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Will Geer

1902 - 1978

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Will Geer (born William Aughe Ghere; March 9, 1902 – April 22, 1978) was an American actor, musician, and social activist, who was active in labor organizing and other movements in New York and Southern California in the 1930s and 1940s. In California he befriended rising singer Woody Guthrie. They both lived in New York for a time in the 1940s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Will Geer has received more than 3,280,879 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Will Geer is the 4,292nd most popular actor (up from 4,770th in 2019), the 6,439th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,406th in 2019) and the 2,005th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Will Geer ranks 4,292 out of 9,996. Before him are Marc Cherry, Semyon Farada, Alexandra Rapaport, Walton Goggins, Robert Harron, and Won Bin. After him are László Szabó, Colin Salmon, Rockmond Dunbar, Nadya Nozharova, Raymond J. Barry, and David A. R. White.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Will Geer ranks 226. Before him are Myrtle Cook, Giuseppe Lepori, Victor Jory, Théodore Monod, Otto Winzer, and Gyula Illyés. After him are Jesús Bermúdez, Alexander Abusch, Francisco Martínez Soria, Felisberto Hernández, Bronisław Kaper, and Skip James. Among people deceased in 1978, Will Geer ranks 171. Before him are Willy Hansen, Greta Johansson, James B. Conant, John Lyng, George Moscone, and Germain Derycke. After him are Victor Hasselblad, Philip Ahn, Sandy Denny, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Alexander Belov, and Sverre Farstad.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Will Geer ranks 6,439 out of 18,182. Before him are Walton Goggins (1971), Ransom E. Olds (1864), Ted DiBiase (1954), Robert Harron (1893), Johnny Mercer (1909), and Joe Ranft (1960). After him are Nancy Wilson (1937), Glenn Branca (1948), Norman Mineta (1931), Daniel Mann (1912), Story Musgrave (1935), and Rockmond Dunbar (1974).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Will Geer ranks 2,005. Before him are Nick Adams (1931), Scott Caan (1976), Sasha Mitchell (1967), Marc Cherry (1962), Walton Goggins (1971), and Robert Harron (1893). After him are Rockmond Dunbar (1974), Raymond J. Barry (1939), David A. R. White (1970), Pia Zadora (1953), Harry Shearer (1943), and Courtney B. Vance (1960).

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