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Esther Williams

1921 - 2013

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Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American competitive swimmer and actress. She set regional and national records in her late teens on the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. Unable to compete in the 1940 Summer Olympics because of the outbreak of World War II, she joined Billy Rose's Aquacade, where she took on the role vacated by Eleanor Holm after the show's move from New York City to San Francisco. While in the city, she spent five months swimming alongside Olympic gold-medal winner and Tarzan star Johnny Weissmuller. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Esther Williams is the 1,988th most popular actor (down from 1,829th in 2019), the 3,558th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,008th in 2019) and the 971st most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Esther Williams ranks 1,988 out of 13,578. Before her are Sofiko Chiaureli, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Brooke Adams, Charlotte Cushman, Bill Nunn, and David Kelly. After her are Danny Huston, Jason Isaacs, Eric Campbell, Marcel Iureș, Bea Arthur, and Fernando Fernán Gómez.

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Among people born in 1921, Esther Williams ranks 155. Before her are Manitas de Plata, Louis Lachenal, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Malcolm Arnold, Sixto Durán Ballén, and Alex Haley. After her are Fernando Fernán Gómez, Deanna Durbin, Eugenio Coșeriu, Georges Wilson, Lionel Terray, and Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow. Among people deceased in 2013, Esther Williams ranks 146. Before her are Mariangela Melato, Barbara Lawrence, Margherita Hack, Michael Ansara, Bruno Metsu, and Halton Arp. After her are Tony Sheridan, Henrique Rosa, Eiji Toyoda, Deanna Durbin, Bebo Valdés, and Van Cliburn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Esther Williams ranks 3,558 out of 20,380. Before her are Rebbie Jackson (1950), Brooke Adams (1949), Halton Arp (1927), Charlotte Cushman (1816), James F. Byrnes (1882), and Bill Nunn (1953). After her are Duane Allman (1946), Cynthia Rothrock (1957), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), Bea Arthur (1922), Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), and Eben Alexander (1953).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Esther Williams ranks 971. Before her are Charles Napier (1936), Andrew Garfield (1983), Thelma Ritter (1902), Brooke Adams (1949), Charlotte Cushman (1816), and Bill Nunn (1953). After her are Bea Arthur (1922), Sean Young (1959), DeForest Kelley (1920), William Atherton (1947), Sal Mineo (1939), and Frank Morgan (1890).

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