ACTOR

William Hartnell

1908 - 1975

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William Henry Hartnell (; 8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975) was an English actor, who is best known for portraying the first incarnation of the Doctor, in the long-running British science-fiction television series Doctor Who from 1963 to 1966; he reprised the role in 1972–1973. In film, Hartnell notably appeared in Brighton Rock (1949), The Mouse That Roared (1959) and This Sporting Life (1963). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Hartnell has received more than 2,787,415 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). William Hartnell is the 2,417th most popular actor (down from 2,064th in 2019), the 2,210th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,987th in 2019) and the 300th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Hartnell ranks 2,417 out of 13,578. Before him are Tony Ramos, Dennis Haysbert, Joe Morton, Catherine Schell, David Janssen, and Michael Berryman. After him are Geraldine Farrar, Kumail Nanjiani, Aracy Balabanian, Tia Carrere, Michael Winslow, and Shannon Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, William Hartnell ranks 163. Before him are Jack Williamson, Olga Benário Prestes, Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, Gioacchino Guaragna, Titus Burckhardt, and Luis Regueiro. After him are Nikolay Nosov, Baby Face Nelson, Fritz Fischer, Virginia Cherrill, Ho Jong-suk, and René Daumal. Among people deceased in 1975, William Hartnell ranks 108. Before him are Jacques Duclos, Carl Lutz, G. M. B. Dobson, Tim Buckley, Javier Ambrois, and Shigeyoshi Inoue. After him are Sisowath Sirik Matak, W. V. D. Hodge, Olga Bergholz, Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Hideo Shinojima, and T-Bone Walker.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Hartnell ranks 2,210 out of 8,785. Before him are Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), Joseph Lancaster (1778), Humphrey Gilbert (1539), Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924), Michael Jackson (1942), and Thor Vilhjálmsson (1925). After him are Charles Barry (1795), Prince Henri of Orléans (1867), Cuthbert (635), Alan Sillitoe (1928), Charles Wesley (1707), and Edith Tolkien (1889).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, William Hartnell ranks 300. Before him are Tom Holland (1996), Ronald Colman (1891), Patricia Bredin (1935), Jerry Springer (1944), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967), and Bob Peck (1945). After him are Joseph Fiennes (1970), Mark Williams (1959), Rufus Sewell (1967), Michelle Fairley (1964), Siân Phillips (1933), and Henry Irving (1838).

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