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Robert Osborne

1932 - 2017

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Robert Jolin Osborne (; May 3, 1932 – March 6, 2017) was an American film historian, author, actor and the primary television host for the premium cable channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM) for over twenty years. Prior to hosting at TCM, Osborne had been a host on The Movie Channel and American Movie Classics (AMC). He had also worked as a news columnist for The Hollywood Reporter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Osborne has received more than 1,945,848 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Osborne is the 9,176th most popular actor (down from 8,592nd in 2019), the 13,458th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,597th in 2019) and the 4,305th most popular American Actor.

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  • 1.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Robert Osborne ranks 9,176 out of 13,578Before him are Julius Falkenstein, Joyce DeWitt, Chris Colfer, Roberto Accornero, Gabriela Duarte, and Xiumin. After him are Roy Atwell, Emily Swallow, Jeon Yeo-been, Camilla Luddington, Dedee Pfeiffer, and Mamie Gummer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Robert Osborne ranks 555Before him are Bob Houbregs, Vic Crowe, Charles Adkins, Johnny Kerr, Billy Evans, and Kishori Amonkar. After him are Lakshman Kadirgamar, Richie Guerin, Jackie Henderson, Tim Parnell, Edmund Wickham Lawrence, and Grace Alele-Williams. Among people deceased in 2017, Robert Osborne ranks 618Before him are Francine York, Ernie Pieterse, Tino Insana, Denis Voronenkov, Kishori Amonkar, and Fredy Schmidtke. After him are Scott Putesky, Tim Parnell, Joost van der Westhuizen, Marek Ostrowski, Shyama, and Ayan Sadakov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Osborne ranks 13,458 out of 20,380Before him are Joyce DeWitt (1949), Chris Henderson (1970), Chris Colfer (1990), Betsey Johnson (1942), Alex Hirsch (1985), and Storrs L. Olson (1944). After him are Roy Atwell (1878), Henry Cejudo (1987), Laura Ziskin (1950), Robert W. McElroy (1954), Emily Swallow (1979), and Dedee Pfeiffer (1964).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Robert Osborne ranks 4,305Before him are Jaime Bergman (1975), Mark Stevens (1916), Christopher Gorham (1974), Trini Alvarado (1967), Joyce DeWitt (1949), and Chris Colfer (1990). After him are Roy Atwell (1878), Emily Swallow (1979), Dedee Pfeiffer (1964), Mamie Gummer (1983), Kelli Williams (1970), and Ray Fisher (1987).

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