1922 - 2015
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor, singer and author. With a career spanning nearly seven decades, Lee was well known for portraying villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Lee has received more than 10,002,526 page views. His biography is available in 99 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 97 in 2019). Christopher Lee is the 51st most popular actor (down from 45th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 96th in 2019) and the 9th 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 51 out of 10,030. Before him are Ian McKellen, Chuck Norris, Louis de Funès, Harrison Ford, Maggie Smith, and Greta Garbo. After him are Marcello Mastroianni, Michael Caine, Katharine Hepburn, Omar Sharif, Jean Reno, and Sharon Tate.
1939 - Present
HPI: 81.20
Rank: 45
1940 - Present
HPI: 81.19
Rank: 46
1914 - 1983
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 47
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 48
1934 - Present
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 49
1905 - 1990
HPI: 80.99
Rank: 50
1922 - 2015
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 51
1924 - 1996
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 52
1933 - Present
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 53
1907 - 2003
HPI: 80.85
Rank: 54
1932 - 2015
HPI: 80.83
Rank: 55
1948 - Present
HPI: 80.79
Rank: 56
1943 - 1969
HPI: 80.72
Rank: 57
Among people born in 1922, Christopher Lee ranks 5. Before him are Judy Garland, José Saramago, Yitzhak Rabin, and Stan Lee. After him are Pier Paolo Pasolini, Thomas Kuhn, Norodom Sihanouk, Franjo Tuđman, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Erich Hartmann, and Ava Gardner. Among people deceased in 2015, Christopher Lee ranks 5. Before him are John Forbes Nash Jr., A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Lee Kuan Yew, and Günter Grass. After him are Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Omar Sharif, Demis Roussos, Terry Pratchett, Tomas Tranströmer, B.B. King, and Anita Ekberg.
1922 - 1969
HPI: 83.38
Rank: 1
1922 - 2010
HPI: 82.83
Rank: 2
1922 - 1995
HPI: 82.10
Rank: 3
1922 - 2018
HPI: 81.63
Rank: 4
1922 - 2015
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 5
1922 - 1975
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 6
1922 - 1996
HPI: 79.04
Rank: 7
1922 - 2012
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 8
1922 - 1999
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 9
1922 - 2016
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 10
1922 - 1993
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 11
1922 - 1990
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 12
1928 - 2015
HPI: 83.44
Rank: 1
1931 - 2015
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 2
1923 - 2015
HPI: 81.67
Rank: 3
1927 - 2015
HPI: 81.03
Rank: 4
1922 - 2015
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 5
1924 - 2015
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 6
1932 - 2015
HPI: 80.83
Rank: 7
1946 - 2015
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 8
1948 - 2015
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 9
1931 - 2015
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 10
1925 - 2015
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 11
1931 - 2015
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Lee ranks 97 out of 6,924. Before him are Ian McKellen (1939), William Blake (1757), Maggie Smith (1934), Mary Boleyn (1499), J. M. W. Turner (1775), and Alex Ferguson (1941). After him are Edward VIII (1894), Charlotte Brontë (1816), Michael Caine (1933), David Bowie (1947), T. E. Lawrence (1888), and George Harrison (1943).
1939 - Present
HPI: 81.20
Rank: 91
1757 - 1827
HPI: 81.15
Rank: 92
1934 - Present
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 93
1499 - 1543
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 94
1775 - 1851
HPI: 81.00
Rank: 95
1941 - Present
HPI: 80.97
Rank: 96
1922 - 2015
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 97
1894 - 1972
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 98
1816 - 1855
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 99
1933 - Present
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 100
1947 - 2016
HPI: 80.81
Rank: 101
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.79
Rank: 102
1943 - 2001
HPI: 80.76
Rank: 103
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Christopher Lee ranks 9. Before him are Sean Connery (1930), Richard Burton (1925), Elizabeth Taylor (1932), Roger Moore (1927), Ian McKellen (1939), and Maggie Smith (1934). After him are Michael Caine (1933), Alan Rickman (1946), Liam Neeson (1952), Judi Dench (1934), Rowan Atkinson (1955), and Cary Grant (1904).
1930 - 2020
HPI: 84.46
Rank: 3
1925 - 1984
HPI: 83.54
Rank: 4
1932 - 2011
HPI: 82.50
Rank: 5
1927 - 2017
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 6
1939 - Present
HPI: 81.20
Rank: 7
1934 - Present
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 8
1922 - 2015
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 9
1933 - Present
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 10
1946 - 2016
HPI: 80.54
Rank: 11
1952 - Present
HPI: 79.70
Rank: 12
1934 - Present
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 13
1955 - Present
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 14
1904 - 1986
HPI: 78.07
Rank: 15