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William Dieterle

1893 - 1972

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William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his career, becoming a United States citizen in 1937. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Dieterle has received more than 211,346 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). William Dieterle is the 1,506th most popular actor (down from 1,289th in 2019), the 2,152nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,847th in 2019) and the 45th most popular German Actor.

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  • 62.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Dieterle ranks 1,506 out of 13,578. Before him are Pran, André Dussollier, Earl Boen, Rachel Félix, Barbara Bain, and Madeleine Béjart. After him are Guy Marchand, Sean Young, Rick Moranis, Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Gloria Grahame, and Edward Herrmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, William Dieterle ranks 90. Before him are Alexander Korda, Ivan Panfilov, Aarre Merikanto, Miloš Crnjanski, Władysław Strzemiński, and Alfréd Schaffer. After him are Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa, Clas Thunberg, Gillis Grafström, Merian C. Cooper, Edsel Ford, and Raymond Dart. Among people deceased in 1972, William Dieterle ranks 77. Before him are Harlow Shapley, Paul Goodman, C. Rajagopalachari, Stephen Timoshenko, Viktor Barna, and Watchman Nee. After him are Jo Bonnier, C. W. Ceram, Ernst von Salomon, Nikolay Krylov, René Mayer, and Frank Knight.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, William Dieterle ranks 2,152 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust (1809), Michael Lippert (1897), Rudolf Rocker (1873), Horst-Dieter Höttges (1943), John A. Roebling (1806), and Jürgen Schult (1960). After him are Dieter Müller (1954), Princess Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt (1757), Bruno Lüdke (1908), Henrich Focke (1890), Siegfried von Feuchtwangen (1300), and Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (1715).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, William Dieterle ranks 45. Before him are Barbara Sukowa (1950), Marianne Koch (1931), Ulrich Mühe (1953), Loriot (1923), Maria Riva (1924), and Rachel Félix (1821). After him are Werner Krauss (1884), Marianne Sägebrecht (1945), Sebastian Koch (1962), Martin Lawrence (1965), Rudolf Klein-Rogge (1885), and Hans Albers (1891).

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