ACTOR

Hugh Grant

1960 - Today

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Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. His awards include a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award and an Honorary César. As of 2018, his films have grossed a total of nearly US$3 billion worldwide from 29 theatrical releases.He first received attention for his performances in costume dramas including the Merchant-Ivory films Maurice (1987), for which he received the Volpi Cup, and The Remains of the Day (1993) as well as Sense and Sensibility (1995) and Restoration (1995). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Grant has received more than 14,790,499 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Hugh Grant is the 290th most popular actor (up from 352nd in 2019), the 410th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 533rd in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Actor.

Hugh Grant is most famous for his roles in romantic comedies such as Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Hugh Grant ranks 290 out of 10,030. Before him are Sean Penn, Goldie Hawn, Glenn Close, Bibi Andersson, Martin Landau, and Michael Keaton. After him are Albert Finney, Isabelle Huppert, Pierre Richard, Ralph Fiennes, Willem Dafoe, and Nancy Reagan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Hugh Grant ranks 11. Before him are Tim Cook, Jo Nesbø, Antonio Banderas, Philippe of Belgium, Julianne Moore, and Sean Penn. After him are Colin Firth, Yulia Tymoshenko, Joachim Löw, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Pierluigi Collina, and Franco Baresi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Grant ranks 410 out of 6,924. Before him are James I of Scotland (1394), David Niven (1910), Richard Attenborough (1923), Robert Fripp (1946), A. J. Cronin (1896), and Edward Victor Appleton (1892). After him are William Kidd (1645), Albert Finney (1936), J. Bruce Ismay (1862), Ralph Fiennes (1962), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), and Margot Fonteyn (1919).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Hugh Grant ranks 42. Before him are Malcolm McDowell (1943), Ian McShane (1942), Benny Hill (1924), Alec Guinness (1914), Peter Sellers (1925), and David Niven (1910). After him are Albert Finney (1936), Ralph Fiennes (1962), Colin Firth (1960), Olivia Newton-John (1948), Deborah Kerr (1921), and Donald Pleasence (1919).

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