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Bob Hoskins

Photo: Bob hoskins filming ruby blue.jpg: James Laurence Stewart derivative work: KoS (talk), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Actor

Bob Hoskins

English actor (1942 to 2014)

Bob Hoskins was born on October 26, 1942 and died on April 29, 2014, aged 71.

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Born
October 26, 1942, Bury St Edmunds
Died
April 29, 2014
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Country
United Kingdom
Known as
Actor

Official links: Wikipedia

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Bob’s birthday, by the numbers

  • Bob Hoskins was born on a Monday.
  • Bob Hoskins would have turned 84 in 2026.
  • Half birthday: April 26. Birthstone: Opal and tourmaline.
  • Bob Hoskins belongs to Born before 1946, the stars born before the Baby Boom.

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Amitabh BachchanActor · October 11, 1942Jimi HendrixMusician · November 27, 1942Martin ScorseseFilm director · November 17, 1942Ian McShaneActor · September 29, 1942Michael CrichtonFilm director · October 23, 1942Billy ConnollyActor · November 24, 1942

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When was Bob Hoskins born?

Bob Hoskins was born on October 26, 1942 and died on April 29, 2014, aged 71.

What is Bob Hoskins’s zodiac sign?

Scorpio, born October 26.