1920 - 1985
Yuliy Borisovich Briner (Russian: Юлий Борисович Бринер; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985), better known as Yul Brynner, was a Russian-American actor, singer, and director, considered one of the first Russian-American film stars. He became widely 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 won an Academy Award 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. Brynner also starred as Ramesses II in the Cecil B. DeMille epic The Ten Commandments (1956). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yul Brynner has received more than 7,469,733 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Yul Brynner is the 27th most popular actor (down from 20th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Russia (down from 26th 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 27 out of 10,030. Before him are Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Jackie Chan, Judy Garland, Bud Spencer, and Sarah Bernhardt. After him are Danny DeVito, Elizabeth Taylor, Dustin Hoffman, Patrick Swayze, Romy Schneider, and Terence Hill.
1925 - 1984
HPI: 83.54
Rank: 21
1934 - Present
HPI: 83.42
Rank: 22
1954 - Present
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 23
1922 - 1969
HPI: 83.38
Rank: 24
1929 - 2016
HPI: 83.05
Rank: 25
1844 - 1923
HPI: 83.05
Rank: 26
1920 - 1985
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 27
1944 - Present
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 28
1932 - 2011
HPI: 82.50
Rank: 29
1937 - Present
HPI: 82.37
Rank: 30
1952 - 2009
HPI: 82.17
Rank: 31
1938 - 1982
HPI: 82.13
Rank: 32
1939 - Present
HPI: 82.08
Rank: 33
Among people born in 1920, Yul Brynner ranks 4. Before him are Pope John Paul II, Isaac Asimov, and Federico Fellini. After him are Charles Bukowski, Ray Bradbury, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Toshiro Mifune, Rosalind Franklin, Mario Puzo, Farouk of Egypt, and Paul Celan. Among people deceased in 1985, Yul Brynner ranks 2. Before him is Marc Chagall. After him are Enver Hoxha, Konstantin Chernenko, Heinrich Böll, Orson Welles, Fernand Braudel, Carl Schmitt, Charles Francis Richter, Italo Calvino, Rock Hudson, and Simone Signoret.
1920 - 2005
HPI: 89.13
Rank: 1
1920 - 1992
HPI: 83.85
Rank: 2
1920 - 1993
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 3
1920 - 1985
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 4
1920 - 1994
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 5
1920 - 2012
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 6
1920 - 2020
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 7
1920 - 1997
HPI: 79.49
Rank: 8
1920 - 1958
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 9
1920 - 1999
HPI: 77.54
Rank: 10
1920 - 1965
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 11
1920 - 1970
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 12
1887 - 1985
HPI: 84.42
Rank: 1
1920 - 1985
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 2
1908 - 1985
HPI: 82.33
Rank: 3
1911 - 1985
HPI: 81.52
Rank: 4
1917 - 1985
HPI: 81.11
Rank: 5
1915 - 1985
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 6
1902 - 1985
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 7
1888 - 1985
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 8
1900 - 1985
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 9
1923 - 1985
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 10
1925 - 1985
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 11
1921 - 1985
HPI: 75.78
Rank: 12
Among people born in Russia, Yul Brynner ranks 27 out of 2,688. Before him are Wassily Kandinsky (1866), Maxim Gorky (1868), Ayn Rand (1905), Isaac Asimov (1920), Alexander I of Russia (1777), and Mikhail Bakunin (1814). After him are Dmitri Shostakovich (1906), Modest Mussorgsky (1839), Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873), Ivan Turgenev (1818), Nicholas I of Russia (1796), and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844).
1866 - 1944
HPI: 85.01
Rank: 21
1868 - 1936
HPI: 84.53
Rank: 22
1905 - 1982
HPI: 84.20
Rank: 23
1920 - 1992
HPI: 83.85
Rank: 24
1777 - 1825
HPI: 83.26
Rank: 25
1814 - 1876
HPI: 83.25
Rank: 26
1920 - 1985
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 27
1906 - 1975
HPI: 82.97
Rank: 28
1839 - 1881
HPI: 82.66
Rank: 29
1873 - 1943
HPI: 82.60
Rank: 30
1818 - 1883
HPI: 82.56
Rank: 31
1796 - 1855
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 32
1844 - 1908
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 33
Among actors born in Russia, Yul Brynner ranks 1. After him are Konstantin Stanislavski (1863), Armin Mueller-Stahl (1930), Michael Chekhov (1891), Lila Kedrova (1918), Olga Knipper (1868), Yuri Nikulin (1921), Sacha Guitry (1885), Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928), Oleg Popov (1930), George Sanders (1906), and Innokenty Smoktunovsky (1925).
1920 - 1985
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 1
1863 - 1938
HPI: 79.72
Rank: 2
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 3
1891 - 1955
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 4
1918 - 2000
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 5
1868 - 1959
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 6
1921 - 1997
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 7
1885 - 1957
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 8
1928 - 2009
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 9
1930 - 2016
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 10
1906 - 1972
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 11
1925 - 1994
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 12