SOCCER PLAYER
Billy McNeill
1940 - 2019
Billy McNeill
William McNeill (2 March 1940 – 22 April 2019) was a Scottish football player and manager. He had a long association with Celtic, spanning more than sixty years as a player, manager and club ambassador. McNeill captained Celtic's 'Lisbon Lions' to their European Cup victory in 1967 and later spent two spells as the club's manager. As a player and manager, he won 31 major trophies with Celtic. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Billy McNeill is the 2,851st most popular soccer player (down from 2,675th in 2019), the 3,733rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,445th in 2019) and the 175th most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among SOCCER PLAYERS
Among soccer players, Billy McNeill ranks 2,851 out of 21,273. Before him are Nihat Kahveci, José Luis Cuciuffo, David Acevedo, José Muguerza, Tomáš Galásek, and Boško Gjurovski. After him are Leon Goretzka, Mia Hamm, Pedro Artola, Ralph Hasenhüttl, Andrés Palop, and Kimiko Shiratori.
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Nihat Kahveci
1979 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 2,849
José Luis Cuciuffo
1961 - 2004
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 2,850
David Acevedo
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 2,851
José Muguerza
1911 - 1980
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 2,852
Tomáš Galásek
1973 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 2,853
Boško Gjurovski
1961 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 2,854
Billy McNeill
1940 - 2019
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 2,855
Leon Goretzka
1995 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 2,856
Mia Hamm
1972 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 2,857
Pedro Artola
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 2,858
Ralph Hasenhüttl
1967 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 2,859
Andrés Palop
1973 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 2,860
Kimiko Shiratori
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 2,861
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1940, Billy McNeill ranks 366. Before him are Werner Krämer, Bohdan Paczyński, Jean-Paul Proust, Don Nelson, Claire Bretécher, and Jorma Kaukonen. After him are Nasser Al-Sabah, Claus Offe, Ralph Towner, Karin Baal, Alberto Gallardo, and Vicente Miera. Among people deceased in 2019, Billy McNeill ranks 330. Before him are Gunder Bengtsson, Beth Carvalho, Rudi Assauer, Richard Lugar, Jaegwon Kim, and Giovanni Bramucci. After him are Therese Zenz, Abdallah Lamrani, Med Hondo, Harley Race, François Weyergans, and Dinko Dermendzhiev.
Others Born in 1940
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Werner Krämer
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 2010
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 360
Bohdan Paczyński
ASTRONOMER
1940 - 2007
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 361
Jean-Paul Proust
POLITICIAN
1940 - 2010
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 362
Don Nelson
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 363
Claire Bretécher
COMIC ARTIST
1940 - 2020
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 364
Jorma Kaukonen
MUSICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 365
Billy McNeill
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 2019
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 366
Nasser Al-Sabah
POLITICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 367
Claus Offe
SOCIOLOGIST
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 368
Ralph Towner
MUSICIAN
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 369
Karin Baal
ACTOR
1940 - 2024
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 370
Alberto Gallardo
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 2001
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 371
Vicente Miera
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 372
Others Deceased in 2019
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Gunder Bengtsson
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - 2019
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 324
Beth Carvalho
SINGER
1946 - 2019
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 325
Rudi Assauer
SOCCER PLAYER
1944 - 2019
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 326
Richard Lugar
POLITICIAN
1932 - 2019
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 327
Jaegwon Kim
PHILOSOPHER
1934 - 2019
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 328
Giovanni Bramucci
CYCLIST
1946 - 2019
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 329
Billy McNeill
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 2019
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 330
Therese Zenz
ATHLETE
1932 - 2019
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 331
Abdallah Lamrani
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - 2019
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 332
Med Hondo
FILM DIRECTOR
1936 - 2019
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 333
Harley Race
WRESTLER
1943 - 2019
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 334
François Weyergans
WRITER
1941 - 2019
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 335
Dinko Dermendzhiev
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 2019
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 336
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Billy McNeill ranks 3,734 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Mann (1942), Dorothy Tyler-Odam (1920), Delia Derbyshire (1937), John Polkinghorne (1930), Joe Abercrombie (1974), and Nigel Terry (1945). After him are Jack McConnell (1960), Lucy Walter (1630), Don Revie (1927), Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341), Derek Bell (1941), and Jennifer Saunders (1958).
Others born in United Kingdom
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Michael Mann
SOCIOLOGIST
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 3,728
Dorothy Tyler-Odam
ATHLETE
1920 - 2014
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 3,729
Delia Derbyshire
MUSICIAN
1937 - 2001
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 3,730
John Polkinghorne
PHYSICIST
1930 - 2021
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 3,731
Joe Abercrombie
WRITER
1974 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 3,732
Nigel Terry
ACTOR
1945 - 2015
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 3,733
Billy McNeill
SOCCER PLAYER
1940 - 2019
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 3,734
Jack McConnell
POLITICIAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 3,735
Lucy Walter
NOBLEMAN
1630 - 1658
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 3,736
Don Revie
SOCCER PLAYER
1927 - 1989
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 3,737
Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland
POLITICIAN
1341 - 1408
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 3,738
Derek Bell
RACING DRIVER
1941 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 3,739
Jennifer Saunders
ACTOR
1958 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 3,740
Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom
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