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Rutger Hauer

1944 - 2019

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Rutger Oelsen Hauer (Dutch: [ˈrʏtxər ˈulsə(n) ˈɦʌuər]; 23 January 1944 – 19 July 2019) was a Dutch actor. 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 8,142,008 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Rutger Hauer is the 128th most popular actor (up from 152nd in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 32nd 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

  • 8.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Rutger Hauer ranks 128 out of 9,996. Before him are Spencer Tracy, Stan Laurel, Max von Sydow, Peter Falk, Ursula Andress, and Rita Hayworth. After him are Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Robert Duvall, Yves Montand, Lee Van Cleef, and Marcel Marceau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rutger Hauer ranks 11. Before him are Miloš Zeman, George Lucas, Barry White, Jeff Beck, Alexander Van der Bellen, and Reinhold Messner. After him are Ernő Rubik, Geraldine Chaplin, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Joe Cocker, Jimmy Page, and Carlos Alberto Torres. Among people deceased in 2019, Rutger Hauer ranks 6. Before him are Toni Morrison, Karl Lagerfeld, Jacques Chirac, Niki Lauda, and Robert Mugabe. After him are Bruno Ganz, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Robert Forster, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Mohamed Morsi, and Agnès Varda.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Rutger Hauer ranks 30 out of 1,427. Before him are Johannes Diderik van der Waals (1837), Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (1880), Juliana of the Netherlands (1909), Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853), Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1165), and William I of the Netherlands (1772). After him are Peter Debye (1884), Johan Huizinga (1872), Paul Verhoeven (1938), Jan Steen (1626), Rinus Michels (1928), and Michiel de Ruyter (1607).

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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), Nina Foch (1924), Fons Rademakers (1920), Carice van Houten (1976), Herman van Veen (1945), Derek de Lint (1950), and Maruschka Detmers (1962).

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