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Sean Connery

1930 - 2020

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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (25 August 1930 – 31 October 2020) was a Scottish actor. He was the first actor to portray the fictional British secret agent James Bond in motion pictures, starring in seven Bond films between 1962 and 1983. Connery originated the role in Dr. No (1962) and continued starring as Bond in the Eon Productions films From Russia with Love (1963), Goldfinger (1964), Thunderball (1965), You Only Live Twice (1967) and Diamonds Are Forever (1971). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sean Connery is the 28th most popular actor (down from 19th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 49th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Actor.

Sean Connery is most famous for his role as James Bond in the James Bond series of films.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sean Connery ranks 28 out of 13,578. Before him are Patrick Swayze, Louis de Funès, Jackie Chan, Mary Pickford, Amitabh Bachchan, and Sarah Bernhardt. After him are Yul Brynner, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Nicholson, and Jean Reno.

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Among people born in 1930, Sean Connery ranks 8. Before him are Hafez al-Assad, Neil Armstrong, Richard Harris, Warren Buffett, George Soros, and Michael Collins. After him are Gene Hackman, Helmut Kohl, Anton LaVey, Jacques Derrida, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and Pierre Bourdieu. Among people deceased in 2020, Sean Connery ranks 4. Before him are Diego Maradona, Hosni Mubarak, and Ennio Morricone. After him are Philip Warren Anderson, Kirk Douglas, Betty Williams, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Qaboos bin Said al Said, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Pierre Cardin, and Max von Sydow.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sean Connery ranks 97 out of 8,785. Before him are Francis Drake (1540), Charles Babbage (1791), Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885), Thomas More (1478), Joseph Lister (1827), and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900). After him are Edward Jenner (1749), William Wallace (1270), Oliver Cromwell (1599), John Dee (1527), Alex Ferguson (1941), and Jane Austen (1775).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Sean Connery ranks 4. Before him are Charlie Chaplin (1889), Anthony Hopkins (1937), and Richard Burton (1925). After him are Elizabeth Taylor (1932), Christopher Lee (1922), Alan Rickman (1946), Liam Neeson (1952), Maggie Smith (1934), Ian McKellen (1939), Michael Caine (1933), and Rowan Atkinson (1955).

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