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Ewan McGregor

1971 - Today

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Ewan Gordon McGregor ( YOO-ən; born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor who has starred in various film and musical roles. His first professional role was in 1993, as a leading role in the British Channel 4 series Lipstick on Your Collar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ewan McGregor has received more than 16,761,358 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Ewan McGregor is the 728th most popular actor (down from 725th in 2019), the 909th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 974th in 2019) and the 111th most popular British Actor.

Ewan McGregor is most famous for his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars franchise.

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  • 17M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ewan McGregor ranks 728 out of 10,030. Before him are Kiefer Sutherland, Martin Balsam, Brian Cox, Matt LeBlanc, Robert Loggia, and Jeffrey DeMunn. After him are Amy Adams, Mylène Demongeot, Bernard Lee, Tom Wilkinson, Natasha Richardson, and Sissy Spacek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Ewan McGregor ranks 14. Before him are Julian Assange, Winona Ryder, Jeremy Renner, Idina Menzel, Mark Wahlberg, and Kim Jong-nam. After him are Dolores O'Riordan, Snoop Dogg, Lance Armstrong, Fabien Barthez, Andy Whitfield, and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ewan McGregor ranks 909 out of 6,924. Before him are Ginger Baker (1939), Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850), Charles Wheatstone (1802), Owen Tudor (1400), Robert Browning (1812), and Charles Spearman (1863). After him are Steve Harris (1956), Ruth Rendell (1930), Tom Wilkinson (1948), Natasha Richardson (1963), Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891), and Dominic Purcell (1970).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Ewan McGregor ranks 111. Before him are Julie Walters (1950), Bernard Hill (1944), Orlando Bloom (1977), Ian McDiarmid (1944), Kiefer Sutherland (1966), and Brian Cox (1946). After him are Tom Wilkinson (1948), Natasha Richardson (1963), Dominic Purcell (1970), Stephen Boyd (1931), Daniel Radcliffe (1989), and Greer Garson (1904).

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