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William Hartnell

1908 - 1975

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William Henry Hartnell (; 8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975) was an English actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the first incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who from 1963 to 1966. 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 2,617,936 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). William Hartnell is the 2,067th most popular actor (down from 1,953rd in 2019), the 1,992nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,978th in 2019) and the 272nd most popular British Actor.

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  • 2.6M

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  • 52.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Hartnell ranks 2,067 out of 9,996Before him are Freddie Highmore, Marianne Sägebrecht, William Petersen, Olga Baclanova, William Devane, and Ken Kercheval. After him are Annabella, Gig Young, Dudley Moore, René Auberjonois, Ben Turpin, and Eleonora Rossi Drago.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, William Hartnell ranks 136Before him are Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Carlos Peucelle, Giacomo Manzù, Christa Schroeder, Juan López Fontana, and Yevgeny Vuchetich. After him are Gisèle Freund, Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, Petro Shelest, Bjarni Benediktsson, Karel Ančerl, and Son Ngoc Thanh. Among people deceased in 1975, William Hartnell ranks 93Before him are Gustavo Rojas Pinilla, Alvin Hansen, Boris Blacher, Jan Mukařovský, Mina Witkojc, and Kazimierz Fajans. After him are Sven Rydell, G. M. B. Dobson, Tim Buckley, Barbara Hepworth, Carl Lutz, and T-Bone Walker.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Hartnell ranks 1,992 out of 7,765Before him are Phil Taylor (1954), B. C. Forbes (1880), John Stevens Henslow (1796), Madge Syers (1881), Rick Wakeman (1949), and John Needham (1713). After him are John Michell (1724), John Bagot Glubb (1897), Dudley Moore (1935), John Sulston (1942), William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773), and Herbert Read (1893).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, William Hartnell ranks 272Before him are Michelle Fairley (1964), Michael Byrne (1943), Hugh Bonneville (1963), David Tennant (1971), Rachel Kempson (1910), and Freddie Highmore (1992). After him are Dudley Moore (1935), Nicollette Sheridan (1963), Chiwetel Ejiofor (1977), Donald Crisp (1882), Charlie Hunnam (1980), and Lily Collins (1989).

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