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Leslie Howard

1893 - 1943

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Leslie Howard Steiner (3 April 1893 – 1 June 1943) was an English actor, director, producer and writer. He wrote many stories and articles for The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Vanity Fair and was one of the biggest box-office draws and movie idols of the 1930s. Active in both Britain and Hollywood, Howard played Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind (1939). He had roles in many other films, including Berkeley Square (1933), Of Human Bondage, The Scarlet Pimpernel (both 1934), The Petrified Forest (1936), Pygmalion (1938), Intermezzo (1939), "Pimpernel" Smith (1941), and The First of the Few (1942). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leslie Howard is the 124th most popular actor (up from 534th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 668th in 2019) and the 17th most popular British Actor.

Leslie Howard is most famous for his portrayal of Ashley Wilkes in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind.

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Among actors, Leslie Howard ranks 124 out of 13,578. Before him are Bill Paxton, Keanu Reeves, Jean Gabin, John Travolta, Tony Curtis, and Val Kilmer. After him are Yves Montand, Christopher Plummer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Raul Julia, Helen Mirren, and Jane Birkin.

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Among people born in 1893, Leslie Howard ranks 9. Before him are Joan Miró, Ip Man, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Walter Ulbricht, and Vladimir Mayakovsky. After him are Allen Dulles, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Alexander of Greece, Carol II of Romania, Soong Ching-ling, and Prince Paul of Yugoslavia. Among people deceased in 1943, Leslie Howard ranks 11. Before him are Karl Landsteiner, George Washington Carver, Camille Claudel, Isoroku Yamamoto, Simone Weil, and Henrik Pontoppidan. After him are Boris III of Bulgaria, Henri La Fontaine, Theodor Eicke, Sophie Scholl, Yakov Dzhugashvili, and Chaim Soutine.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Leslie Howard ranks 262 out of 8,785. Before him are John Snow (1813), Cary Grant (1904), Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), Ozzy Osbourne (1948), Randal Cremer (1828), and George Boole (1815). After him are John Boyd Orr (1880), Phil Collins (1951), Elizabeth of York (1466), Mary Mallon (1869), Princess Alice of the United Kingdom (1843), and Helen Mirren (1945).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Leslie Howard ranks 17. Before him are Michael Caine (1933), Rowan Atkinson (1955), James Mason (1909), Charlotte Rampling (1946), Roger Moore (1927), and Cary Grant (1904). After him are Helen Mirren (1945), Jane Birkin (1946), Judi Dench (1934), Jason Statham (1967), Michael York (1942), and Robert Shaw (1927).

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