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Louis Gossett Jr.

1936 - 2024

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Louis Cameron Gossett Jr. (May 27, 1936 – March 29, 2024) was an American actor. He made his stage debut at the age of 17. Shortly thereafter, he successfully auditioned for the Broadway play Take a Giant Step. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Gossett Jr. is the 231st most popular actor (up from 1,850th in 2019), the 524th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,041st in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Louis Gossett Jr. ranks 231 out of 13,578. Before him are Claude Rains, Nicole Kidman, James Hong, Robert Taylor, Romina Power, and Philippe Noiret. After him are Antonio Banderas, David Morse, Dolph Lundgren, Richard Widmark, Sean Penn, and Willem Dafoe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Louis Gossett Jr. ranks 20. Before him are Margaret Hamilton, Ken Loach, Valery Legasov, Harald zur Hausen, John McCain, and F. W. de Klerk. After him are Andrei Chikatilo, Robert Woodrow Wilson, Aga Khan IV, Zubin Mehta, Glen Campbell, and David Carradine. Among people deceased in 2024, Louis Gossett Jr. ranks 24. Before him are Anouk Aimée, Arno Allan Penzias, Ram Narayan, Hassan Nasrallah, Akira Toriyama, and Françoise Hardy. After him are Arnold Rüütel, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Paul Alexander, Thomas P. Stafford, Roger Guillemin, and Jim Simons.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Louis Gossett Jr. ranks 524 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Taylor (1911), Talcott Parsons (1902), Stanford Moore (1913), Romina Power (1951), Joseph Stiglitz (1943), and Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1911). After him are Irwin Rose (1926), Dean Martin (1917), Herman Hollerith (1860), Jim Mattis (1950), David Morse (1953), and Vincent du Vigneaud (1901).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Louis Gossett Jr. ranks 120. Before him are Marsha Hunt (1917), Christopher Walken (1943), Nicole Kidman (1967), James Hong (1929), Robert Taylor (1911), and Romina Power (1951). After him are David Morse (1953), Richard Widmark (1914), Sean Penn (1960), Willem Dafoe (1955), Jim Belushi (1954), and Kim Basinger (1953).

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