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The best-known film, television and stage actors in our archive, ranked by historical popularity.

1,391 actors in our database, ranked by historical popularity. Page 19 of 28.

Most famous actor

Charlie Chaplin

Highest historical popularity score (HPI 89.8)

Most common birth month

April

140 of 1,391 were born in April

Living vs deceased

980 / 411

70% are still living

Most common nationality

American

796 people, 57% of the list

Editor-written profiles

262

19% have a full original profile so far

The ranked list (from #901)

  1. 901Jennifer Love HewittJennifer Love HewittStarred as Sarah Reeves in the Fox drama Party of Five before leading the CBS series Ghost Whisperer as Melinda Gordon.🇺🇸American · Born February 21, 1979View profile
  2. 902Zac EfronZac EfronPlayed the basketball-playing Troy Bolton in the High School Musical films, which made him a leading teen idol.🇺🇸American · Born October 18, 1987View profile
  3. 903Allison JanneyAllison JanneyActress who won an Oscar for I, Tonya and played press secretary C.J. Cregg in The West Wing.🇺🇸American · Born November 19, 1959View profile
  4. 904Dove CameronDove CameronPlayed twin sisters in the Disney Channel series Liv and Maddie, then had a hit with "Boyfriend".🇺🇸American · Born January 15, 1996View profile
  5. 905Noomi RapaceNoomi RapaceGained international fame playing Lisbeth Salander in the original Swedish adaptations of the Millennium trilogy.🇸🇪Swedish · Born December 28, 1979View profile
  6. 906Chloë Grace MoretzChloë Grace MoretzGained attention as the young vigilante Hit-Girl in Kick-Ass and as the vampire child Abby in Let Me In.🇺🇸American · Born February 10, 1997View profile
  7. 907Olivia ColmanOlivia ColmanWon the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing Queen Anne in The Favourite, and later played the Queen in The Crown.🇬🇧British · Born January 30, 1974View profile
  8. 908George WendtGeorge WendtPlayed the beer-loving barfly Norm Peterson for eleven seasons on the sitcom Cheers, earning several Emmy nominations.🇺🇸American · Born October 17, 1948 · Died May 20, 2025View profile
  9. 909Neil Patrick HarrisNeil Patrick HarrisPlayed the womanising Barney Stinson in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother after starring as teenage doctor Doogie Howser.🇺🇸American · Born June 15, 1973View profile
  10. 910Evangeline LillyEvangeline LillyPlayed the fugitive Kate Austen in the television series Lost, and later the Wasp in Marvel's Ant-Man films.🇨🇦Canadian · Born August 3, 1979View profile
  11. 911Anna GunnAnna GunnWon two Emmy Awards for playing Skyler White, Walter's wife, in the crime drama Breaking Bad.🇺🇸American · Born August 11, 1968View profile
  12. 912Vince VaughnVince VaughnComedy lead who broke through with Swingers and went on to star in Wedding Crashers and Dodgeball.🇺🇸American · Born March 28, 1970View profile
  13. 913Jessica BielJessica BielPlayed Mary Camden for a decade in the family drama series 7th Heaven.🇺🇸American · Born March 3, 1982View profile
  14. 914Kelsey GrammerKelsey GrammerPlayed the pompous psychiatrist Frasier Crane in Cheers and then in its long-running spin-off Frasier.🇺🇸American · Born February 21, 1955View profile
  15. 915Timothy HuttonTimothy HuttonBecame the youngest winner of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar, for playing Conrad Jarrett in Ordinary People.🇺🇸American · Born August 16, 1960View profile
  16. 916Michael SheenMichael SheenPlayed Tony Blair in three productions, most notably Stephen Frears's film The Queen.🇬🇧British · Born February 5, 1969View profile
  17. 917Barry BostwickBarry BostwickActor who played Brad in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and the mayor in Spin City.🇺🇸American · Born February 24, 1945View profile
  18. 918Sam RockwellSam RockwellActor who won an Oscar for playing a racist police officer in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.🇺🇸American · Born November 5, 1968View profile
  19. 919Katherine HeiglKatherine HeiglActress who played Dr Izzie Stevens in Grey's Anatomy, winning an Emmy, and starred in the comedy Knocked Up.🇺🇸American · Born November 24, 1978View profile
  20. 920Steve HarveySteve HarveyComedian who hosts the game show Family Feud and presented Miss Universe for several years.🇺🇸American · Born January 17, 1957View profile
  21. 921Shirley JonesShirley JonesActress and singer who starred in the film musical Oklahoma! and played the mother in TV's The Partridge Family.🇺🇸American · Born March 31, 1934View profile
  22. 922Josh HartnettJosh HartnettStarred in Pearl Harbor and Black Hawk Down before appearing in Oppenheimer.🇺🇸American · Born July 21, 1978View profile
  23. 923Paul RuddPaul RuddComedy actor who plays Scott Lang in Marvel's Ant-Man films and starred in Clueless and Anchorman.🇺🇸American · Born April 6, 1969View profile
  24. 924Aaron PaulAaron PaulPlayed the troubled Jesse Pinkman in Breaking Bad, a role that brought him three Emmy awards for supporting actor.🇺🇸American · Born August 27, 1979View profile
  25. 925Dita Von TeeseDita Von TeeseBurlesque performer who helped bring the art form back into fashion.🇺🇸American · Born September 28, 1972View profile
  26. 926Rupert GrintRupert GrintPlayed Ron Weasley, the loyal red-haired friend of Harry Potter, across all eight films of the series.🇬🇧British · Born August 24, 1988View profile
  27. 927Chris TuckerChris TuckerPlayed the fast-talking detective James Carter opposite Jackie Chan in the Rush Hour action comedy films.🇺🇸American · Born August 31, 1971View profile
  28. 928Johnny GaleckiJohnny GaleckiPlayed the physicist Leonard Hofstadter in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory for twelve seasons.🇺🇸American · Born March 30, 1975View profile
