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Ben Cross

1947 - 2020

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Harry Bernard Cross (16 December 1947 – 18 August 2020) was an English actor. He was best known for his portrayal of the British Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire and for playing Billy Flynn in the original West End production of the musical Chicago. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Cross is the 1,553rd most popular actor (up from 1,570th in 2019), the 1,737th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,580th in 2019) and the 216th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ben Cross ranks 1,553 out of 13,578. Before him are Lotte Lenya, Jennifer Lawrence, Billy Dee Williams, Momoko Kōchi, Marisa Mell, and Pedro Infante. After him are Gordon Scott, Hibari Misora, Maggie Cheung, Daniel Brühl, Brad Davis, and Adam Goldberg.

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Among people born in 1947, Ben Cross ranks 201. Before him are Christian Jacq, Bryan Brown, Aad de Mos, Lois Chiles, Philippe Herreweghe, and John Adams. After him are Greg Lake, Dawoud Rajiha, Don Henley, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, Ignazio La Russa, and Jacob Bekenstein. Among people deceased in 2020, Ben Cross ranks 146. Before him are Miloš Jakeš, Alejandro Sabella, Charles Moore, Princess María Teresa of Bourbon-Parma, Mory Kanté, and Adolfo Nicolás. After him are Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Rocky Johnson, Bill Withers, Jānis Lūsis, Kang Kek Iew, and Vera Lynn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ben Cross ranks 1,737 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Radmilovic (1886), Jimmy Greaves (1940), John Marshall (1748), George Mary Searle (1839), Blanche of Lancaster (1345), and Carol Reed (1906). After him are Greg Lake (1947), Henry Sidgwick (1838), Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766), Dave Hill (1946), Sandford Fleming (1827), and Thomas Kyd (1558).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Ben Cross ranks 216. Before him are Emilia Clarke (1986), Una O'Connor (1880), Karen Gillan (1987), Rupert Everett (1959), Robert Hardy (1925), and Edward Gordon Craig (1872). After him are Elsa Lanchester (1902), Elizabeth Hurley (1965), Donald Crisp (1882), Rosamund Pike (1979), Paul Scofield (1922), and Robert Pattinson (1986).

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