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Van Johnson

1916 - 2008

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Charles Van Dell Johnson (August 25, 1916 – December 12, 2008) was an American film, television, theatre and radio actor. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II. Johnson was described as the embodiment of the "boy-next-door wholesomeness" which made him a popular Hollywood star in the 1940s and 1950s, playing "the red-haired, freckle-faced soldier, sailor, or bomber pilot who used to live down the street" in MGM films during the war years, with such films as Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, A Guy Named Joe, and The Human Comedy. He made occasional World War II films through the end of the 1960s, and he played a military officer in one of his final feature films in 1992. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Van Johnson has received more than 3,126,892 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Van Johnson is the 3,730th most popular actor (down from 2,933rd in 2019), the 5,674th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,730th in 2019) and the 1,750th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Van Johnson ranks 3,730 out of 9,996. Before him are Johanne Luise Heiberg, Isaach de Bankolé, Chloë Grace Moretz, Megumi Ogata, Michael Vartan, and Tony Plana. After him are Roy Thinnes, Clotilde Courau, Curly Howard, Donal Logue, Penelope Ann Miller, and Raoul Bova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Van Johnson ranks 179. Before him are Anna Yegorova, Yekaterina Zelenko, Pruden, Dinah Shore, Torsten Hägerstrand, and Keenan Wynn. After him are Irwin Allen, Einar Englund, Mary Stewart, Jenő Fock, John D. MacDonald, and Ralph Nelson. Among people deceased in 2008, Van Johnson ranks 198. Before him are Ronnie Drew, Ennio de Concini, Xie Jin, Aleksandr Abdulov, Janwillem van de Wetering, and Nadezhda Rumyantseva. After him are Brad Renfro, Odetta, Levy Mwanawasa, Norman Smith, William Gibson, and Ricardo Infante.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Van Johnson ranks 5,674 out of 18,182. Before him are Nicholas Pileggi (1933), Rafer Johnson (1935), William Guarnere (1923), Anna Louise Strong (1885), Boz Scaggs (1944), and Forrest Smithson (1884). After him are Roy Thinnes (1938), Frank J. Tipler (1947), Norah Jones (1979), Lee Ritenour (1952), Afeni Shakur (1947), and Gary Payton (1968).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Van Johnson ranks 1,750. Before him are JoBeth Williams (1948), Keenan Wynn (1916), Agnes Ayres (1898), Tom Ewell (1909), Michael Cudlitz (1964), and Chloë Grace Moretz (1997). After him are Roy Thinnes (1938), Curly Howard (1903), Penelope Ann Miller (1964), Maude Adams (1872), Brad Renfro (1982), and Raymond Cruz (1961).

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