ACTOR

William Hopper

1915 - 1970

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William DeWolf Hopper Jr. (January 26, 1916 – March 6, 1970) was an American stage, film, and television actor. The only child of actor DeWolf Hopper and actress and Hollywood columnist Hedda Hopper, he appeared in more than 80 feature films in the 1930s and 1940s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Hopper has received more than 4,161,145 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. William Hopper is the 6,928th most popular actor (down from 6,084th in 2019), the 10,217th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,081st in 2019) and the 3,206th most popular American Actor.

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  • 4.2M

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  • 43.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Hopper ranks 6,928 out of 13,578Before him are Alicia Witt, Andrea Parker, Sam Bottoms, Rie Kugimiya, Antje Traue, and Karen Morley. After him are Clovis Cornillac, Estella Warren, Wendy Barrie, Natasha Lyonne, James Sikking, and Benno Fürmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, William Hopper ranks 262Before him are Ödön Gróf, Vincent Persichetti, Robert Lockwood Jr., Masanori Yusa, Joe Mantell, and Junior Durkin. After him are Magda Gabor, Ran Laurie, Ernest Lehman, Lona Andre, Humphrey Searle, and Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah. Among people deceased in 1970, William Hopper ranks 243Before him are Adolf Wiklund, Jun'ichi Kōuchi, Lillian Board, Maurice Stokes, John T. Scopes, and Laura Knight. After him are Keen Johnson, Teofilo Spasojević, Charles Olson, Feroz Khan Noon, Earl Eby, and Chester Morris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Hopper ranks 10,217 out of 20,380Before him are Jo Jorgensen (1957), Jodi Benson (1961), Alicia Witt (1975), Andrea Parker (1970), Sam Bottoms (1955), and Karen Morley (1909). After him are Adam Yauch (1964), Priscilla Chan (1985), Natasha Lyonne (1979), Avram Glazer (1960), James Sikking (1934), and Jesse Metcalfe (1978).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, William Hopper ranks 3,206Before him are Rachael Leigh Cook (1979), Jodi Benson (1961), Alicia Witt (1975), Andrea Parker (1970), Sam Bottoms (1955), and Karen Morley (1909). After him are Natasha Lyonne (1979), James Sikking (1934), Jesse Metcalfe (1978), Morris Chestnut (1969), Stephen Furst (1954), and Donald Petrie (1954).