Norma Shearer, who thought he would be right to play the role of her late husband Irving Thalberg in Man of a Thousand Faces (1957). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Evans has received more than 3,868,509 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Evans is the 34th most popular producer (up from 41st in 2019), the 3,921st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,025th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Producer.

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  • 3.9M

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  • 52.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Robert Evans ranks 34 out of 140. Before her are Kathleen Kennedy, Franco Cristaldi, Fred Quimby, Andrew G. Vajna, Dick Wolf, and Joseph M. Schenck. After her are Luis Rodríguez, Stephen J. Cannell, Michael G. Wilson, Walter Legge, Sam Warner, and Erich Pommer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Robert Evans ranks 252. Before her are Orvar Bergmark, Paul Poupard, Ahmed Osman, Ignatius Moses I Daoud, Julián Herranz Casado, and Freimut Börngen. After her are Sergei Kovalev, Dick Sargent, Richard C. Sarafian, Antonio Saura, Robert Prosky, and Gianfranco Parolini. Among people deceased in 2019, Robert Evans ranks 191. Before her are Roland Matthes, Peggy Lipton, José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Negasso Gidada, Jean Guillou, and José José. After her are Sadako Ogata, Pal Benko, Scott Walker, Rudi Gutendorf, Bob Hawke, and Mitchell Feigenbaum.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Evans ranks 3,921 out of 20,380. Before her are Richard Estes (1932), Robert Crumb (1943), Earl Hines (1903), Gene Kranz (1933), Charlie Kaufman (1958), and Anthony Franciosa (1928). After her are Virginia Madsen (1961), Vincent Richards (1903), William Forsythe (1955), Erik Estrada (1949), Rosalind Russell (1907), and Georgia Hale (1900).

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Among PRODUCERS In United States

Among producers born in United States, Robert Evans ranks 17. Before her are Albert R. Broccoli (1909), Darryl F. Zanuck (1902), Don Simpson (1943), Kathleen Kennedy (1953), Fred Quimby (1886), and Dick Wolf (1946). After her are Stephen J. Cannell (1941), Michael G. Wilson (1942), Hal B. Wallis (1898), Saul Zaentz (1921), Safdie brothers (null), and Robert Chartoff (1933).

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