1934 - 2003
Sir Alan Arthur Bates (17 February 1934 – 27 December 2003) was an English actor who came to prominence in the 1960s, when he appeared in films ranging from the popular children's story Whistle Down the Wind to the "kitchen sink" drama A Kind of Loving. He is also known for his performance with Anthony Quinn in Zorba the Greek, as well as his roles in King of Hearts, Georgy Girl, Far From the Madding Crowd and The Fixer, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Bates has received more than 2,376,610 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Alan Bates is the 1,071st most popular actor (up from 1,206th in 2019), the 1,198th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,382nd in 2019) and the 154th most popular British Actor.
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Among actors, Alan Bates ranks 1,071 out of 9,996. Before him are Debra Paget, Jean Sorel, Colin Farrell, Angie Dickinson, Victor French, and Jason Momoa. After him are Sydney Chaplin, Tatsuya Nakadai, Shih Kien, Eduardo De Filippo, Sam Elliott, and Jessica Chastain.
1933 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 1,065
1934 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 1,066
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 1,067
1931 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 1,068
1934 - 1989
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,069
1979 - Present
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 1,070
1934 - 2003
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,071
1926 - 2009
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,072
1932 - Present
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,073
1913 - 2009
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 1,074
1900 - 1984
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,075
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,076
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 1,077
Among people born in 1934, Alan Bates ranks 101. Before him are Valentin Ivanov, William F. Sharpe, Khun Sa, Gloria Steinem, Jean Sorel, and Victor French. After him are Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma, Garry Marshall, Howard Martin Temin, Leonard Kleinrock, Vladimir Posner, and Ornella Vanoni. Among people deceased in 2003, Alan Bates ranks 65. Before him are John Schlesinger, Vasil Bykaŭ, Georg Henrik von Wright, Ilan Ramon, Michael P. Anderson, and Moktar Ould Daddah. After him are Donald O'Connor, Uday Hussein, Fred Rogers, Kinji Fukasaku, Elem Klimov, and Michael Jeter.
1934 - 2011
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 95
1934 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 96
1934 - 2007
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 97
1934 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 98
1934 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 99
1934 - 1989
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 100
1934 - 2003
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 101
1934 - Present
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 102
1934 - 2016
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 103
1934 - 1994
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 104
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 105
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 106
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 107
1926 - 2003
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 59
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 60
1916 - 2003
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 61
1954 - 2003
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 62
1959 - 2003
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 63
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 64
1934 - 2003
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 65
1925 - 2003
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 66
1964 - 2003
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 67
1928 - 2003
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 68
1930 - 2003
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 69
1933 - 2003
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 70
1952 - 2003
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 71
Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Bates ranks 1,198 out of 7,765. Before him are Fraser Stoddart (1942), Don Airey (1948), Michael Moorcock (1939), Henry Walter Bates (1825), Marc Bolan (1947), and Jack Bruce (1943). After him are Alan Lancaster (1949), Samuel Pepys (1633), Thomas Gresham (1519), Harold Shipman (1946), Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (1670), and Lee Child (1954).
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 1,192
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 1,193
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 1,194
1825 - 1892
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 1,195
1947 - 1977
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,196
1943 - 2014
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 1,197
1934 - 2003
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 1,198
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,199
1633 - 1703
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 1,200
1519 - 1579
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 1,201
1946 - 2004
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 1,202
1670 - 1734
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 1,203
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 1,204
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Alan Bates ranks 154. Before him are Rosamund Pike (1979), Idris Elba (1972), Paul Scofield (1922), Roddy McDowall (1928), Stephen Fry (1957), and Greer Garson (1904). After him are Guy Pearce (1967), Clive Owen (1964), David Warner (1941), Keira Knightley (1985), Jason Isaacs (1963), and Vinnie Jones (1965).
1979 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 148
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 149
1922 - 2008
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 150
1928 - 1998
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 151
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 152
1904 - 1996
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 153
1934 - 2003
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 154
1967 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 155
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 156
1941 - 2022
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 157
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 158
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 159
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 160