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Robert Preston

1918 - 1987

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Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and film actor and singer. He is best known for originating the role of Professor Harold Hill in the 1957 musical The Music Man for which he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Preston has received more than 43,303 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Robert Preston is the 3,893rd most popular actor (down from 3,356th in 2019), the 5,909th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,330th in 2019) and the 1,826th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 43k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Robert Preston ranks 3,893 out of 9,996Before him are Nikolai Kryuchkov, Milton Berle, Michael Gwisdek, Ruby Rose, Neda Arnerić, and Jeri Ryan. After him are Laverne Cox, Jeff Conaway, Frankie Avalon, Inna Makarova, R. G. Armstrong, and Henry Travers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Robert Preston ranks 185Before him are Alexander Galich, Zara Dolukhanova, André Pilette, Max Merkel, Zakaria Mohieddin, and Martin Lundström. After him are Joey Bishop, Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Émile Derlin Zinsou, Antonio Janigro, Richard Hoggart, and Said Mohamed Djohar. Among people deceased in 1987, Robert Preston ranks 158Before him are Arne Brustad, Antonio Sastre, Gerald Moore, Paul Janes, Ralph Nelson, and C. L. Moore. After him are Gerhard Fieseler, Alf Landon, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Jaroslav Bouček, Henk Badings, and James Coco.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Preston ranks 5,909 out of 18,182Before him are Betty Hutton (1921), Jacob Epstein (1880), Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926), Christy Turlington (1969), Milton Berle (1908), and William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891). After him are Cesar Chavez (1927), Hunter Biden (1970), Elizabeth Gilbert (1969), Kurt Angle (1968), Laverne Cox (1984), and Jeff Conaway (1950).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Robert Preston ranks 1,826Before him are Mariel Hemingway (1961), Ed Wynn (1886), Candy Clark (1947), Verne Troyer (1969), Betty Hutton (1921), and Milton Berle (1908). After him are Laverne Cox (1984), Jeff Conaway (1950), Frankie Avalon (1940), R. G. Armstrong (1917), Gerald McRaney (1947), and George Eads (1967).

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