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Richard Harris

1930 - 2002

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Richard St John Francis Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. Having studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he rose to prominence as an icon of the British New Wave. He received numerous accolades including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and a Grammy Award. In 2020, he was listed at number 3 on The Irish Times's list of Ireland's greatest film actors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Harris is the 17th most popular actor (up from 167th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Actor.

Richard Harris is most famous for playing the role of King Arthur in the film "Excalibur."

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Harris ranks 17 out of 13,578. Before him are Robert De Niro, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Marlene Dietrich, Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn, and Marlon Brando. After him are Danny DeVito, James Stewart, Richard Burton, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Patrick Swayze, and Louis de Funès.

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Among people born in 1930, Richard Harris ranks 4. Before him are Clint Eastwood, Hafez al-Assad, and Neil Armstrong. After him are Warren Buffett, George Soros, Michael Collins, Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, Helmut Kohl, Anton LaVey, and Jacques Derrida. Among people deceased in 2002, Richard Harris ranks 2. Before him is Astrid Lindgren. After him are Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Simo Häyhä, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Pierre Bourdieu, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Thor Heyerdahl, Archer Martin, Billy Wilder, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, and John Rawls.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Richard Harris ranks 3 out of 549. Before him are James Joyce (1882), and Oscar Wilde (1854). After him are George Bernard Shaw (1856), Robert Boyle (1627), Jonathan Swift (1667), Samuel Beckett (1906), George Berkeley (1685), Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850), Mary Harris Jones (1837), John Scotus Eriugena (810), and Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819).

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Among actors born in Ireland, Richard Harris ranks 1. After him are Michael Gambon (1940), 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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