English Ballon d'Or Winners

Can you name the 15 Englishmen to have finished in the top three of the Ballon d'Or rankings since the prize was first awarded in 1956?
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Year
Rank
Player
Club
1956
1st
Stanley Matthews
Blackpool
1957
2nd
Billy Wright
Wolverhampton Wanderers
3rd
Duncan Edwards
Manchester United
1961
3rd
Johnny Haynes
Fulham
1963
3rd
Jimmy Greaves
Tottenham Hotspur
1966
1st
Bobby Charlton
Manchester United
1967
2nd
Bobby Charlton
Manchester United
1968
2nd
Bobby Charlton
Manchester United
1970
2nd
Bobby Moore
West Ham United
1977
2nd
Kevin Keegan
Hamburg
1978
1st
Kevin Keegan
Hamburg
1979
1st
Kevin Keegan
Hamburg
1986
2nd
Gary Lineker
Barcelona
1996
3rd
Alan Shearer
Newcastle United
1999
2nd
David Beckham
Manchester United
2001
1st
Michael Owen
Liverpool
2005
2nd
Frank Lampard
Chelsea
3rd
Steven Gerrard
Liverpool
2024
3rd
Jude Bellingham
Real Madrid
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