ACTOR

Rutger Hauer

1944 - 2019

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Rutger Oelsen Hauer (born Dutch: [ˈrʏtxər ˈulsə(n) ˈɦʌuər]; 23 January 1944 – 19 July 2019) was a Dutch actor, with a film career that spanned over 170 roles across nearly 50 years, beginning in 1969. In 1999, he was named by the Dutch public as the Best Dutch Actor of the Century. Hauer's career began in 1969 with the title role in the Dutch television series Floris and surged with his leading role in Turkish Delight (1973), which in 1999 was named the Best Dutch Film of the Century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rutger Hauer has received more than 8,723,252 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia. Rutger Hauer is the 107th most popular actor (up from 128th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 30th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Actor.

Rutger Hauer is most famous for his role as Roy Batty in the film Blade Runner.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rutger Hauer ranks 107 out of 13,578. Before him are Jon Voight, Ben Affleck, Buster Keaton, Steve McQueen, Cameron Diaz, and Richard Gere. After him are Jet Li, Charlotte Rampling, Humphrey Bogart, Peter O'Toole, Giulietta Masina, and Keanu Reeves.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rutger Hauer ranks 9. Before him are Gerhard Schröder, Jeff Beck, Michael Douglas, George Lucas, Alexander Van der Bellen, and Jairzinho. After him are Barry White, Reinhold Messner, Ban Ki-moon, Ernő Rubik, Carlos Alberto Torres, and Joe Cocker. Among people deceased in 2019, Rutger Hauer ranks 8. Before him are Toni Morrison, Karl Lagerfeld, Niki Lauda, Agnès Varda, Robert Mugabe, and Jeffrey Epstein. After him are Robert Forster, Bruno Ganz, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Mohamed Morsi, Nuon Chea, and Peter Fonda.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Rutger Hauer ranks 28 out of 1,646. Before him are M. C. Escher (1898), Willem Barentsz (1550), Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852), Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837), Juliana of the Netherlands (1909), and Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165). After him are Louis van Gaal (1951), Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853), William I of the Netherlands (1772), William III of England (1650), Marco van Basten (1964), and William II of the Netherlands (1792).

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Among ACTORS In Netherlands

Among actors born in Netherlands, Rutger Hauer ranks 1. After him are Sylvia Kristel (1952), Famke Janssen (1964), Jeroen Krabbé (1944), Johannes Heesters (1903), Carel Struycken (1948), Fons Rademakers (1920), Nina Foch (1924), Herman van Veen (1945), Derek de Lint (1950), Carice van Houten (1976), and Maruschka Detmers (1962).

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