1908 - 1990
Sir Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play French Without Tears, in what was his breakthrough role. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rex Harrison has received more than 4,203,871 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 55 in 2019). Rex Harrison is the 655th most popular actor (down from 546th in 2019), the 817th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 723rd in 2019) and the 101st most popular British Actor.
Rex Harrison is most famous for his role as Dr. Henry Higgins in the musical, My Fair Lady.
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Among actors, Rex Harrison ranks 655 out of 9,996. Before him are Idina Menzel, Bruce Dern, Max Linder, Jeroen Krabbé, Katharina Schratt, and Richard E. Grant. After him are Vera Miles, Rita Moreno, James Spader, Jackie Coogan, Uma Thurman, and Louis Jourdan.
1971 - Present
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 649
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 650
1883 - 1925
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 651
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 652
1853 - 1940
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 653
1957 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 654
1908 - 1990
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 655
1929 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 656
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 657
1960 - Present
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 658
1914 - 1984
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 659
1970 - Present
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 660
1921 - 2015
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 661
Among people born in 1908, Rex Harrison ranks 50. Before him are Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, Arthur Adamov, Józef Gosławski, Victor Ambartsumian, Martha Gellhorn, and Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden. After him are Robert Merle, Mercè Rodoreda, Bernard Lee, Stéphane Grappelli, Henri, Count of Paris, and Chivu Stoica. Among people deceased in 1990, Rex Harrison ranks 38. Before him are Bruno Kreisky, Capucine, Edward A. Murphy Jr., Robert Noyce, Taiichi Ohno, and Ivan Serov. After him are Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, Aaron Copland, Oldřich Nejedlý, Patrick White, Vasili Kuznetsov, and Jill Ireland.
1908 - 1975
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 44
1908 - 1970
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 45
1908 - 1963
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 46
1908 - 1996
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 47
1908 - 1998
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 48
1908 - 1967
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 49
1908 - 1990
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 50
1908 - 2004
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 51
1908 - 1983
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 52
1908 - 1981
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 53
1908 - 1997
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 54
1908 - 1999
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 55
1908 - 1975
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 56
1911 - 1990
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 32
1928 - 1990
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 33
1918 - 1990
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 34
1927 - 1990
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 35
1912 - 1990
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 36
1905 - 1990
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 37
1908 - 1990
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 38
1901 - 1990
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 39
1900 - 1990
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 40
1909 - 1990
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 41
1912 - 1990
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 42
1901 - 1990
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 43
1936 - 1990
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 44
Among people born in United Kingdom, Rex Harrison ranks 817 out of 7,765. Before him are George Porter (1920), James Hadley Chase (1906), Peter Benenson (1921), Brian Epstein (1934), Louise of Great Britain (1724), and Jerome K. Jerome (1859). After him are Leonora Carrington (1917), Philip Noel-Baker (1889), Mary Kingsley (1862), Denis Thatcher (1915), Paul Grice (1913), and Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (1508).
1920 - 2002
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 811
1906 - 1985
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 812
1921 - 2005
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 813
1934 - 1967
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 814
1724 - 1751
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 815
1859 - 1927
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 816
1908 - 1990
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 817
1917 - 2011
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 818
1889 - 1982
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 819
1862 - 1900
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 820
1915 - 2003
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 821
1913 - 1988
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 822
1508 - 1549
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 823
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Rex Harrison ranks 101. Before him are Tim Roth (1961), Charles Laughton (1899), Imelda Staunton (1956), John Gielgud (1904), Wentworth Miller (1972), and David McCallum (1933). After him are Peter Finch (1916), Bernard Hill (1944), Bernard Lee (1908), Graham Chapman (1941), Tom Wilkinson (1948), and Terry Jones (1942).
1961 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 95
1899 - 1962
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 96
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 97
1904 - 2000
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 98
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 99
1933 - 2023
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 100
1908 - 1990
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 101
1916 - 1977
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 102
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 103
1908 - 1981
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 104
1941 - 1989
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 105
1948 - 2023
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 106
1942 - 2020
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 107