1947 - 2020
Harry Bernard Cross (16 December 1947 – 18 August 2020) was an English stage and film actor, best known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire and as the fictional ambassador Sarek in the 2009 film Star Trek. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Cross has received more than 1,507,662 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ben Cross is the 792nd most popular actor (up from 2,608th in 2019), the 987th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,473rd in 2019) and the 124th most popular British Actor.
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Among actors, Ben Cross ranks 792 out of 10,030. Before him are Oskar Werner, Wade Williams, Dominique Sanda, Maria Schneider, Rod Taylor, and Shirley Knight. After him are Jack Black, Yvette Guilbert, Claudia Mori, Christian Clavier, Steve Carell, and Michael Madsen.
1922 - 1984
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 786
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 787
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 788
1952 - 2011
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 789
1930 - 2015
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 790
1936 - 2020
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 791
1947 - 2020
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 792
1969 - Present
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 793
1865 - 1944
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 794
1944 - Present
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 795
1952 - Present
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 796
1962 - Present
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 797
1957 - Present
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 798
Among people born in 1947, Ben Cross ranks 70. Before him are Aaron Ciechanover, Mohammad Najibullah, Jeffrey DeMunn, Linda B. Buck, Mitt Romney, and Peter Sloterdijk. After him are Meat Loaf, Carla Del Ponte, Yukio Hatoyama, Cozy Powell, Temple Grandin, and Mustafa Akıncı. Among people deceased in 2020, Ben Cross ranks 98. Before him are Masatoshi Koshiba, David Prowse, Linda Cristal, Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Lee Konitz, and Shirley Knight. After him are Fred Willard, Margaret Burbidge, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Abdul Halim Khaddam, Bobby Morrow, and Moussa Traoré.
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 64
1947 - 1996
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 65
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 66
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 67
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 68
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 69
1947 - 2020
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 70
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 71
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 72
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 73
1947 - 1998
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 74
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 75
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 76
1926 - 2020
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 92
1935 - 2020
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 93
1934 - 2020
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 94
1936 - 2020
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 95
1927 - 2020
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 96
1936 - 2020
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 97
1947 - 2020
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 98
1939 - 2020
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 99
1919 - 2020
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 100
1941 - 2020
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 101
1932 - 2020
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 102
1935 - 2020
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 103
1936 - 2020
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 104
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ben Cross ranks 987 out of 6,924. Before him are Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519), George Shaw (1751), Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), Lee Child (1954), Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (1508), and William Huggins (1824). After him are Aphra Behn (1640), John Vane (1927), John Tenniel (1820), Gilbert Ryle (1900), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), and Woodes Rogers (1679).
1519 - 1536
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 981
1751 - 1813
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 982
1929 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 983
1954 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 984
1508 - 1549
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 985
1824 - 1910
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 986
1947 - 2020
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 987
1640 - 1689
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 988
1927 - 2004
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 989
1820 - 1914
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 990
1900 - 1976
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 991
1861 - 1928
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 992
1679 - 1732
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 993
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Ben Cross ranks 124. Before him are Sebastian Shaw (1905), James Mason (1909), David Prowse (1935), Kim Cattrall (1956), Dirk Bogarde (1921), and Jeremy Brett (1933). After him are Kenny Baker (1934), Kristin Scott Thomas (1960), Michael Palin (1943), Hugh Griffith (1912), Margaret Rutherford (1892), and Clive Owen (1964).
1905 - 1994
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 118
1909 - 1984
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 119
1935 - 2020
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 120
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 121
1921 - 1999
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 122
1933 - 1995
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 123
1947 - 2020
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 124
1934 - 2016
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 125
1960 - Present
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 126
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 127
1912 - 1980
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 128
1892 - 1972
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 129
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 130