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Henry Irving

1838 - 1905

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Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905), christened John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility (supervision of sets, lighting, direction, casting, as well as playing the leading roles) for season after season at the West End's Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. In 1895 he became the first actor to be awarded a knighthood, indicating full acceptance into the higher circles of British society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Irving is the 2,359th most popular actor (up from 2,478th in 2019), the 2,372nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,249th in 2019) and the 305th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Henry Irving ranks 2,359 out of 13,578. Before him are Bruno S., Joanna Cassidy, Tamara Toumanova, Rodrigo Santoro, Mathieu Amalric, and Dyan Cannon. After him are Jean Hersholt, Abdellatif Kechiche, Steve Guttenberg, Benjamin Bratt, Mikhail Boyarsky, and Leonid Kanevsky.

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Among people born in 1838, Henry Irving ranks 58. Before him are Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, Duke Philipp of Württemberg, Jules Dalou, Karl Weyprecht, Szymon Winawer, and John Morley. After him are Siegfried Bing, Sherburne Wesley Burnham, Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal, Raffaello Giovagnoli, August Šenoa, and Keshub Chandra Sen. Among people deceased in 1905, Henry Irving ranks 50. Before him are Julius Oppert, Franz Overbeck, Amalie Skram, Mary Mapes Dodge, Jean-Jacques Henner, and Máximo Gómez. After him are Siegfried Bing, Robert Whitehead, Tippu Tip, John Henninger Reagan, Debendranath Tagore, and John Rogan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Irving ranks 2,372 out of 8,785. Before him are Princess Eugenie of York (1990), William T. Stearn (1911), Harold Spencer Jones (1890), Andrew Bertie (1929), Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), and Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810). After him are Frederick Copleston (1907), Richard Lydekker (1849), Alan Stacey (1933), Prince William of Gloucester (1941), Raymond Williams (1921), and Eadgifu of Wessex (null).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Henry Irving ranks 305. Before him are Eileen Essell (1922), Olivia Williams (1968), Thomas Brodie-Sangster (1990), Cary Elwes (1962), Stephen Rea (1946), and Dudley Moore (1935). After him are Veronica Cartwright (1949), David Tennant (1971), Joseph Fiennes (1970), James Stephenson (1889), Simon MacCorkindale (1952), and William Hartnell (1908).

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