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Ronnie Biggs

1929 - 2013

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Ronald Arthur Biggs (8 August 1929 – 18 December 2013) was an English criminal who helped plan and carry out the Great Train Robbery of 1963. He subsequently became notorious for his escape from prison in 1965, living as a fugitive for 36 years, and for his various publicity stunts while in exile. In 2001, Biggs returned to the United Kingdom and spent several years in prison, where his health rapidly declined. He was released from prison on compassionate grounds in August 2009 and died in a nursing home in December 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ronnie Biggs is the 722nd most popular singer (down from 594th in 2019), the 2,443rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,908th in 2019) and the 87th most popular British Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Ronnie Biggs ranks 722 out of 4,381. Before him are Bobby Kimball, Chuck Billy, Lee Hazlewood, Kevin Federline, Pink, and Julie Driscoll Tippetts. After him are Graham Nash, Betty Everett, Patty Pravo, Patti Page, Shoshana Damari, and Massimo Ranieri.

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Among people born in 1929, Ronnie Biggs ranks 222. Before him are Christoph von Dohnányi, Link Wray, Eric Carle, Luigi Taveri, Lee Hazlewood, and Ronald Golias. After him are Hal Ashby, Maarten Schmidt, Fazil Iskander, Józef Glemp, Liselotte Pulver, and Barbara Walters. Among people deceased in 2013, Ronnie Biggs ranks 174. Before him are Lothar Bisky, Julien Ries, Georges Lautner, Bill Foulkes, Ricardo María Carles Gordó, and Zao Wou-Ki. After him are Tom Sharpe, Heinz Flohe, Amedeo Amadei, Patti Page, Tony Musante, and Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ronnie Biggs ranks 2,443 out of 8,785. Before him are Joseph Butler (1692), John Baskerville (1706), Julie Driscoll Tippetts (1947), George Romney (1734), Frank Dicksee (1853), and Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269). After him are Samantha Eggar (1939), Ernest Payne (1884), Tom Sharpe (1928), Agnes Baden-Powell (1858), Allan Holdsworth (1946), and Ælfgifu of Northampton (990).

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Among SINGERS In United Kingdom

Among singers born in United Kingdom, Ronnie Biggs ranks 87. Before him are Shane MacGowan (1957), Julian Lennon (1963), Francis Rossi (1949), Gary Glitter (1944), Ed Sheeran (1991), and Julie Driscoll Tippetts (1947). After him are Graham Nash (1942), Shakin' Stevens (1948), Graham Bonnet (1947), Alan Lancaster (1949), Midge Ure (1953), and Anne-Marie (1991).

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