Famous Actors: Ranked by Popularity (Page 22 of 29) | Who Shares My BirthdayThe most famous actors in history, ranked by historical popularity: film, TV and stage stars with their birthdays, nationality and best-known work.An actor becomes notable when audiences remember the person as well as the part. Some earn that through a single role that enters popular culture, others through careers spanning decades of film, television and theatre. The actors near the top of this list are recognised across many countries and languages, not just in the industry where they made their name.This list covers the film, television, stage and voice actors in our database, from silent-era stars to today's leading performers. We rank them by historical popularity, not by awards or box office, so the order reflects who people around the world still look up most.Who is included: everyone in our database whose primary occupation matches this list. Each person must have an English Wikipedia article and a full date of birth recorded on Wikidata. A growing share of people also have an original profile, written to our editorial rules and marked with a Last reviewed date.Most famous actor: Charlie Chaplin. Highest historical popularity score (HPI 89.8).Most common birth month: April. 144 of 1,418 were born in April.Living vs deceased: 1,006 / 412. 71% are still living.Most common nationality: American. 806 people, 57% of the list.Editor-written profiles: 288. 20% have a full original profile so far.1051. Anna Kendrick (1985), American: Actress nominated for an Academy Award for Up in the Air and widely known for the Pitch Perfect films.1052. Kristen Bell (1980), American: Voiced Anna in Disney's Frozen films and starred in the title role of the television series Veronica Mars.1053. Asin (1985), Indian: Became a leading star of Tamil and Hindi cinema, notably in Ghajini, before leaving acting.1054. Alex Rocco (1936–2015), American: Character actor best remembered as the Las Vegas casino boss Moe Greene in The Godfather.1055. Puneeth Rajkumar (1974–2021), Indian: Kannada film star known as Appu, son of the actor Rajkumar.1056. Stana Katic (1978), Canadian: Played the detective Kate Beckett for eight seasons of the ABC crime drama Castle.1057. Elizabeth Olsen (1989), American: Played Wanda Maximoff, the Scarlet Witch, in Marvel films and the series WandaVision.1058. Anthony Mackie (1978), American: Played Sam Wilson, the Falcon, in Marvel films before taking up the Captain America shield.1059. Paz Vega (1976), Spanish: Spanish actress who found fame in the sitcom 7 vidas and then starred in the film Sex and Lucia.1060. Rajinikanth (1950), Indian: Tamil cinema superstar whose stylised screen presence powered hits such as Baashha, Padayappa and Enthiran.1061. Maggie Q (1979), American: Action actress who led the television spy thriller Nikita on The CW for four seasons.1062. Judy Holliday (1921–1965), American: Comic actress who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday.1063. Danai Gurira (1978), American: Played the sword-wielding Michonne in The Walking Dead and the warrior Okoye in Black Panther.1064. Nina Dobrev (1989), Bulgarian: Starred in the CW series The Vampire Diaries, playing both Elena Gilbert and the scheming Katherine Pierce.1065. Liu Yifei (1987), Chinese: Actress who played the title role in Disney's live-action Mulan in 2020.1066. Jun Ji-hyun (1981), South Korean: Actress who became a star across Asia in the romantic comedy My Sassy Girl.1067. Nicholas Hoult (1989), British: Played the mutant Beast in the X-Men films and starred in the post-apocalyptic action film Mad Max: Fury Road.1068. Emmy Rossum (1986), American: Played Fiona Gallagher for eleven seasons in the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless, after playing Christine in The Phantom of the Opera.1069. Jimmy Fallon (1974), American: Hosts NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, having earlier been a cast member on Saturday Night Live.1070. Vanessa Hudgens (1988), American: Actress who played Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical films and later starred in The Princess Switch.1071. Gwendoline Christie (1978), British: Played the warrior Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones and Captain Phasma in Star Wars.1072. Paul Reubens (1952–2023), American: Created and played the childlike Pee-wee Herman, starring in Pee-wee's Big Adventure and the children's show Pee-wee's Playhouse.1073. Julie Kavner (1950), American: Actress who has voiced Marge Simpson, and also Homer's mother-in-law Jacqueline Bouvier, in the long-running animated series The Simpsons.1074. Amanda Bynes (1986), American: Former child star of Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show who later led the teen comedy film She's the Man.1075. Eric Dane (1972–2026), American: Played the charismatic surgeon Dr Mark Sloan, nicknamed McSteamy, in the medical drama Grey's Anatomy.1076. Isla Fisher (1976), Australian: Australian actress who starred in the comedy "Wedding Crashers" and played the title role in "Confessions of a Shopaholic".1077. Úrsula Corberó (1989), Spanish: Spanish actress best known for playing Tokio in the heist series Money Heist, after early success in Física o Química.1078. Dakota Fanning (1994), American: Child star of I Am Sam and War of the Worlds who later appeared in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.1079. Rekhā (1954), Indian: Hindi film actress best remembered for her performance in Umrao Jaan, which won her a National Film Award.1080. Lupita Nyong'o (1983), Mexican: Won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Patsey in 12 Years a Slave.1081. Terrence Howard (1969), American: Earned an Oscar nomination for Hustle & Flow and later played Lucious Lyon in Empire.1082. Dixie Carter (1939–2010), American: Played the sharp-tongued Southern interior designer Julia Sugarbaker in the long-running comedy Designing Women.1083. Goran Višnjić (1972), Croatian: Played Dr Luka Kovač on the hospital drama ER for many seasons.1084. Jordana Brewster (1980), Panamanian: Played Mia Toretto in the Fast and Furious film series.1085. Alexis Bledel (1981), American: Played the bookish Rory Gilmore in Gilmore Girls and later won an Emmy for The Handmaid's Tale.1086. Golshifteh Farahani (1983), Iranian: Actress who gained international recognition in About Elly and Jim Jarmusch's Paterson, and later worked mainly in France after leaving Iran.1087. Yvonne Strahovski (1982), Australian: Played the CIA agent Sarah Walker in the spy comedy Chuck, then Serena Joy in The Handmaid's Tale.1088. Emma Roberts (1991), American: Actress who starred in the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous and later in the horror anthology American Horror Story and Scream Queens.1089. Matthew Lillard (1970), American: Actor remembered for playing Stu Macher in Scream and Shaggy in the live-action Scooby-Doo films.1090. Cobie Smulders (1982), Canadian: Canadian actress who played Robin in How I Met Your Mother and Maria Hill in Marvel films.1091. Zach Braff (1975), American: Played Dr John "J.D." Dorian in the sitcom Scrubs and directed the film Garden State.1092. Taylor Lautner (1992), American: Played the werewolf Jacob Black across all five films of the Twilight Saga, becoming a teen heart-throb.1093. Natalie Dormer (1982), British: Played the scheming Margaery Tyrell in Game of Thrones and Anne Boleyn in The Tudors.1094. Bérénice Bejo (1976), Argentine: Played Peppy Miller in the silent film The Artist, earning an Oscar nomination and a César Award.1095. Sidharth Malhotra (1986), Indian: Hindi film actor who made his debut in Student of the Year and later led the war drama Shershaah.1096. Benedicta Boccoli (1966), Italian: Italian actress working in theatre, film and television, and sister of fellow performer Brigitta Boccoli.1097. Richard Simmons (1948–2024), American: Fitness instructor and television figure whose exuberant Sweatin' to the Oldies videos made exercise popular with home audiences.1098. Rosario Dawson (1979), American: Actress who began with the 1995 film Kids and later appeared in Sin City, Rent and Marvel's Daredevil.1099. Rosie O'Donnell (1962), American: Comedian who fronted the daytime chat programme The Rosie O'Donnell Show and later co-hosted the talk show The View.1100. Shirley Booth (1898–1992), American: Won an Oscar for Come Back, Little Sheba and later starred in the television comedy Hazel.How we rank and selectRanking: 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.Last reviewed: October 2026Sources: Pantheon: Historical Popularity Index (HPI) rankings, Wikidata: birth dates, death dates and occupations, Wikipedia: biographies behind our summaries and popularity scores. Who Shares My Birthday.

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

1,418 actors in our database, ranked by historical popularity. Page 22 of 29.

Most famous actor

Charlie Chaplin

Highest historical popularity score (HPI 89.8)

Most common birth month

April

144 of 1,418 were born in April

Living vs deceased

1,006 / 412

71% are still living

Most common nationality

American

806 people, 57% of the list

Editor-written profiles

288

20% have a full original profile so far

The ranked list (from #1051)

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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