ACTOR
Vivien Leigh
1913 - 1967
Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh ( LEE; born Vivian Mary Hartley; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967), styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress. After completing her drama school education, Leigh appeared in small roles in four films in 1935 and progressed to the role of heroine in Fire Over England (1937). She then won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, for her performances as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a role she had also played on stage in London's West End in 1949. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vivien Leigh has received more than 13,791,338 page views. Her biography is available in 95 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 93 in 2019). Vivien Leigh is the 38th most popular actor (down from 32nd in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from India (down from 10th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Actor.
Vivien Leigh is most famous for playing the role of Scarlett O'Hara in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind.
Memorability Metrics
14M
Page Views (PV)
79.44
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
95
Languages Editions (L)
7.61
Effective Languages (L*)
4.85
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among ACTORS
Among actors, Vivien Leigh ranks 38 out of 13,578. Before her are Yul Brynner, Morgan Freeman, Gina Lollobrigida, Terence Hill, Harrison Ford, and Jean Reno. After her are Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, Nicolas Cage, Vin Diesel, and Shah Rukh Khan.
Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsYul Brynner
1920 - 1985
HPI: 80.54
Rank: 32
Morgan Freeman
1937 - Present
HPI: 80.25
Rank: 33
Gina Lollobrigida
1927 - 2023
HPI: 79.67
Rank: 34
Terence Hill
1939 - Present
HPI: 79.57
Rank: 35
Harrison Ford
1942 - Present
HPI: 79.54
Rank: 36
Jean Reno
1948 - Present
HPI: 79.53
Rank: 37
Vivien Leigh
1913 - 1967
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 38
Catherine Deneuve
1943 - Present
HPI: 79.42
Rank: 39
Gérard Depardieu
1948 - Present
HPI: 79.19
Rank: 40
Marcello Mastroianni
1924 - 1996
HPI: 79.15
Rank: 41
Nicolas Cage
1964 - Present
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 42
Vin Diesel
1967 - Present
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 43
Shah Rukh Khan
1965 - Present
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 44
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1913, Vivien Leigh ranks 4. Before her are Richard Nixon, Albert Camus, and Gerald Ford. After her are Menachem Begin, Willy Brandt, Rosa Parks, Jean Marais, Robert Capa, Josef Bican, Claude Simon, and Jesse Owens. Among people deceased in 1967, Vivien Leigh ranks 5. Before her are Che Guevara, J. Robert Oppenheimer, René Magritte, and Konrad Adenauer. After her are Puyi, Casimir Funk, Vladimir Komarov, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Clement Attlee, Ilse Koch, and Spencer Tracy.
Others Born in 1913
Go to all RankingsRichard Nixon
POLITICIAN
1913 - 1994
HPI: 90.77
Rank: 1
Albert Camus
WRITER
1913 - 1960
HPI: 86.72
Rank: 2
Gerald Ford
POLITICIAN
1913 - 2006
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 3
Vivien Leigh
ACTOR
1913 - 1967
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 4
Menachem Begin
POLITICIAN
1913 - 1992
HPI: 78.82
Rank: 5
Willy Brandt
POLITICIAN
1913 - 1992
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 6
Rosa Parks
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1913 - 2005
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 7
Jean Marais
ACTOR
1913 - 1998
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 8
Robert Capa
JOURNALIST
1913 - 1954
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 9
Josef Bican
SOCCER PLAYER
1913 - 2001
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 10
Claude Simon
WRITER
1913 - 2005
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 11
Jesse Owens
ATHLETE
1913 - 1980
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1967
Go to all RankingsChe Guevara
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1928 - 1967
HPI: 92.69
Rank: 1
J. Robert Oppenheimer
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1967
HPI: 83.31
Rank: 2
René Magritte
PAINTER
1898 - 1967
HPI: 80.99
Rank: 3
Konrad Adenauer
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1967
HPI: 80.31
Rank: 4
Vivien Leigh
ACTOR
1913 - 1967
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 5
Puyi
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1967
HPI: 77.90
Rank: 6
Casimir Funk
CHEMIST
1884 - 1967
HPI: 75.09
Rank: 7
Vladimir Komarov
ASTRONAUT
1927 - 1967
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 8
Mohammad Mosaddegh
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1967
HPI: 74.18
Rank: 9
Clement Attlee
POLITICIAN
1883 - 1967
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 10
Ilse Koch
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1967
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 11
Spencer Tracy
ACTOR
1900 - 1967
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 12
In India
Among people born in India, Vivien Leigh ranks 13 out of 1,861. Before her are Rabindranath Tagore (1861), A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931), Jawaharlal Nehru (1889), B. R. Ambedkar (1891), Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887), and Ramakrishna (1836). After her are Nagarjuna (150), Shivaji (1627), Mahavira (-599), Shah Rukh Khan (1965), Indira Gandhi (1917), and Rudyard Kipling (1865).
Others born in India
Go to all RankingsRabindranath Tagore
WRITER
1861 - 1941
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 7
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2015
HPI: 81.38
Rank: 8
Jawaharlal Nehru
POLITICIAN
1889 - 1964
HPI: 80.36
Rank: 9
B. R. Ambedkar
POLITICIAN
1891 - 1956
HPI: 79.90
Rank: 10
Srinivasa Ramanujan
MATHEMATICIAN
1887 - 1920
HPI: 79.68
Rank: 11
Ramakrishna
PHILOSOPHER
1836 - 1886
HPI: 79.64
Rank: 12
Vivien Leigh
ACTOR
1913 - 1967
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 13
Nagarjuna
PHILOSOPHER
150 - 250
HPI: 79.41
Rank: 14
Shivaji
POLITICIAN
1627 - 1680
HPI: 79.33
Rank: 15
Mahavira
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
599 BC - 527 BC
HPI: 79.08
Rank: 16
Shah Rukh Khan
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 17
Indira Gandhi
POLITICIAN
1917 - 1984
HPI: 78.82
Rank: 18
Rudyard Kipling
WRITER
1865 - 1936
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 19
Among ACTORS In India
Among actors born in India, Vivien Leigh ranks 2. Before her are Amitabh Bachchan (1942). After her are Shah Rukh Khan (1965), Aishwarya Rai (1973), Salman Khan (1965), Julie Christie (1940), Mithun Chakraborty (1950), Akshay Kumar (1967), Ajay Devgn (1969), Dharmendra (1935), Shilpa Shetty (1975), and Amrish Puri (1932).
Amitabh Bachchan
1942 - Present
HPI: 82.43
Rank: 1
Vivien Leigh
1913 - 1967
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 2
Shah Rukh Khan
1965 - Present
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 3
Aishwarya Rai
1973 - Present
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 4
Salman Khan
1965 - Present
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 5
Julie Christie
1940 - Present
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 6
Mithun Chakraborty
1950 - Present
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 7
Akshay Kumar
1967 - Present
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 8
Ajay Devgn
1969 - Present
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 9
Dharmendra
1935 - Present
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 10
Shilpa Shetty
1975 - Present
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 11
Amrish Puri
1932 - 2005
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 12