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Prince Andrew, Duke of York

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Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Andrew Albert Christian Edward; born 19 February 1960) is a member of the British royal family. He is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a younger brother of King Charles III. Andrew was born second in the line of succession to the British throne and is now eighth, and the first person in the line who is not a descendant of the reigning monarch. Andrew served in the Royal Navy as a helicopter pilot and instructor and as the captain of a warship. During the Falklands War, he flew on multiple missions including anti-surface warfare, casualty evacuation, and Exocet missile decoy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Andrew, Duke of York is the 140th most popular nobleman (down from 100th in 2019), the 489th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 352nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Nobleman.

Prince Andrew, Duke of York is most famous for being the second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He is also the younger brother of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Prince Andrew, Duke of York ranks 140 out of 1,415Before him are Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Stephen, Count of Blois, Tupou VI, Madeleine of Valois, and Maria Anna of Bavaria. After him are Louis I, Duke of Orléans, Ramesses XI, Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, Mariana Victoria of Spain, and Radbot of Klettgau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Prince Andrew, Duke of York ranks 22Before him are Jo Nesbø, Julianne Moore, Pierluigi Collina, Joachim Löw, Hugh Grant, and Tilda Swinton. After him are Samia Suluhu Hassan, Colin Firth, Roland Ratzenberger, Franco Baresi, Isaac Herzog, and Rudi Völler.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Prince Andrew, Duke of York ranks 489 out of 8,785Before him are William Baffin (1584), Enid Blyton (1897), Martin Ryle (1918), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), Alan Ball Jr. (1945), and Keir Starmer (1962). After him are John Wallis (1616), Emma Thompson (1959), Offa of Mercia (800), Martin Rees (1942), Bonnie Tyler (1951), and Tony Scott (1944).

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