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Edmund Kean

1787 - 1833

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Edmund Kean (4 November 1787 – 15 May 1833) was a British Shakespearean actor, who performed, among other places, in London, Belfast, New York, Quebec, and Paris. He was known for his short stature, tumultuous personal life, and controversial divorce. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Kean is the 1,012th most popular actor (up from 1,270th in 2019), the 1,237th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,346th in 2019) and the 147th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Edmund Kean ranks 1,012 out of 13,578. Before him are Sacha Guitry, Francisco Rabal, Norman Reedus, Kelly Preston, Björn Andrésen, and Emilio Estevez. After him are T.O.P, Sebastian Shaw, David Graf, Cloris Leachman, Michael Dudikoff, and Olof Thunberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, Edmund Kean ranks 13. Before him are Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Franz Xaver Gruber, and Guillaume Henri Dufour. After him are Otto von Kotzebue, Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Nils Gabriel Sefström, Ludwig Uhland, Christian Ludwig Brehm, and James Weddell. Among people deceased in 1833, Edmund Kean ranks 16. Before him are Oliver Wolcott Jr., William Wilberforce, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Hugh Glass, and Pierre-Narcisse Guérin. After him are Abbas Mirza, Adamantios Korais, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, René Louiche Desfontaines, and Antoni Radziwiłł.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Kean ranks 1,237 out of 8,785. Before him are Billy Idol (1955), James Dunlop (1793), Prince Michael of Kent (1942), Ian Curtis (1956), Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime (1849), and Edgar F. Codd (1923). After him are Sebastian Shaw (1905), Edward Whymper (1840), Gilbert Ryle (1900), R. D. Laing (1927), William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg (1184), and Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Edmund Kean ranks 147. Before him are Robert Powell (1944), Jill Ireland (1936), Pete Postlethwaite (1946), Eric Idle (1943), Natascha McElhone (1969), and Rosemary Harris (1927). After him are Sebastian Shaw (1905), Denholm Elliott (1922), Taron Egerton (1989), Imelda Staunton (1956), Dirk Bogarde (1921), and Orlando Bloom (1977).

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