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William Powell

1892 - 1984

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William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was an American actor, known primarily for his film career. Under contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he was paired with Myrna Loy in 14 films, including the Thin Man series based on the Nick and Nora Charles characters created by Dashiell Hammett. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Powell has received more than 4,546,451 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). William Powell is the 1,841st most popular actor (up from 2,323rd in 2019), the 3,022nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,773rd in 2019) and the 849th most popular American Actor.

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  • 4.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Powell ranks 1,841 out of 13,578. Before him are Dylan McDermott, Liev Schreiber, Dana Delany, Kristina Söderbaum, Olof Thunberg, and Octavia Spencer. After him are Frank Wolff, Savitri, Kim Hae-sook, Natalia Makarova, Julie Delpy, and Calista Flockhart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, William Powell ranks 121. Before him are Robert H. Jackson, Mabel Normand, Liu Bocheng, Charles Vanel, Juan Belmonte, and Richard Aldington. After him are Ugo Betti, Erich Neumann, Chen Gongbo, Walter Krüger, Sayed Darwish, and Joseph Szigeti. Among people deceased in 1984, William Powell ranks 88. Before him are Jean Prouvé, Uladzimir Karatkievich, Ngô Đình Thục, Baba Sali, Cigerxwîn, and Peter Lawford. After him are Toni Turek, Karl-August Fagerholm, Alexis Korner, Aurelio Peccei, Tim, and Kevin A. Lynch.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Powell ranks 3,022 out of 20,380. Before him are Dylan McDermott (1961), Liev Schreiber (1967), Robert Morris (1931), Richard Lester (1932), Dana Delany (1956), and Octavia Spencer (1972). After him are John Paul Getty III (1956), The Miz (1980), Francis Preserved Leavenworth (1858), Kate Millett (1934), Robert W. Wood (1868), and Frank Wolff (1928).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, William Powell ranks 849. Before him are Tim Russ (1956), Dominic Chianese (1931), Dylan McDermott (1961), Liev Schreiber (1967), Dana Delany (1956), and Octavia Spencer (1972). After him are Frank Wolff (1928), Calista Flockhart (1964), Dan Castellaneta (1957), Louis Gossett Jr. (1936), Robert Conrad (1935), and Robert Sean Leonard (1969).

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