1922 - 2015
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a long career which spanned over 60 years, Lee was 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 18,841,349 page views. His biography is available in 99 different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Lee is the 70th most popular actor (down from 51st in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 96th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Actor.
Christopher Lee is most famous for his role as Count Dracula in the Hammer Horror films.
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Among actors, Christopher Lee ranks 70 out of 9,996. Before him are Kirk Douglas, Vin Diesel, Bruce Willis, Cary Grant, Jon Voight, and Steven Seagal. After him are John Wayne, Judy Garland, Michael Caine, Steve McQueen, Will Smith, and Johnny Depp.
1916 - 2020
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 64
1967 - Present
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 65
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 66
1904 - 1986
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 67
1938 - Present
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 68
1952 - Present
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 69
1922 - 2015
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 70
1907 - 1979
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 71
1922 - 1969
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 72
1933 - Present
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 73
1930 - 1980
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 74
1968 - Present
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 75
1963 - Present
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 76
Among people born in 1922, Christopher Lee ranks 6. Before him are José Saramago, Stan Lee, Yitzhak Rabin, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Thomas Kuhn. After him are Judy Garland, Norodom Sihanouk, Ava Gardner, Pierre Cardin, Erich Hartmann, and Franjo Tuđman. Among people deceased in 2015, Christopher Lee ranks 8. Before him are A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Lee Kuan Yew, Günter Grass, Omar Sharif, Demis Roussos, and Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. After him are Terry Pratchett, Tomas Tranströmer, Helmut Schmidt, B.B. King, Anita Ekberg, and Lemmy.
1922 - 2010
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 1
1922 - 2018
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 2
1922 - 1995
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 3
1922 - 1975
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 4
1922 - 1996
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 5
1922 - 2015
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 6
1922 - 1969
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 7
1922 - 2012
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 8
1922 - 1990
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 9
1922 - 2020
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 10
1922 - 1993
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 11
1922 - 1999
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 12
1931 - 2015
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 2
1923 - 2015
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 3
1927 - 2015
HPI: 74.96
Rank: 4
1932 - 2015
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 5
1946 - 2015
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 6
1924 - 2015
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 7
1922 - 2015
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 8
1948 - 2015
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 9
1931 - 2015
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 10
1918 - 2015
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 11
1925 - 2015
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 12
1931 - 2015
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 13
1945 - 2015
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 14
Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Lee ranks 129 out of 7,765. Before him are Lady Godiva (990), Blackbeard (1680), Robert the Bruce (1274), William Gilbert (1544), Cary Grant (1904), and Paul Dirac (1902). After him are Joseph Priestley (1733), Michael Caine (1933), Henry Purcell (1659), T. E. Lawrence (1888), Olav V of Norway (1903), and George Boole (1815).
990 - 1067
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 123
1680 - 1718
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 124
1274 - 1329
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 125
1544 - 1603
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 126
1904 - 1986
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 127
1902 - 1984
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 128
1922 - 2015
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 129
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 130
1933 - Present
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 131
1659 - 1695
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 132
1888 - 1935
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 133
1903 - 1991
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 134
1815 - 1864
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 135
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Christopher Lee ranks 13. Before him are Alan Rickman (1946), Ian McKellen (1939), Liam Neeson (1952), Elizabeth Taylor (1932), Rowan Atkinson (1955), and Cary Grant (1904). After him are Michael Caine (1933), Judi Dench (1934), Charlotte Rampling (1946), Jason Statham (1967), Helen Mirren (1945), and Ben Kingsley (1943).
1946 - 2016
HPI: 75.48
Rank: 7
1939 - Present
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 8
1952 - Present
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 9
1932 - 2011
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 10
1955 - Present
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 11
1904 - 1986
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 12
1922 - 2015
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 13
1933 - Present
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 14
1934 - Present
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 15
1946 - Present
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 16
1967 - Present
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 17
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 18
1943 - Present
HPI: 70.87
Rank: 19