ACTOR

Ian Bannen

1928 - 1999

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Ian Edmund Bannen (29 June 1928 – 3 November 1999) was a Scottish actor with a long career in film, on stage, and on television. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance in The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), the first Scottish actor to receive the honour, as well as two BAFTA Film Awards for his performances in Sidney Lumet's The Offence (1973) and John Boorman's Hope and Glory (1987). On stage, Bannen was renowned for his interpretations of William Shakespeare and Eugene O'Neill, and was an original member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Bannen has received more than 1,338,906 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ian Bannen is the 2,899th most popular actor (down from 2,576th in 2019), the 2,500th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,353rd in 2019) and the 347th most popular British Actor.

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  • 58.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ian Bannen ranks 2,899 out of 13,578. Before him are Yuri Lyubimov, Nikolai Karachentsov, Martha Hyer, John Doman, Mitchell Ryan, and Seth MacFarlane. After him are Enrique Irazoqui, Robert Urich, Hugh Bonneville, James Michael Tyler, Paz Vega, and Joanne Whalley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Ian Bannen ranks 283. Before him are Anna Kolesárová, Chaim Kanievsky, Marion Ross, Eric Porter, Tahir Salahov, and Mitchell Ryan. After him are Arthur Melvin Okun, Elio Sgreccia, Bill Mollison, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Dick Miller, and Pedro Casaldáliga. Among people deceased in 1999, Ian Bannen ranks 134. Before him are Oswaldo Guayasamín, Jacques Lecoq, Riccardo Freda, Bing Xin, Susan Strasberg, and Taheyya Kariokka. After him are Igor M. Diakonoff, Maxim Munzuk, Louis Boyer, Madeline Kahn, Umberto Maglioli, and Gonzalo Torrente Ballester.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Bannen ranks 2,500 out of 8,785. Before him are Samuel Clarke (1675), Gareth Southgate (1970), Martin Peters (1943), André Waterkeyn (1917), Norman Wisdom (1915), and Edward Coke (1552). After him are Andy Murray (1987), Laurence Doherty (1875), Hugh Bonneville (1963), James Douglas, Lord of Douglas (1286), Ralph Abercromby (1734), and Joanne Whalley (1961).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Ian Bannen ranks 347. Before him are Bernard Fox (1927), Corin Redgrave (1939), Chiwetel Ejiofor (1977), Belinda Lee (1935), Lindsay Duncan (1950), and Norman Wisdom (1915). After him are Hugh Bonneville (1963), Joanne Whalley (1961), Matt Smith (1982), Natalie Dormer (1982), Vincent Regan (1965), and Minnie Driver (1970).

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