1900 - 1976
Alastair George Bell Sim, CBE (9 October 1900 – 19 August 1976) was a Scottish character actor who began his theatrical career at the age of thirty and quickly became established as a popular West End performer, remaining so until his death in 1976. Starting in 1935, he also appeared in more than fifty British films, including an iconic adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novella A Christmas Carol, released in 1951 as Scrooge in Great Britain and as A Christmas Carol in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alastair Sim has received more than 1,574,137 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alastair Sim is the 8,052nd most popular actor (down from 7,584th in 2019), the 5,447th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,145th in 2019) and the 943rd most popular British Actor.
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Among actors, Alastair Sim ranks 8,052 out of 9,996. Before him are John Ventimiglia, Nicholas Parsons, Beatrice Rosen, Todd Bridges, Michie Tomizawa, and Leslie Jordan. After him are Samara Weaving, Barbara Bedford, Martin Clunes, Öykü Karayel, Angela Sarafyan, and Kate Siegel.
1963 - Present
HPI: 38.30
Rank: 8,046
1923 - 2020
HPI: 38.30
Rank: 8,047
1984 - Present
HPI: 38.30
Rank: 8,048
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.30
Rank: 8,049
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.30
Rank: 8,050
1955 - 2022
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 8,051
1900 - 1976
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 8,052
1992 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 8,053
1903 - 1981
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 8,054
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 8,055
1990 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 8,056
1983 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 8,057
1982 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 8,058
Among people born in 1900, Alastair Sim ranks 302. Before him are Natalie Schafer, Albert Hackett, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Beatrix Loughran, Horatio Fitch, and Coral Buttsworth. After him are Helen Morgan, Alan Bush, Taffy Abel, and Mony Marc. Among people deceased in 1976, Alastair Sim ranks 236. Before him are Alfredo Pitto, Károly Takács, Cathy Downs, David Jacobs, Lawrence Shields, and Donald Howard Menzel. After him are Barbara Nichols, Anissa Jones, and Vera C. Bushfield.
1900 - 1991
HPI: 39.03
Rank: 296
1900 - 1995
HPI: 38.83
Rank: 297
1900 - 1980
HPI: 38.78
Rank: 298
1900 - 1975
HPI: 38.72
Rank: 299
1900 - 1985
HPI: 38.64
Rank: 300
1900 - 1985
HPI: 38.31
Rank: 301
1900 - 1976
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 302
1900 - 1941
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 303
1900 - 1995
HPI: 36.05
Rank: 304
1900 - 1964
HPI: 34.41
Rank: 305
1900 - Present
HPI: 22.62
Rank: 306
1906 - 1976
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 230
1910 - 1976
HPI: 40.06
Rank: 231
1926 - 1976
HPI: 39.82
Rank: 232
1888 - 1976
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 233
1895 - 1976
HPI: 39.07
Rank: 234
1901 - 1976
HPI: 38.78
Rank: 235
1900 - 1976
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 236
1928 - 1976
HPI: 37.21
Rank: 237
1958 - 1976
HPI: 36.93
Rank: 238
1889 - 1976
HPI: 34.90
Rank: 239
Among people born in United Kingdom, Alastair Sim ranks 5,447 out of 7,765. Before him are Stan Cullis (1916), Peter Mandelson (1953), Lara Pulver (1980), George Newnes (1851), Suki Waterhouse (1992), and Nicholas Parsons (1923). After him are Martin Clunes (1961), Selwyn Lloyd (1904), Dorothy Mackaill (1903), Paul Blackthorne (1969), Carlo Rota (1961), and Nick Faldo (1957).
1916 - 2001
HPI: 38.32
Rank: 5,441
1953 - Present
HPI: 38.32
Rank: 5,442
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.32
Rank: 5,443
1851 - 1910
HPI: 38.32
Rank: 5,444
1992 - Present
HPI: 38.31
Rank: 5,445
1923 - 2020
HPI: 38.30
Rank: 5,446
1900 - 1976
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 5,447
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 5,448
1904 - 1978
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 5,449
1903 - 1990
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 5,450
1969 - Present
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 5,451
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 5,452
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.27
Rank: 5,453
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Alastair Sim ranks 943. Before him are Steve Valentine (1966), Joe Cole (1988), Billie Piper (1982), Lee Evans (1964), Lara Pulver (1980), and Nicholas Parsons (1923). After him are Martin Clunes (1961), Dorothy Mackaill (1903), Paul Blackthorne (1969), Carlo Rota (1961), Max Irons (1985), and Sarah Harding (1981).
1966 - Present
HPI: 38.37
Rank: 937
1988 - Present
HPI: 38.36
Rank: 938
1982 - Present
HPI: 38.34
Rank: 939
1964 - Present
HPI: 38.33
Rank: 940
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.32
Rank: 941
1923 - 2020
HPI: 38.30
Rank: 942
1900 - 1976
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 943
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 944
1903 - 1990
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 945
1969 - Present
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 946
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.28
Rank: 947
1985 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 948
1981 - 2021
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 949