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Tony Curtis

1925 - 2010

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Tony Curtis (born Bernard Schwartz; June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010) was an American actor whose career spanned six decades, achieving the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films, in roles covering a wide range of genres. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Curtis has received more than 10,589,774 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Tony Curtis is the 130th most popular actor (down from 108th in 2019), the 244th most popular biography from United States (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Actor.

Tony Curtis is most famous for his roles in the films "Some Like It Hot" and "The Defiant Ones."

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tony Curtis ranks 130 out of 9,996. Before him are Max von Sydow, Peter Falk, Ursula Andress, Rita Hayworth, Rutger Hauer, and Burt Lancaster. After him are Robert Duvall, Yves Montand, Lee Van Cleef, Marcel Marceau, Christoph Waltz, and Bruno Ganz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Tony Curtis ranks 15. Before him are Gilles Deleuze, Patrice Lumumba, Zygmunt Bauman, Alija Izetbegović, Mahathir Mohamad, and Robert F. Kennedy. After him are Lee Van Cleef, B.B. King, Jorge Rafael Videla, Carlos Castaneda, Audie Murphy, and Jack Lemmon. Among people deceased in 2010, Tony Curtis ranks 5. Before him are José Saramago, J. D. Salinger, Leslie Nielsen, and Ronnie James Dio. After him are Lech Kaczyński, Gloria Stuart, Éric Rohmer, Benoit Mandelbrot, Zecharia Sitchin, Juan Antonio Samaranch, and Claude Chabrol.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tony Curtis ranks 244 out of 18,182. Before him are Rita Hayworth (1918), Brigham Young (1801), Ted Kaczynski (1942), John Ford (1894), Ronnie James Dio (1942), and Burt Lancaster (1913). After him are Desmond Doss (1919), Robert Duvall (1931), Steve Wozniak (1950), Lee Van Cleef (1925), William Howard Taft (1857), and Joe Dassin (1938).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Tony Curtis ranks 65. Before him are Orson Welles (1915), Cameron Diaz (1972), Spencer Tracy (1900), Peter Falk (1927), Rita Hayworth (1918), and Burt Lancaster (1913). After him are Robert Duvall (1931), Lee Van Cleef (1925), Oliver Hardy (1892), Gwyneth Paltrow (1972), Christopher Lloyd (1938), and Joe Pesci (1943).

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