ACTOR

Christopher Lee

1922 - 2015

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Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a career spanning more than sixty years, Lee became known as an actor with a deep and commanding voice who often portrayed villains in horror and franchise films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Lee has received more than 20,945,679 page views. His biography is available in 102 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 99 in 2019). Christopher Lee is the 61st most popular actor (up from 70th in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 129th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Actor.

Christopher Lee is most famous for his role as Count Dracula in the Hammer Horror films.

Memorability Metrics

  • 21M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 78.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 102

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Christopher Lee ranks 61 out of 13,578. Before him are Meryl Streep, Michael Douglas, Bruce Willis, Ingrid Bergman, Michael Gambon, and Will Smith. After him are Liam Neeson, Omar Sharif, Greta Garbo, Charles Bronson, Tom Hanks, and Brad Pitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Christopher Lee ranks 5. Before him are Yitzhak Rabin, José Saramago, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Joan Fuster. After him are Stan Lee, Norodom Sihanouk, Judy Garland, Franjo Tuđman, Pierre Cardin, Thomas Kuhn, and Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Among people deceased in 2015, Christopher Lee ranks 8. Before him are A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Günter Grass, John Forbes Nash Jr., Demis Roussos, Nicholas Winton, and Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. After him are Omar Sharif, Terry Pratchett, Tomas Tranströmer, B.B. King, Helmut Schmidt, and Anita Ekberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Lee ranks 103 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Dirac (1902), William Harvey (1578), T. E. Lawrence (1888), David Livingstone (1813), Edward Elgar (1857), and Jane Seymour (1508). After him are Liam Neeson (1952), Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857), George V (1865), Jeremy Bentham (1748), Roger Bacon (1220), and Terry Pratchett (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Christopher Lee ranks 7. Before him are Charlie Chaplin (1889), Anthony Hopkins (1937), Richard Burton (1925), Sean Connery (1930), Alan Rickman (1946), and Elizabeth Taylor (1932). After him are Liam Neeson (1952), Ian McKellen (1939), Maggie Smith (1934), Roger Moore (1927), Michael Caine (1933), and Jane Birkin (1946).

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