1962 - Today
Michael Ashley Ball (born 27 June 1962) is an English singer, presenter and actor. In 1985, he made his West End debut as Marius Pontmercy in the original production of Les Misérables. In 1989, he reached number two in the UK Singles Chart with "Love Changes Everything", from the musical Aspects of Love, where he played Alex Dillingham. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Ball has received more than 2,231,478 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). Michael Ball is the 3,983rd most popular actor (up from 4,645th in 2019), the 3,232nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,718th in 2019) and the 492nd most popular British Actor.
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Among actors, Michael Ball ranks 3,983 out of 9,996. Before him are Wolf Kahler, Thomas Bo Larsen, Jean Vilar, Sara Ramirez, Eddie Marsan, and Michael Kelly. After him are Tom Lister Jr., Bernadette Peters, Ronee Blakley, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Virginia Grey, and Grace Lee Whitney.
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3,977
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3,978
1912 - 1971
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3,979
1975 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3,980
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3,981
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3,982
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3,983
1958 - 2020
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3,984
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3,985
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 3,986
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 3,987
1917 - 2004
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 3,988
1930 - 2015
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 3,989
Among people born in 1962, Michael Ball ranks 193. Before him are Helena Dalli, Uwe Rahn, Yōko Ogawa, Suzy Amis Cameron, Gabriele Tarquini, and Lana Clarkson. After him are José Cura, Atiq Rahimi, Grigory Leps, Ally Sheedy, Janne Andersson, and Mic Michaeli.
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 187
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 188
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 189
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 190
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 191
1962 - 2003
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 192
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 193
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 194
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 195
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 196
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 197
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 198
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 199
Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Ball ranks 3,232 out of 7,765. Before him are Jeremy Wade (1956), William Davies Evans (1790), Hilda of Whitby (614), Mick Jones (1955), Matthew Webb (1848), and Eddie Marsan (1968). After him are Timothy Laurence (1955), Thomas Moran (1837), Thomas Fuller (1608), Mark Gatiss (1966), Tommy Hampson (1907), and Martin Brundle (1959).
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 3,226
1790 - 1872
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 3,227
614 - 680
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3,228
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3,229
1848 - 1883
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3,230
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3,231
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 3,232
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 3,233
1837 - 1926
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 3,234
1608 - 1661
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 3,235
1966 - Present
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 3,236
1907 - 1965
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 3,237
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 3,238
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Michael Ball ranks 492. Before him are Charlie Cox (1982), Dominic Cooper (1978), Roger Lloyd-Pack (1944), Noah Taylor (1969), Jeremy Wade (1956), and Eddie Marsan (1968). After him are Mark Gatiss (1966), Kaya Scodelario (1992), Sydney Greenstreet (1879), Matthew Garber (1956), Brendan Coyle (1963), and Peter Davison (1951).
1982 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 486
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 487
1944 - 2014
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 488
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 489
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 490
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 491
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 492
1966 - Present
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 493
1992 - Present
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 494
1879 - 1954
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 495
1956 - 1977
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 496
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 497
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 498