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Gary Coleman

1968 - 2010

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Gary Wayne Coleman (February 8, 1968 – May 28, 2010) was an American actor, known as a high-profile child star of the late 1970s and 1980s. Born in Zion, Illinois, Coleman grew up with his adoptive parents, and a kidney disease; due to the corticosteroids and other medications used to treat it, his growth was limited to 4 ft 8 in (142 cm). In the mid-1970s, he appeared in commercials and acted in an episode of Medical Center. He caught the attention of a producer after acting in a pilot for a revival of The Little Rascals (1977), who decided to cast him as Arnold Jackson in the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986), a role that launched Coleman into stardom. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia. Gary Coleman is the 2,862nd most popular actor (down from 2,724th in 2024), the 4,880th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,244th in 2019) and the 1,365th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Gary Coleman ranks 2,862 out of 13,578. Before him are Darlene Conley, Kathleen Quinlan, Dabbs Greer, Jacki Weaver, Fatma Begum, and Edmund Gwenn. After him are Kim Hye-soo, Richard Johnson, Carl Lumbly, Jo Jung-suk, Franciszek Pieczka, and Zendaya.

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Among people born in 1968, Gary Coleman ranks 106. Before him are Jana Novotná, Daniel Dae Kim, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, Paul Scheuring, Oleg Deripaska, and Rosalinda Celentano. After him are Emma Wiklund, Karl Ove Knausgård, Timothy Olyphant, Surangel Whipps Jr., D'arcy Wretzky, and Kelly Rutherford. Among people deceased in 2010, Gary Coleman ranks 192. Before him are Beverly Aadland, Paul Augustin Mayer, Ingrid Pitt, Tewhida Ben Sheikh, Manute Bol, and Juan Carlos González. After him are Palle Huld, Salvador Jorge Blanco, Ernst von Glasersfeld, Corin Redgrave, Daniel Bensaïd, and Norman Wisdom.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gary Coleman ranks 4,880 out of 20,380. Before him are John Marley (1907), Darlene Conley (1934), Kathleen Quinlan (1954), Dabbs Greer (1917), Sylvia Beach (1887), and James Clapper (1941). After him are Jimmy Smith (1925), Carl Lumbly (1951), Zendaya (1996), Wayne Rainey (1960), India Summer (1975), and Abbie Hoffman (1936).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gary Coleman ranks 1,365. Before him are Blake Clark (1946), James Neill (1860), John Marley (1907), Darlene Conley (1934), Kathleen Quinlan (1954), and Dabbs Greer (1917). After him are Carl Lumbly (1951), Zendaya (1996), Amanda Seyfried (1985), Seth MacFarlane (1973), Alexandra Daddario (1986), and Robert Foxworth (1941).

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