ACTOR

Richard Harris

1930 - 2002

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Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. Having studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he rose to prominence as an icon of the British New Wave. He received numerous accolades including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and a Grammy Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Harris has received more than 18,896,642 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Richard Harris is the 167th most popular actor (up from 182nd in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 17th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Actor.

Richard Harris is most famous for playing the role of King Arthur in the film "Excalibur."

Memorability Metrics

  • 19M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Harris ranks 167 out of 13,578Before him are Rita Hayworth, Jeremy Irons, Angelina Jolie, Marcel Marceau, Christopher Walken, and Jared Leto. After him are Russell Crowe, Geraldine Chaplin, Christoph Waltz, Sharon Stone, Max von Sydow, and Julia Roberts.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Richard Harris ranks 24Before him are Salvatore Riina, Pete Conrad, Gene Hackman, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Noiret, and Tu Youyou. After him are Ion Iliescu, Maximilian Schell, Carlos Menem, Claude Chabrol, Niki de Saint Phalle, and Silvana Mangano. Among people deceased in 2002, Richard Harris ranks 10Before him are Pierre Bourdieu, Simo Häyhä, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Thor Heyerdahl, John Rawls, and Billy Wilder. After him are Vavá, Ruth Handler, László Kubala, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, and Traudl Junge.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Richard Harris ranks 15 out of 549Before him are Francis Bacon (1909), Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769), Bram Stoker (1847), Edmund Burke (1729), Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), and Pierce Brosnan (1953). After him are William Rowan Hamilton (1805), Anne Bonny (1702), John Scotus Eriugena (810), W. B. Yeats (1865), Columbanus (540), and Michael D. Higgins (1941).

Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Richard Harris ranks 3Before him are Michael Gambon (1940), and Pierce Brosnan (1953). After him are Lola Montez (1821), Cillian Murphy (1976), Gabriel Byrne (1950), Brendan Gleeson (1955), Maureen O'Hara (1920), David Kelly (1929), Colin Farrell (1976), Brenda Fricker (1945), and Fionnula Flanagan (1941).

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