1918 - 1987
Robert Preston Meservey (June 8, 1918 – March 21, 1987) was an American stage and film actor and singer. He is best known for originating the role of Professor Harold Hill in the 1957 musical The Music Man for which he received the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Preston has received more than 43,303 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Robert Preston is the 3,893rd most popular actor (down from 3,356th in 2019), the 5,909th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,330th in 2019) and the 1,826th most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, Robert Preston ranks 3,893 out of 9,996. Before him are Nikolai Kryuchkov, Milton Berle, Michael Gwisdek, Ruby Rose, Neda Arnerić, and Jeri Ryan. After him are Laverne Cox, Jeff Conaway, Frankie Avalon, Inna Makarova, R. G. Armstrong, and Henry Travers.
1911 - 1994
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 3,887
1908 - 2002
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 3,888
1942 - 2020
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 3,889
1986 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 3,890
1953 - 2020
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 3,891
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 3,892
1918 - 1987
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 3,893
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 3,894
1950 - 2011
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 3,895
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 3,896
1926 - 2020
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 3,897
1917 - 2012
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 3,898
1874 - 1965
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 3,899
Among people born in 1918, Robert Preston ranks 185. Before him are Alexander Galich, Zara Dolukhanova, André Pilette, Max Merkel, Zakaria Mohieddin, and Martin Lundström. After him are Joey Bishop, Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Émile Derlin Zinsou, Antonio Janigro, Richard Hoggart, and Said Mohamed Djohar. Among people deceased in 1987, Robert Preston ranks 158. Before him are Arne Brustad, Antonio Sastre, Gerald Moore, Paul Janes, Ralph Nelson, and C. L. Moore. After him are Gerhard Fieseler, Alf Landon, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Jaroslav Bouček, Henk Badings, and James Coco.
1918 - 1977
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 179
1918 - 2007
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 180
1918 - 1993
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 181
1918 - 2006
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 182
1918 - 2012
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 183
1918 - 2016
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 184
1918 - 1987
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 185
1918 - 2007
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 186
1918 - 2003
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 187
1918 - 2016
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 188
1918 - 1989
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 189
1918 - 2014
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 190
1918 - 2006
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 191
1912 - 1987
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 152
1911 - 1987
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 153
1899 - 1987
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 154
1912 - 1987
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 155
1916 - 1987
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 156
1911 - 1987
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 157
1918 - 1987
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 158
1896 - 1987
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 159
1887 - 1987
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 160
1900 - 1987
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 161
1912 - 1987
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 162
1907 - 1987
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 163
1930 - 1987
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 164
Among people born in United States, Robert Preston ranks 5,909 out of 18,182. Before him are Betty Hutton (1921), Jacob Epstein (1880), Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926), Christy Turlington (1969), Milton Berle (1908), and William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891). After him are Cesar Chavez (1927), Hunter Biden (1970), Elizabeth Gilbert (1969), Kurt Angle (1968), Laverne Cox (1984), and Jeff Conaway (1950).
1921 - 2007
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 5,903
1880 - 1959
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 5,904
1926 - 2006
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 5,905
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 5,906
1908 - 2002
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 5,907
1891 - 1967
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 5,908
1918 - 1987
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 5,909
1927 - 1993
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 5,910
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 5,911
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 5,912
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 5,913
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 5,914
1950 - 2011
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 5,915
Among actors born in United States, Robert Preston ranks 1,826. Before him are Mariel Hemingway (1961), Ed Wynn (1886), Candy Clark (1947), Verne Troyer (1969), Betty Hutton (1921), and Milton Berle (1908). After him are Laverne Cox (1984), Jeff Conaway (1950), Frankie Avalon (1940), R. G. Armstrong (1917), Gerald McRaney (1947), and George Eads (1967).
1961 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 1,820
1886 - 1966
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 1,821
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 1,822
1969 - 2018
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 1,823
1921 - 2007
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 1,824
1908 - 2002
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 1,825
1918 - 1987
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 1,826
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 1,827
1950 - 2011
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 1,828
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 1,829
1917 - 2012
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 1,830
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 1,831
1967 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 1,832