1949 - 1990
Ian Charleson (11 August 1949 – 6 January 1990) was a Scottish stage and film actor. He is best known internationally for his starring role as Olympic athlete and missionary Eric Liddell in the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire. He is also well known for his portrayal of Rev. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Charleson has received more than 1,320,666 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ian Charleson is the 5,451st most popular actor (down from 5,321st in 2019), the 4,141st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,116th in 2019) and the 668th most popular British Actor.
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Among actors, Ian Charleson ranks 5,451 out of 9,996. Before him are Matthew Lewis, Shabana Azmi, Jesse Plemons, Christian Camargo, Geraldine Somerville, and Regina Hall. After him are Natalya Andreychenko, Jaime Pressly, Julián Gil, Dimple Kapadia, Talulah Riley, and Michael Badalucco.
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 5,445
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 5,446
1988 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 5,447
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 5,448
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 5,449
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 5,450
1949 - 1990
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 5,451
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 5,452
1977 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 5,453
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 5,454
1957 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 5,455
1985 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 5,456
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 5,457
Among people born in 1949, Ian Charleson ranks 484. Before him are Anthony Denison, Patrick Kilpatrick, Mitsunori Fujiguchi, Robert Pickton, Irena Degutienė, and Mary Roos. After him are Raoul Cédras, John Shea, Gennady Novitsky, Ricardo Londoño, Zlatko Mateša, and Rafael Ángel Calderón Fournier. Among people deceased in 1990, Ian Charleson ranks 232. Before him are Margaret Lockwood, Ina Balin, Omero Tognon, Sadi Irmak, Dries van der Lof, and Georges de Rham. After him are Ryan White, Xosé María Díaz Castro, Boris Piotrovsky, Ramón Piñeiro López, Edward Binns, and Arno Arthur Wachmann.
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 478
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 479
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 480
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 481
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 482
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 483
1949 - 1990
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 484
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 485
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 486
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 487
1949 - 2009
HPI: 44.10
Rank: 488
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.10
Rank: 489
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 490
1916 - 1990
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 226
1937 - 1990
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 227
1924 - 1990
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 228
1904 - 1990
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 229
1919 - 1990
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 230
1903 - 1990
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 231
1949 - 1990
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 232
1971 - 1990
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 233
1914 - 1990
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 234
1908 - 1990
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 235
1915 - 1990
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 236
1916 - 1990
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 237
1902 - 1990
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 238
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian Charleson ranks 4,141 out of 7,765. Before him are Douglas Slocombe (1913), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), Vincent Nichols (1945), Richard Gunn (1871), and Val McDermid (1955). After him are John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792), Ben Nicholson (1894), Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), Frank Bruno (1961), Talulah Riley (1985), and Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773).
1913 - 2016
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 4,135
1882 - 1948
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 4,136
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 4,137
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 4,138
1871 - 1961
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4,139
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4,140
1949 - 1990
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4,141
1792 - 1840
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4,142
1894 - 1982
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4,143
1741 - 1759
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4,144
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 4,145
1985 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 4,146
1773 - 1844
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 4,147
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Ian Charleson ranks 668. Before him are Clive Dunn (1920), David Hewlett (1968), Indira Varma (1973), Mark Lester (1958), Roger Allam (1953), and Matthew Lewis (1989). After him are Talulah Riley (1985), Maisie Williams (1997), Samantha Morton (1977), Christian Coulson (1978), Kathryn Beaumont (1938), and Bradley James (1983).
1920 - 2012
HPI: 44.27
Rank: 662
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 663
1973 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 664
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 665
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 666
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 667
1949 - 1990
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 668
1985 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 669
1997 - Present
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 670
1977 - Present
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 671
1978 - Present
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 672
1938 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 673
1983 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 674