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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 4,185,626 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). William Powell is the 2,327th most popular actor (down from 2,007th in 2019), the 3,783rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,430th in 2019) and the 1,112th most popular American Actor.

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  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, William Powell ranks 2,327 out of 9,996. Before him are Connie Booth, Henry Ian Cusick, Liz Sheridan, Charles Gérard, Liam Cunningham, and Haluk Bilginer. After him are Tetsurō Tamba, Charles Bickford, Toby Jones, Robert Morley, Leonid Kanevsky, and Linda Darnell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, William Powell ranks 145. Before him are Eugen Meindl, Stepan Petrichenko, Stanisław Maczek, Otto Nerz, Lucien Buysse, and Hal Roach. After him are Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, Alice Brady, Hironori Ōtsuka, Yuen Ren Chao, Ivan Tyulenev, and Mercedes de Acosta. Among people deceased in 1984, William Powell ranks 108. Before him are Ansel Adams, Walter Pidgeon, Manuel Fleitas Solich, Paul Ben-Haim, Uwe Johnson, and Toni Turek. After him are J. B. Priestley, Manès Sperber, Jorge Guillén, Tim, Arvīds Jansons, and Louis Lansana Beavogui.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Powell ranks 3,783 out of 18,182. Before him are Barbara Harris (1935), Shirley Knight (1936), Charlie Christian (1916), Connie Booth (1944), John Henry Schwarz (1941), and Liz Sheridan (1929). After him are Charlie Haden (1937), Marcus Miller (1959), Charles Bickford (1891), Richie Havens (1941), Linda Darnell (1923), and Glenn Curtiss (1878).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, William Powell ranks 1,112. Before him are Eileen Brennan (1932), Diane Baker (1938), Barbara Harris (1935), Shirley Knight (1936), Connie Booth (1944), and Liz Sheridan (1929). After him are Charles Bickford (1891), Linda Darnell (1923), William Conrad (1920), Brett Cullen (1956), Rosalind Russell (1907), and Jack Klugman (1922).

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