ACTOR

Will Smith

1968 - Today

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Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, rapper and film producer. He has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and four Grammy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Will Smith has received more than 54,960,104 page views. His biography is available in 110 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 105 in 2019). Will Smith is the 60th most popular actor (up from 75th in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from United States (up from 149th in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Actor.

Smith is most famous for his work in the field of genetics. He was one of the first to propose a theory of inheritance that was based on the idea that traits are passed from parents to offspring through DNA.

Memorability Metrics

  • 55M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 78.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 110

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 15.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Will Smith ranks 60 out of 13,578. Before him are Elizabeth Taylor, Meryl Streep, Michael Douglas, Bruce Willis, Ingrid Bergman, and Michael Gambon. After him are Christopher Lee, Liam Neeson, Omar Sharif, Greta Garbo, Charles Bronson, and Tom Hanks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Will Smith ranks 1. After him are Celine Dion, Lisa Marie Presley, Paolo Maldini, Felipe VI of Spain, Daniel Craig, Didier Deschamps, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Hugh Jackman, Davor Šuker, Marine Le Pen, and Timothy McVeigh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Will Smith ranks 133 out of 20,380. Before him are Douglas MacArthur (1880), Richard Feynman (1918), Michael Douglas (1944), William Faulkner (1897), Milton Friedman (1912), and Patti Smith (1946). After him are Rosa Parks (1913), William James (1842), Bobby Fischer (1943), Edwin Hubble (1889), Phineas Gage (1823), and Charles Bronson (1921).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Will Smith ranks 25. Before him are James Dean (1931), Chuck Norris (1940), Katharine Hepburn (1907), Dustin Hoffman (1937), Meryl Streep (1949), and Michael Douglas (1944). After him are Charles Bronson (1921), Tom Hanks (1956), Brad Pitt (1963), Kirk Douglas (1916), Alan Alda (1936), and Henry Fonda (1905).

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