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Yuri Nikulin

1921 - 1997

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Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (Russian: Юрий Владимирович Никулин; 18 December 1921 – 21 August 1997) was a Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films. He is best known for his roles in Leonid Gaidai's comedies, such as The Diamond Arm and Kidnapping, Caucasian Style, although he occasionally starred in dramatic roles and performed in Moscow Circus. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yuri Nikulin has received more than 270,074 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Yuri Nikulin is the 833rd most popular actor (down from 766th in 2019), the 457th most popular biography from Russia (down from 421st in 2019) and the 6th most popular Russian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Yuri Nikulin ranks 833 out of 13,578. Before him are Stewart Granger, Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Gabriele Ferzetti, Chespirito, and David Graf. After him are Macaulay Culkin, Patrick McGoohan, Matt LeBlanc, Cüneyt Arkın, Til Schweiger, and Jake Gyllenhaal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Yuri Nikulin ranks 79. Before him are Jack Steinberger, Robert Bruce Merrifield, Lydia Litvyak, Paul Schäfer, Geoffrey Wilkinson, and Chris Marker. After him are Murray Bookchin, Peter Benenson, Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Angelica Rozeanu, Ágnes Keleti, and Leonardo Sciascia. Among people deceased in 1997, Yuri Nikulin ranks 63. Before him are Masaru Ibuka, Colonel Tom Parker, Roland Topor, Georg Solti, Gerda Christian, and Narciso Yepes. After him are Marco Ferreri, Barbara, Son Sen, George Wald, Mate Boban, and Maria Prymachenko.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yuri Nikulin ranks 457 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (1787), Sergey Nechayev (1847), Ales Bialiatski (1962), Nikolay Bobrikov (1839), Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia (1554), and Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923). After him are Dmitry Pozharsky (1577), Leonid Rogozov (1934), Vasily Bartold (1869), Maria Spiridonova (1884), Lyubov Popova (1889), and Alexander Radishchev (1749).

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Among ACTORS In Russia

Among actors born in Russia, Yuri Nikulin ranks 6. Before him are Yul Brynner (1920), Armin Mueller-Stahl (1930), Michael Chekhov (1891), Lila Kedrova (1918), and Sacha Guitry (1885). After him are Olga Knipper (1868), Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928), Yury Solomin (1935), Lyubov Orlova (1902), Yevgeny Leonov (1926), and Innokenty Smoktunovsky (1925).

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