  29. 929Dan CastellanetaDan CastellanetaVoice actor behind Homer Simpson, Krusty the Clown and many other characters in The Simpsons.🇺🇸American · Born October 29, 1957View profile
  30. 930Mira SorvinoMira SorvinoActress who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite.🇺🇸American · Born September 28, 1967View profile
  31. 931Cary ElwesCary ElwesActor who played the swashbuckling farm boy Westley in the fairy-tale comedy The Princess Bride.🇬🇧British · Born October 26, 1962View profile
  32. 932Kate HudsonKate HudsonActress who earned an Oscar nomination for playing the groupie Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous.🇺🇸American · Born April 19, 1979View profile
  33. 933John KrasinskiJohn KrasinskiPlayed the prankster Jim Halpert in the American version of The Office, then directed the horror film A Quiet Place.🇺🇸American · Born October 20, 1979View profile
  34. 934Rob LoweRob LoweActor who played Sam Seaborn in The West Wing after early fame in The Outsiders and St. Elmo's Fire.🇺🇸American · Born March 17, 1964View profile
  35. 935Rodrigo SantoroRodrigo SantoroBrazilian actor who played the towering Persian king Xerxes in 300 and later appeared in Love Actually and Westworld.🇧🇷Brazilian · Born August 22, 1975View profile
  36. 936Dyan CannonDyan CannonReceived an Oscar nomination for the comedy Heaven Can Wait and was also nominated for Such Good Friends.🇺🇸American · Born January 4, 1937View profile
  37. 937Maggie GyllenhaalMaggie GyllenhaalActress who starred in Secretary and later directed her debut feature, The Lost Daughter.🇺🇸American · Born November 16, 1977View profile
  38. 938Marie DresslerMarie DresslerWon the Academy Award for Best Actress for the 1930 film Min and Bill.🇨🇦Canadian · Born November 9, 1868 · Died July 28, 1934View profile
  39. 939Jon BernthalJon BernthalBecame prominent as Shane Walsh in The Walking Dead, later playing Frank Castle in Marvel's The Punisher.🇺🇸American · Born September 20, 1976View profile
  40. 940Jane LynchJane LynchActress who won an Emmy playing the ruthless cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester in Glee.🇺🇸American · Born July 14, 1960View profile
  41. 941Zhang ZiyiZhang ZiyiChinese actress of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Memoirs of a Geisha.🇨🇳Chinese · Born February 9, 1979View profile
  42. 942Patty DukePatty DukeActress who won an Academy Award as the young Helen Keller in The Miracle Worker and later fronted The Patty Duke Show.🇺🇸American · Born December 14, 1946 · Died March 29, 2016View profile
  43. 943Julia Louis-DreyfusJulia Louis-DreyfusComic actress who played Elaine Benes in Seinfeld and later won Emmy Awards for the political satire Veep.🇺🇸American · Born January 13, 1961View profile
  44. 944Juliette LewisJuliette LewisActress nominated for an Oscar for Cape Fear, who also fronts the rock band Juliette and the Licks.🇺🇸American · Born June 21, 1973View profile
  45. 945Gloria GrahameGloria GrahameHollywood actress who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Bad and the Beautiful.🇺🇸American · Born November 28, 1923 · Died October 5, 1981View profile
  46. 946David TennantDavid TennantScottish actor who played the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who and returned to the role as the Fourteenth.🇬🇧British · Born April 18, 1971View profile
  47. 947Carmen ElectraCarmen ElectraActress and model who joined the cast of Baywatch and appeared in the spoof comedies Scary Movie and Date Movie.🇺🇸American · Born April 20, 1972View profile
  48. 948John C. ReillyJohn C. ReillyEarned an Oscar nomination for playing Amos Hart in the film musical Chicago and starred in Step Brothers.🇺🇸American · Born May 24, 1965View profile
  49. 949Carla GuginoCarla GuginoActress who starred in the television series Roadies and Mike Flanagan's horror drama The Haunting of Hill House.🇺🇸American · Born August 29, 1971View profile
  50. 950Irene DunneIrene DunneScreen comedienne nominated five times for an Oscar, including for The Awful Truth.🇺🇸American · Born December 20, 1898 · Died September 4, 1990View profile

How we rank and select

  • Ranking: people are ordered by their Historical Popularity Index (HPI) from Pantheon. HPI combines how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about a person, how many page views those articles get, how evenly the views are spread across languages and how long ago the person lived. People Pantheon does not yet cover are listed after them, ordered by our own popularity score (the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article about them).
  • Membership: each person appears in one occupation list only, based on their primary occupation as classified by Pantheon (for example, a queen who wrote poetry is listed as royalty, not as a writer). Kings, queens, emperors, sultans and royal consorts are not listed as politicians or writers: anyone who held a monarch's office on Wikidata, and never served as a president or head of government, counts as royalty. For the few people Pantheon does not cover, we use the primary field recorded in our database.
  • One-line summaries: each summary is an original line written for this site with AI assistance under our editorial rules, then checked against the Wikipedia introduction so no wording is copied.
  • Statistics: every figure on this page is calculated live from our database each time the page loads, so it changes as we add people.

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Reviewed by the Who Shares My Birthday editorial team.

Last reviewed: October 2026

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