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Wu Ma

1942 - 2014

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Fung Wang-yuen (22 September 1942 – 4 February 2014), better known by his stage name Wu Ma, was a Hong Kong actor, director, producer and writer. Wu Ma made his screen debut in 1963, and with over 240 appearances to his name (plus 49 directorial credits within a fifty-year period), he was one of the most familiar faces in the history of Hong Kong Cinema and is best known as the Taoist ghosthunter in A Chinese Ghost Story. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wu Ma has received more than 205,276 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Wu Ma is the 2,804th most popular actor (up from 3,081st in 2019), the 777th most popular biography from China (down from 757th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Chinese Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Wu Ma ranks 2,804 out of 13,578. Before him are Movita Castaneda, Dyan Cannon, Margo Martindale, Leonardo Favio, María Baxa, and Tim Matheson. After him are Rossano Brazzi, Julie Kavner, Virginia Mayo, Ray Walston, Amanda Peet, and Evelyn Nesbit.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Wu Ma ranks 296. Before him are Nobby Stiles, Gunilla Bergström, Janko Prunk, Philip Catherine, Abdulsalami Abubakar, and John Shrapnel. After him are Anneke Grönloh, Fatma Girik, B. J. Thomas, Imran N. Hosein, Carol Lynley, and Anatolijs Gorbunovs. Among people deceased in 2014, Wu Ma ranks 182. Before him are Paul Mazursky, On Kawara, Harun Farocki, Pierre Bec, Christophe de Margerie, and Abdul Qadir. After him are Gustavo Cerati, Julio Abbadie, Pino Cerami, José Wilker, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, and Yuri Lyubimov.

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In China

Among people born in China, Wu Ma ranks 777 out of 1,610. Before him are Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (1938), Lang Lang (1982), Huang Zongxi (1610), Chu Suiliang (597), Zhang Xuan (713), and Tan Dun (1957). After him are Wang Xianzhi (344), Bing Xin (1900), Zhang Zongchang (1881), Lydia Shum (1945), Sun Chuanfang (1885), and Sanmao (1943).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Wu Ma ranks 31. Before him are Fan Bingbing (1981), Ng Man-tat (1952), David Chiang (1947), Cheng Pei-pei (1946), Faye Wong (1969), and Bai Ling (1966). After him are Lydia Shum (1945), Ricky Hui (1946), Gordon Liu (1951), Li Li-hua (1924), Leon Lai (1966), and Liu Yifei (1987).

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