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Gregory Peck

1916 - 2003

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Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema. After studying at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner, Peck began appearing in stage productions, acting in over 50 plays and three Broadway productions. He first gained critical success in The Keys of the Kingdom (1944), a John M. Stahl–directed drama that earned him his first Academy Award nomination. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gregory Peck is the 99th most popular actor, the 244th most popular biography from United States (down from 188th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Actor.

Gregory Peck is most famous for his role as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird.

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Among actors, Gregory Peck ranks 99 out of 13,578. Before him are Humphrey Bogart, Greta Garbo, Jean Marais, Candice Bergen, Clark Gable, and Richard Chamberlain. After him are Sharon Tate, Cameron Diaz, Charlton Heston, Sigourney Weaver, Donald Sutherland, and John Holmes.

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Among people born in 1916, Gregory Peck ranks 7. Before him are François Mitterrand, Edward Heath, Herbert A. Simon, Robert McNamara, Kirk Douglas, and Ferruccio Lamborghini. After him are Aldo Moro, Gough Whitlam, Elena Ceaușescu, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, and Francis Crick. Among people deceased in 2003, Gregory Peck ranks 8. Before him are Leni Riefenstahl, Katharine Hepburn, Idi Amin, Heydar Aliyev, Edward Teller, and Johnny Cash. After him are Alija Izetbegović, Barry White, Robert K. Merton, Maurice Gibb, Ilya Prigogine, and Nina Simone.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gregory Peck ranks 244 out of 20,380. Before him are Linus Pauling (1901), James Madison (1751), Richard Chamberlain (1934), Sitting Bull (1831), Geronimo (1829), and George Gershwin (1898). After him are Luis Walter Alvarez (1911), Tim Cook (1960), Sharon Tate (1943), Lee Harvey Oswald (1939), Thomas Kuhn (1922), and Cameron Diaz (1972).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gregory Peck ranks 52. Before him are Buster Keaton (1895), Tom Cruise (1962), Humphrey Bogart (1899), Candice Bergen (1946), Clark Gable (1901), and Richard Chamberlain (1934). After him are Sharon Tate (1943), Cameron Diaz (1972), Charlton Heston (1923), Sigourney Weaver (1949), John Holmes (1944), and Ben Affleck (1972).

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