ACTOR

Steve McQueen

1930 - 1980

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Terrence Stephen McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor. His antihero persona, emphasized during the height of the counterculture of the 1960s, made him a top box-office draw for his films of the 1960s and 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steve McQueen has received more than 27,138,841 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Steve McQueen is the 104th most popular actor (down from 74th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from United States (down from 148th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Actor.

Steve McQueen is most famous for his roles in films such as The Great Escape, Bullitt, and The Thomas Crown Affair.

Memorability Metrics

  • 27M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Steve McQueen ranks 104 out of 13,578. Before him are Robert Redford, Gregory Peck, Mel Gibson, Jon Voight, Ben Affleck, and Buster Keaton. After him are Cameron Diaz, Richard Gere, Rutger Hauer, Jet Li, Charlotte Rampling, and Humphrey Bogart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Steve McQueen ranks 16. Before him are Jacques Derrida, Ray Charles, Jean-Luc Godard, Mobutu Sese Seko, Hafez al-Assad, and Baudouin of Belgium. After him are Buzz Aldrin, Salvatore Riina, Pete Conrad, Gene Hackman, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Philippe Noiret. Among people deceased in 1980, Steve McQueen ranks 12. Before him are Jean Piaget, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Erich Fromm, Roland Barthes, Bon Scott, and Oskar Kokoschka. After him are Jesse Owens, Colonel Sanders, Joe Dassin, Henry Miller, Tamara de Lempicka, and Marshall McLuhan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steve McQueen ranks 205 out of 20,380. Before him are Samuel P. Huntington (1927), Whitney Houston (1963), Herman Melville (1819), Buster Keaton (1895), Johnny Cash (1932), and Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803). After him are Thomas Kuhn (1922), John B. Watson (1878), John Williams (1932), Carl Sagan (1934), Cameron Diaz (1972), and Buzz Aldrin (1930).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Steve McQueen ranks 52. Before him are Robert Redford (1936), Gregory Peck (1916), Mel Gibson (1956), Jon Voight (1938), Ben Affleck (1972), and Buster Keaton (1895). After him are Cameron Diaz (1972), Richard Gere (1949), Humphrey Bogart (1899), Gwyneth Paltrow (1972), Peter Falk (1927), and Kevin Costner (1955).

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