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Michael Gambon

1940 - 2023

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Sir Michael John Gambon (; 19 October 1940 – 27 September 2023) was an Irish-English actor. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the original members of the Royal National Theatre. Over his six-decade-long career, he received three Olivier Awards, four BAFTA TV Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 1998, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Gambon is the 140th most popular actor (down from 59th in 2019), the 16th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 8th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Actor.

Michael Gambon is most famous for his role as Professor Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Michael Gambon ranks 140 out of 13,578. Before him are Klaus Kinski, Judi Dench, Roberto Benigni, Tyrone Power, Robert Duvall, and Jason Statham. After him are Christopher Lloyd, Pran, Robert Forster, Mel Gibson, Monica Bellucci, and Michael York.

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Among people born in 1940, Michael Gambon ranks 22. Before him are Nursultan Nazarbayev, Qaboos bin Said al Said, Ringo Starr, Stuart Sutcliffe, Gao Xingjian, and Raul Julia. After him are J. M. G. Le Clézio, J. M. Coetzee, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Joachim Gauck, Muhammad Yunus, and Martin Sheen. Among people deceased in 2023, Michael Gambon ranks 16. Before him are Luis Suárez, Martti Ahtisaari, Bobby Charlton, Kenzaburō Ōe, Jane Birkin, and Giorgio Napolitano. After him are Sinéad O'Connor, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Just Fontaine, Robert Lucas Jr., Harald zur Hausen, and Ted Kaczynski.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Michael Gambon ranks 16 out of 549. Before him are Mary Harris Jones (1837), John Scotus Eriugena (810), Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), Brigid of Kildare (451), Bram Stoker (1847), and Edmund Burke (1729). After him are Francis Bacon (1909), Eddie Jordan (1948), Sinéad O'Connor (1966), George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449), Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769), and William Rowan Hamilton (1805).

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Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Michael Gambon ranks 2. Before him are Richard Harris (1930). After him are Pierce Brosnan (1953), Liam Cunningham (1961), Lola Montez (1821), Cillian Murphy (1976), Gabriel Byrne (1950), Brendan Gleeson (1955), Maureen O'Hara (1920), Colin Farrell (1976), Brenda Fricker (1945), and Caitriona Balfe (1979).

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