1910 - 1983
James David Graham Niven (; 1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was an English actor, memoirist and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Major Pollock in Separate Tables (1958). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Niven has received more than 5,512,402 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). David Niven is the 282nd most popular actor (down from 267th in 2019), the 405th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 398th in 2019) and the 41st 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 282 out of 10,030. Before him are Ryan O'Neal, Danny Trejo, Mireille Darc, Romina Power, Kevin Spacey, and Melina Mercouri. After him are Lon Chaney, Sean Penn, Goldie Hawn, Glenn Close, Bibi Andersson, and Martin Landau.
1941 - Present
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 276
1944 - Present
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 277
1938 - 2017
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 278
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 279
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 280
1920 - 1994
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 281
1910 - 1983
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 282
1883 - 1930
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 283
1960 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 284
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 285
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 286
1935 - 2019
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 287
1928 - 2017
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 288
Among people born in 1910, David Niven ranks 16. Before him are Konrad Zuse, Jean Genet, Paulette Goddard, Ronald Coase, Walter Schellenberg, and Eric Berne. After him are Kurt Meyer, Gerda Taro, William Hanna, Dorothy Hodgkin, Jacques Monod, and Samuel Barber. Among people deceased in 1983, David Niven ranks 12. Before him are Umberto II of Italy, Hergé, Idris of Libya, Tennessee Williams, Felix Bloch, and Buckminster Fuller. After him are Arthur Koestler, Raymond Aron, Nikolai Podgorny, Meyer Lansky, Gerhard Barkhorn, and Alfred Tarski.
1910 - 1995
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 10
1910 - 1986
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 11
1910 - 1990
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 12
1910 - 2013
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 13
1910 - 1952
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 14
1910 - 1970
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 15
1910 - 1983
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 16
1910 - 1961
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 17
1910 - 1937
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 18
1910 - 2001
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 19
1910 - 1994
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 20
1910 - 1976
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 21
1910 - 1981
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 22
1904 - 1983
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 6
1907 - 1983
HPI: 77.32
Rank: 7
1889 - 1983
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 8
1911 - 1983
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 9
1905 - 1983
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 10
1895 - 1983
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 11
1910 - 1983
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 12
1905 - 1983
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 13
1905 - 1983
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 14
1903 - 1983
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 15
1902 - 1983
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 16
1919 - 1983
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 17
1901 - 1983
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 18
Among people born in United Kingdom, David Niven ranks 405 out of 6,924. Before him are Angus Young (1955), Joshua Reynolds (1723), Æthelred I, King of Wessex (837), Frank Whittle (1907), George Paget Thomson (1892), and James I of Scotland (1394). After him are Richard Attenborough (1923), Robert Fripp (1946), A. J. Cronin (1896), Edward Victor Appleton (1892), Hugh Grant (1960), and William Kidd (1645).
1955 - Present
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 399
1723 - 1792
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 400
837 - 871
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 401
1907 - 1996
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 402
1892 - 1975
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 403
1394 - 1437
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 404
1910 - 1983
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 405
1923 - 2014
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 406
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 407
1896 - 1981
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 408
1892 - 1965
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 409
1960 - Present
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 410
1645 - 1701
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 411
Among actors born in United Kingdom, David Niven ranks 41. Before him are Daniel Day-Lewis (1957), Malcolm McDowell (1943), Ian McShane (1942), Benny Hill (1924), Alec Guinness (1914), and Peter Sellers (1925). After him are Hugh Grant (1960), Albert Finney (1936), Ralph Fiennes (1962), Colin Firth (1960), Olivia Newton-John (1948), and Deborah Kerr (1921).
1957 - Present
HPI: 75.27
Rank: 35
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 36
1942 - Present
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 37
1924 - 1992
HPI: 74.72
Rank: 38
1914 - 2000
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 39
1925 - 1980
HPI: 74.59
Rank: 40
1910 - 1983
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 41
1960 - Present
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 42
1936 - 2019
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 43
1962 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 44
1960 - Present
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 45
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 46
1921 - 2007
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 47