1920 - 1985
Yuliy Borisovich Briner (Russian: Юлий Борисович Бринер; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985), known professionally as Yul Brynner, was a Russian actor. He was best known for his portrayal of King Mongkut in the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical The King and I, for which he won two Tony Awards, and later an Academy Award for Best Actor for the film adaptation. He played the role 4,625 times on stage and became known for his shaved head, which he maintained as a personal trademark long after adopting it for The King and I. Considered one of the first Russian-American film stars, he was honored with a ceremony to put his handprints in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood in 1956, and also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. In 1956, Brynner received the National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Rameses II in the Cecil B. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yul Brynner has received more than 10,482,608 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Yul Brynner is the 36th most popular actor (down from 27th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Russia (down from 27th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Actor.
Yul Brynner is most famous for his role as the King of Siam in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I.
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Among actors, Yul Brynner ranks 36 out of 9,996. Before him are Romy Schneider, Jack Nicholson, Vivien Leigh, Charles Bronson, Sarah Bernhardt, and Harrison Ford. After him are Claudia Cardinale, Roger Moore, Maggie Smith, Chuck Norris, Meryl Streep, and Alan Rickman.
1938 - 1982
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 30
1937 - Present
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 31
1913 - 1967
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 32
1921 - 2003
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 33
1844 - 1923
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 34
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 35
1920 - 1985
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 36
1938 - Present
HPI: 75.95
Rank: 37
1927 - 2017
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 38
1934 - Present
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 39
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 40
1949 - Present
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 41
1946 - 2016
HPI: 75.48
Rank: 42
Among people born in 1920, Yul Brynner ranks 5. Before him are Pope John Paul II, Federico Fellini, Isaac Asimov, and Charles Bukowski. After him are Frank Herbert, Toshiro Mifune, Rosalind Franklin, Ray Bradbury, Farouk of Egypt, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, and Mario Puzo. Among people deceased in 1985, Yul Brynner ranks 4. Before him are Marc Chagall, Enver Hoxha, and Konstantin Chernenko. After him are Heinrich Böll, Orson Welles, Fernand Braudel, Carl Schmitt, Italo Calvino, László Bíró, Simone Signoret, and Rock Hudson.
1920 - 2005
HPI: 85.38
Rank: 1
1920 - 1993
HPI: 79.23
Rank: 2
1920 - 1992
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 3
1920 - 1994
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 4
1920 - 1985
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 5
1920 - 1986
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 6
1920 - 1997
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 7
1920 - 1958
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 8
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 9
1920 - 1965
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 10
1920 - 2020
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 11
1920 - 1999
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 12
1887 - 1985
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 1
1908 - 1985
HPI: 77.13
Rank: 2
1911 - 1985
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 3
1920 - 1985
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 4
1917 - 1985
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 5
1915 - 1985
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 6
1902 - 1985
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 7
1888 - 1985
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 8
1923 - 1985
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 9
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 10
1921 - 1985
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 11
1925 - 1985
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 12
Among people born in Russia, Yul Brynner ranks 45 out of 3,262. Before him are Alexander II of Russia (1818), Modest Mussorgsky (1839), Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (1901), Konstantin Chernenko (1911), Vyacheslav Molotov (1890), and Boris Pasternak (1890). After him are Vladimir Nabokov (1899), E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844), Turhan Hatice Sultan (1627), David Hilbert (1862), and Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895).
1818 - 1881
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 39
1839 - 1881
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 40
1901 - 1918
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 41
1911 - 1985
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 42
1890 - 1986
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 43
1890 - 1960
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 44
1920 - 1985
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 45
1899 - 1977
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 46
1776 - 1822
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 47
1844 - 1908
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 48
1627 - 1683
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 49
1862 - 1943
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 50
1895 - 1918
HPI: 74.89
Rank: 51
Among actors born in Russia, Yul Brynner ranks 1. After him are Armin Mueller-Stahl (1930), Lila Kedrova (1918), Michael Chekhov (1891), Yuri Nikulin (1921), Leonid Kuravlyov (1936), Olga Knipper (1868), Sacha Guitry (1885), Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928), Yevgeny Leonov (1926), Andrei Mironov (1941), and Lyubov Orlova (1902).
1920 - 1985
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 1
1930 - Present
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 2
1918 - 2000
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 3
1891 - 1955
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 4
1921 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 5
1936 - 2022
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 6
1868 - 1959
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 7
1885 - 1957
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 8
1928 - 2009
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 9
1926 - 1994
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 10
1941 - 1987
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 11
1902 - 1975
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 12