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Charlton Heston

1923 - 2008

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Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor. He gained stardom for his leading man roles in numerous Hollywood films including biblical epics, science-fiction films, and action films. He won an Academy Award in addition to earning nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and three Primetime Emmy Awards. He won numerous honorary accolades including the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1978, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1967, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1971, the Kennedy Center Honors in 1997, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charlton Heston is the 102nd most popular actor (up from 124th in 2019), the 253rd most popular biography from United States (down from 240th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Actor.

Charlton Heston is most famous for his role as Moses in the film The Ten Commandments.

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Among actors, Charlton Heston ranks 102 out of 13,578. Before him are Candice Bergen, Clark Gable, Richard Chamberlain, Gregory Peck, Sharon Tate, and Cameron Diaz. After him are Sigourney Weaver, Donald Sutherland, John Holmes, Ben Affleck, James Mason, and Johnny Depp.

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Among people born in 1923, Charlton Heston ranks 10. Before him are Shimon Peres, Philip Warren Anderson, Wisława Szymborska, Idi Amin, Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and Heydar Aliyev. After him are Joseph Heller, Wojciech Jaruzelski, Irma Grese, Italo Calvino, Nadine Gordimer, and Daniel Carleton Gajdusek. Among people deceased in 2008, Charlton Heston ranks 8. Before him are Paul Newman, Yves Saint Laurent, Suharto, Bobby Fischer, Chinghiz Aitmatov, and Edmund Hillary. After him are Arthur C. Clarke, Samuel P. Huntington, Willis Lamb, Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, Hua Guofeng, and Albert Hofmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charlton Heston ranks 253 out of 20,380. Before him are Sharon Tate (1943), Lee Harvey Oswald (1939), Thomas Kuhn (1922), Cameron Diaz (1972), Olympias (-375), and Barry White (1944). After him are Eli Whitney (1765), Sigourney Weaver (1949), Joseph Heller (1923), Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866), John Holmes (1944), and Ben Affleck (1972).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Charlton Heston ranks 55. Before him are Candice Bergen (1946), Clark Gable (1901), Richard Chamberlain (1934), Gregory Peck (1916), Sharon Tate (1943), and Cameron Diaz (1972). After him are Sigourney Weaver (1949), John Holmes (1944), Ben Affleck (1972), Johnny Depp (1963), Diane Keaton (1946), and Peter Falk (1927).

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