1910 - 1983
James David Graham Niven (; 1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was a British actor, soldier, memoirist, and novelist. Niven was known as a handsome and debonair leading man in Classic Hollywood films. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Niven has received more than 8,962,248 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia. David Niven is the 274th most popular actor (up from 282nd in 2019), the 383rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 404th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Actor.
David Niven was an English actor, writer, and soldier. He was most famous for his roles in the films The Guns of Navarone, The Pink Panther, and Around the World in 80 Days.
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Among actors, David Niven ranks 274 out of 9,996. Before him are Thespis, Pierre Richard, Salman Khan, Liza Minnelli, Sylvia Kristel, and Richard Widmark. After him are Mads Mikkelsen, Robert Mitchum, Leonard Nimoy, Romina Power, John Malkovich, and Richard Kiel.
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 268
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 269
1965 - Present
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 270
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 271
1952 - 2012
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 272
1914 - 2008
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 273
1910 - 1983
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 274
1965 - Present
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 275
1917 - 1997
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 276
1931 - 2015
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 277
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 278
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 279
1939 - 2014
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 280
Among people born in 1910, David Niven ranks 16. Before him are Jean Genet, Paulette Goddard, Django Reinhardt, Walter Schellenberg, Gerda Taro, and Ronald Coase. After him are Jacques Monod, Eric Berne, Dorothy Hodgkin, Dominique Pire, Chiang Ching-kuo, and Kurt Meyer. Among people deceased in 1983, David Niven ranks 11. Before him are Leopold III of Belgium, Umberto II of Italy, Hergé, Idris of Libya, Tennessee Williams, and Jon Brower Minnoch. After him are Meyer Lansky, Nikolai Podgorny, Felix Bloch, Arthur Koestler, Raymond Aron, and Albert Claude.
1910 - 1986
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 10
1910 - 1990
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 11
1910 - 1953
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 12
1910 - 1952
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 13
1910 - 1937
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 14
1910 - 2013
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 15
1910 - 1983
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 16
1910 - 1976
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 17
1910 - 1970
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 18
1910 - 1994
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 19
1910 - 1969
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 20
1910 - 1988
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 21
1910 - 1961
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 22
1901 - 1983
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 5
1904 - 1983
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 6
1907 - 1983
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 7
1889 - 1983
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 8
1911 - 1983
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 9
1941 - 1983
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 10
1910 - 1983
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 11
1902 - 1983
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 12
1903 - 1983
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 13
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 14
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 15
1905 - 1983
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 16
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 17
Among people born in United Kingdom, David Niven ranks 383 out of 7,765. Before him are Charles Lyell (1797), Angela Lansbury (1925), Calico Jack (1682), Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887), Robert Burns (1759), and Bonnie Tyler (1951). After him are Henry Moore (1898), Benjamin Graham (1894), Mary Read (1695), Thomas Cook (1808), John le Carré (1931), and Beatrix Potter (1866).
1797 - 1875
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 377
1925 - 2022
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 378
1682 - 1720
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 379
1887 - 1969
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 380
1759 - 1796
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 381
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 382
1910 - 1983
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 383
1898 - 1986
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 384
1894 - 1976
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 385
1695 - 1721
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 386
1808 - 1892
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 387
1931 - 2020
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 388
1866 - 1943
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 389
Among actors born in United Kingdom, David Niven ranks 45. Before him are Ian McShane (1942), Colin Firth (1960), Malcolm McDowell (1943), Ralph Fiennes (1962), Sam Neill (1947), and Angela Lansbury (1925). After him are Ian Holm (1931), Robbie Coltrane (1950), Deborah Kerr (1921), Hugh Grant (1960), Kate Winslet (1975), and Charles Dance (1946).
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 39
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 40
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 41
1962 - Present
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 42
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 43
1925 - 2022
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 44
1910 - 1983
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 45
1931 - 2020
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 46
1950 - 2022
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 47
1921 - 2007
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 48
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 49
1975 - Present
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 50
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 51