1925 - 1984
Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s and gave a memorable performance as Hamlet in 1964. He was called "the natural successor to Olivier" by critic Kenneth Tynan. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Burton has received more than 11,477,736 page views. His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Burton is the 20th most popular actor (up from 21st in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 4th most popular British Actor.
Richard Burton is most famous for being a Welsh actor and writer. He is most known for his roles in "Cleopatra" and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
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Among actors, Richard Burton ranks 20 out of 9,996. Before him are Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sophia Loren, Marlene Dietrich, Marlon Brando, Clint Eastwood, and Amitabh Bachchan. After him are Louis de Funès, James Stewart, Jackie Chan, Morgan Freeman, Bud Spencer, and Danny DeVito.
1947 - Present
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 14
1934 - Present
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 15
1901 - 1992
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 16
1924 - 2004
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 17
1930 - Present
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 18
1942 - Present
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 19
1925 - 1984
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 20
1914 - 1983
HPI: 78.46
Rank: 21
1908 - 1997
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 22
1954 - Present
HPI: 78.11
Rank: 23
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 24
1929 - 2016
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 25
1944 - Present
HPI: 77.60
Rank: 26
Among people born in 1925, Richard Burton ranks 3. Before him are Malcolm X and Margaret Thatcher. After him are Pol Pot, Yukio Mishima, Mikis Theodorakis, Paul Newman, Albert Bandura, Gilles Deleuze, Patrice Lumumba, Zygmunt Bauman, and Alija Izetbegović. Among people deceased in 1984, Richard Burton ranks 2. Before him is Michel Foucault. After him are Yuri Andropov, Indira Gandhi, François Truffaut, Paul Dirac, Johnny Weissmuller, Martin Niemöller, Ray Kroc, Mikhail Sholokhov, Truman Capote, and Ed Gein.
1925 - 1965
HPI: 83.94
Rank: 1
1925 - 2013
HPI: 83.20
Rank: 2
1925 - 1984
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 3
1925 - 1998
HPI: 78.53
Rank: 4
1925 - 1970
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 5
1925 - 2021
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 6
1925 - 2008
HPI: 73.22
Rank: 7
1925 - 2021
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 8
1925 - 1995
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 9
1925 - 1961
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 10
1925 - 2017
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 11
1925 - 2003
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 12
1926 - 1984
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 1
1925 - 1984
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 2
1914 - 1984
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 3
1917 - 1984
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 4
1932 - 1984
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 5
1902 - 1984
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 6
1904 - 1984
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 7
1892 - 1984
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 8
1902 - 1984
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 9
1905 - 1984
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 10
1924 - 1984
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 11
1906 - 1984
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Burton ranks 58 out of 7,765. Before him are Oliver Cromwell (1599), Thomas Robert Malthus (1766), Alfred the Great (849), Cecil Rhodes (1853), John Stuart Mill (1806), and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930). After him are William Wallace (1270), Herbert Spencer (1820), Charles Babbage (1791), Henry VII of England (1457), George VI (1895), and Virginia Woolf (1882).
1599 - 1658
HPI: 78.88
Rank: 52
1766 - 1834
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 53
849 - 899
HPI: 78.72
Rank: 54
1853 - 1902
HPI: 78.64
Rank: 55
1806 - 1873
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 56
1930 - 2002
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 57
1925 - 1984
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 58
1270 - 1305
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 59
1820 - 1903
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 60
1791 - 1871
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 61
1457 - 1509
HPI: 77.85
Rank: 62
1895 - 1952
HPI: 77.75
Rank: 63
1882 - 1941
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 64
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Richard Burton ranks 4. Before him are Charlie Chaplin (1889), Anthony Hopkins (1937), and Sean Connery (1930). After him are Roger Moore (1927), Maggie Smith (1934), Alan Rickman (1946), Ian McKellen (1939), Liam Neeson (1952), Elizabeth Taylor (1932), Rowan Atkinson (1955), and Cary Grant (1904).
1889 - 1977
HPI: 86.83
Rank: 1
1937 - Present
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 2
1930 - 2020
HPI: 79.73
Rank: 3
1925 - 1984
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 4
1927 - 2017
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 5
1934 - Present
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 6
1946 - 2016
HPI: 75.48
Rank: 7
1939 - Present
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 8
1952 - Present
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 9
1932 - 2011
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 10
1955 - Present
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 11
1904 - 1986
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 12