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Nell Gwyn

1650 - 1687

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Eleanor Gwyn (also spelled Gwynn, Gwynne; 2 February 1650 – 14 November 1687) was an English stage actress and celebrity figure of the Restoration period. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage, she became best known for being a longtime mistress of King Charles II of England (c. April 1668 – 6 February 1685). Called "pretty, witty Nell" by Pepys, she has been regarded as a living embodiment of the spirit of Restoration England, and has come to be considered a folk heroine, with a story echoing the rags-to-royalty tale of Cinderella. Gwyn had two sons by King Charles: Charles Beauclerk (1670–1726) and James Beauclerk (1671–1680). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nell Gwyn is the 2,236th most popular actor (down from 1,985th in 2019), the 2,268th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,896th in 2019) and the 285th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Nell Gwyn ranks 2,236 out of 13,578. Before her are Barbara Valentin, Suzanne Somers, William Devane, Bianca Jagger, Mariska Hargitay, and Fernando Colunga. After her are Marlon Jackson, Kathy Baker, Pilar Bardem, Mustafa Nadarević, Elizabeth McGovern, and Dilip Kumar.

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Among people born in 1650, Nell Gwyn ranks 15. Before her are Anne Jules de Noailles, Vincenzo Coronelli, Joachim Neander, Robert de Visée, Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark, and Anthim the Iberian. After her are Christoph Arnold, Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin, Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild, George Rooke, Giovanni Battista Bassani, and Nicola Saggio. Among people deceased in 1687, Nell Gwyn ranks 10. Before her are René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Constantijn Huygens, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Nicholas Mercator, and Henry More. After her are Geminiano Montanari, Laura Martinozzi, and François de Créquy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nell Gwyn ranks 2,268 out of 8,785. Before her are Steve Winwood (1948), Patrick O'Brian (1914), Stephen Morris (1957), Wilfred Owen (1893), Erskine Childers (1870), and Norman Lamont (1942). After her are Branwell Brontë (1817), Dixie Dean (1907), George Herbert (1593), Arthur Percival (1887), David Knopfler (1952), and Robert Liston (1794).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Nell Gwyn ranks 285. Before her are James Finlayson (1887), Olivia Colman (1974), Patrick Magee (1922), Julian Sands (1958), Jonathan Bailey (1988), and Katie Johnson (1878). After her are John Williams (1903), Riz Ahmed (1982), Michael Sheen (1969), Miranda Richardson (1958), Tom Courtenay (1937), and Jim Carter (1948).

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