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Philip Ahn

1905 - 1978

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Philip Ahn (Korean: 안필립; March 29, 1905 – February 28, 1978) was an American actor and activist of Korean descent. With over 180 film and television credits between 1935 and 1978, he was one of the most recognizable and prolific Asian-American character actors of his time. He is widely regarded as the first Korean American film actor in Hollywood. The son of Korean independence activist Ahn Changho, Philip Ahn was a longtime advocate for his father's legacy and the Korean-American community, helping to establish memorials to his father in his native Seoul and later arranging for his remains to be buried there. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philip Ahn is the 4,521st most popular actor (up from 4,586th in 2019), the 7,175th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,712th in 2019) and the 2,080th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Philip Ahn ranks 4,521 out of 13,578. Before him are Davy Jones, Harrison Young, Kappei Yamaguchi, Nancy Kwan, Warren Frost, and Thomas H. Ince. After him are Facundo Arana, Tarcísio Meira, Elizabeth Berkley, Rupert Graves, Kajal Aggarwal, and Karin Baal.

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Among people born in 1905, Philip Ahn ranks 269. Before him are Leila Hyams, László Papp, Stanisław Mazur, Kay Francis, Ashley Montagu, and Jenő Rejtő. After him are René Bondoux, Mario de las Casas, Baltasar Albéniz, Boris Ponomarev, Erzsébet Schaár, and La Jana. Among people deceased in 1978, Philip Ahn ranks 183. Before him are Gene Tunney, O. E. Hasse, Jiří Skobla, Ralph Metcalfe, Alexander Belov, and Carlos Torre Repetto. After him are Ethelda Bleibtrey, Giuseppe Impastato, Victor Hasselblad, Baltasar Albéniz, Pedro Bergés, and Ahmad al-Ghashmi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Philip Ahn ranks 7,177 out of 20,380. Before him are Peter Norton (1943), Harrison Young (1930), Renée Fleming (1959), Edmund M. Clarke (1945), Warren Frost (1925), and Thomas H. Ince (1880). After him are Larry Collins (1929), Elizabeth Berkley (1972), Michael Cristofer (1945), William M. Evarts (1818), Carter Burwell (1954), and Buffy Sainte-Marie (1941).

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Among actors born in United States, Philip Ahn ranks 2,081. Before him are Moe Howard (1897), Isabela Moner (2001), Evan Peters (1987), Harrison Young (1930), Warren Frost (1925), and Thomas H. Ince (1880). After him are Elizabeth Berkley (1972), Kelsey Chow (1991), Colleen Camp (1953), Meg Tilly (1960), Keith Ferguson (1972), and Miles Teller (1987).

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