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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 18,064,802 page views. His biography is available in 61 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Richard Harris is the 182nd most popular actor (down from 162nd in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 18th 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

  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 61

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Harris ranks 182 out of 9,996Before him are Natalie Wood, Anna Magnani, Sandra Bullock, Jet Li, Anouk Aimée, and Bill Murray. After him are Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jared Leto, Harvey Keitel, Alec Guinness, Christopher Walken, and Daniel Craig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Richard Harris ranks 22Before him are Mobutu Sese Seko, Baudouin of Belgium, Gene Hackman, Salvatore Riina, Silvana Mangano, and Anton LaVey. After him are Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pete Conrad, Philippe Noiret, Maximilian Schell, Ion Iliescu, and Claude Chabrol. Among people deceased in 2002, Richard Harris ranks 10Before him are Simo Häyhä, Pierre Bourdieu, Thor Heyerdahl, Hans-Georg Gadamer, John Rawls, and Billy Wilder. After him are Vavá, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Traudl Junge, László Kubala, Niki de Saint Phalle, and Chuck Jones.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Richard Harris ranks 17 out of 501Before him are Bram Stoker (1847), Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769), William Rowan Hamilton (1805), Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), Francis Bacon (1909), and John Scotus Eriugena (810). After him are Anne Bonny (1702), W. B. Yeats (1865), Ernest Shackleton (1874), Laurence Sterne (1713), Enya (1961), and Michael Collins (1890).

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), Maureen O'Sullivan (1911), and Fionnula Flanagan (1941).

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