Researching Ben Nealon
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 68 people with the Nealon surname? In that year Nealon was ranked number 3511 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Ben means "Son" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Ben Nealon on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ben Nealon and the Nealon Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 378 people with the Nealon surname in the UK? Nealon is now ranked number 3685 for popularity in the UK. |
Nealon Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Nealon surname in the USA? Nealon is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Ben Nealon
Ben Nealon
Benjamin John Aldington Nealon (born 29 December 1966 in Exeter, Devon) is best known for playing 2nd Lt/Lt/Capt Jeremy Forsythe in the ITV award-winning series Soldier Soldier. Nealon was attracted to a career in acting at the age of 7 when he saw Peter O'Toole's performance in Lawrence of Arabia but his part in Soldier Soldier was his second television role, having appeared in an episode of Between the Lines the previous year.
He has since been in TV series such as Bugs, Casualty, The Bill, I Shouldn't Be Alive, Doctors and EastEnders.
Nealon was also in the Indian films Lagaan and Mangal Pandey: The Rising. In both films he portrayed Hindi-speaking British Army officers who oppressed the local population during the time of British India.
Nealon has been involved in Pump Aid since he met Ian Thorpe, Amos Chitungo and Tendai Mawunga whilst filming in Zimbabwe in 1998. He convened the first trustees meeting in January 1999 and is currently the Development Director. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to Pump Aid.
In 2015 he has been touring in Bill Kenwright's production of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, playing Philip Lombard.
Source: Ben Nealon, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nealon
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