Actor

Ian McKellen

English actor

1939 - today

EN.WIKIPEDIA PAGE VIEWS (PV)

Photo of Ian McKellen

Icon of person Ian McKellen

His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2024). Ian McKellen is the 85th most popular actor (down from 72nd in 2024), the 199th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 110th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Actor.

Ian McKellen is most famous for playing Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies.

Memorability Metrics

3.2M

Page Views

Past 12 months

77.80

HPI

Historical Popularity Index

Data Insights

#85 / 16k

Ian McKellen ranks #85 of 15,712 Actors worldwide, placing them among the top 1% of the profession.

77

Ian McKellen's biography appears in 77 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 98% of all Actors.

Page views of Ian McKellen by language

Loading...

Among Actors

Among actors, Ian McKellen ranks 85 out of 15,712. Before him are Henry Fonda, Denzel Washington, Maggie Smith, Robert Redford, Jon Voight, and David Hasselhoff. After him are Leslie Nielsen, Kevin Costner, Buster Keaton, Michael Caine, Rowan Atkinson, and Tom Cruise.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previous peopleLoad more people

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Ian McKellen ranks 6. Before him are Ali Khamenei, Marvin Gaye, Terence Hill, Tina Turner, and Francis Ford Coppola. After him are Lee Harvey Oswald, Stanislav Petrov, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Peter Grünberg, Giovanni Trapattoni, and Amos Oz.

Others Born in 1939

Go to all Rankings
Load previous peopleLoad more people

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ian McKellen ranks 199 out of 9,870. Before him are Maggie Smith (1934), Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), John Napier (1550), Paul Dirac (1902), Robert Robinson (1886), and Blackbeard (1680). After him are Eric Clapton (1945), Cat Stevens (1948), Saint Patrick (385), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900), Calico Jack (1682), and Michael Caine (1933).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previous peopleLoad more people

Among Actors In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Ian McKellen ranks 10. Before him are Sean Connery (1930), Elizabeth Taylor (1932), Christopher Lee (1922), Alan Rickman (1946), Liam Neeson (1952), and Maggie Smith (1934). After him are Michael Caine (1933), Rowan Atkinson (1955), James Mason (1909), Charlotte Rampling (1946), Roger Moore (1927), and Cary Grant (1904).

British born Actors

Go to all Rankings
Load previous peopleLoad more people
العربية•中文•Nederlands•English•Français•Deutsch•Magyar•Italiano•日本語•Polski•Português•Русский•Español