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Alan Rickman

1946 - 2016

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Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor and director. Known for his distinctive deep, languid voice, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, performing in modern and classical theatre productions. He played the Vicomte de Valmont in the RSC stage production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses in 1985, and after the production transferred to the West End in 1986 and Broadway in 1987, he was nominated for a Tony Award. Rickman made his film debut as the German criminal mastermind Hans Gruber in Die Hard (1988). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Rickman is the 59th most popular actor (down from 47th in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 85th in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Actor.

Alan Rickman is most famous for playing the role of Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films.

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Among actors, Alan Rickman ranks 59 out of 13,578. Before him are Harrison Ford, Chuck Norris, Anthony Quinn, Hedy Lamarr, Meryl Streep, and Toshiro Mifune. After him are Will Smith, Liam Neeson, Vivien Leigh, James Dean, Steven Seagal, and Kirk Douglas.

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Among people born in 1946, Alan Rickman ranks 15. Before him are Bill Clinton, David Lynch, Sonia Gandhi, Marina Abramović, Isaias Afwerki, and Patti Smith. After him are Marianne Faithfull, Ted Bundy, Demis Roussos, José Carreras, Bon Scott, and Candice Bergen. Among people deceased in 2016, Alan Rickman ranks 12. Before him are John Glenn, Bud Spencer, Shimon Peres, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, and Debbie Reynolds. After him are Zaha Hadid, Imre Kertész, Islam Karimov, Dario Fo, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and Cesare Maldini.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Rickman ranks 151 out of 8,785. Before him are Nicholas Winton (1909), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), William Ramsay (1852), J. M. W. Turner (1775), Robert Louis Stevenson (1850), and Walter Scott (1771). After him are Marianne Faithfull (1946), Thomas Andrews (1873), Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930), Neville Chamberlain (1869), Liam Neeson (1952), and Anna Wintour (1949).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Alan Rickman ranks 7. Before him are Charlie Chaplin (1889), Anthony Hopkins (1937), Richard Burton (1925), Sean Connery (1930), Elizabeth Taylor (1932), and Christopher Lee (1922). After him are Liam Neeson (1952), Maggie Smith (1934), Ian McKellen (1939), Michael Caine (1933), Rowan Atkinson (1955), and James Mason (1909).

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