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Adam Faith

1940 - 2003

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Terence Nelhams Wright (23 June 1940 – 8 March 2003), known professionally as Adam Faith, was an English singer, actor, and financial journalist. As a British rock and roll teen idol, he scored consecutive No. 1 hits on the UK singles chart with "What Do You Want?" (1959) and "Poor Me" (1960). He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the top 5, and was ultimately one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Adam Faith is the 9,965th most popular actor (down from 9,863rd in 2024), the 6,583rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,402nd in 2019) and the 1,092nd most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Adam Faith ranks 9,965 out of 13,578. Before him are Busy Philipps, Bobby Troup, Bree Turner, Justin Kirk, Miloš Biković, and Omar Benson Miller. After him are Noah Jupe, John Boyd, Aoi Miyazaki, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Nicholas Rowe, and Junko Iwao.

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Among people born in 1940, Adam Faith ranks 606. Before him are Melba Moore, Howard Hesseman, Don LaFontaine, Bob Knight, Harry Jerome, and James Burrows. After him are Cynthia Weil, Savitri Jindal, Barney Frank, Robert Pinsky, Jim Clyburn, and Ali Eid. Among people deceased in 2003, Adam Faith ranks 373. Before him are Joseph Overton, Johnny Paul Koroma, Noor Alam, Babatunde Olatunji, Sita Ram Goel, and Philip Slone. After him are José María Jiménez, Johnny Boyd, Slim Dusty, Shawn Lane, Leela Chitnis, and Nell Carter.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Adam Faith ranks 6,585 out of 8,785. Before him are Lewis Cook (1997), Maddy Prior (1947), Kim Tae-gyun (null), George Blagden (1989), Carl Fogarty (1965), and Stephen Turnbull (1948). After him are Noah Jupe (2005), Nicholas Rowe (1966), Adam Tooze (1967), Felicity Kendal (1946), Adam Armstrong (1997), and Khalid Abdalla (1980).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Adam Faith ranks 1,092. Before him are Eugene Simon (1992), Lesley Sharp (1960), Christopher Malcolm (1946), Jimmy Carr (1972), Dora Bryan (1923), and George Blagden (1989). After him are Noah Jupe (2005), Nicholas Rowe (1966), Felicity Kendal (1946), Khalid Abdalla (1980), Alistair Petrie (1970), and Paul Kaye (1964).

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