Famous Actors: Ranked by Popularity (Page 29 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.1401. Sam Heughan (1980), British: Scottish actor who plays Jamie Fraser in the television series Outlander.1402. Seo In-guk (1987), South Korean: South Korean singer and actor who won Superstar K and starred in Reply 1997.1403. Tomohisa Yamashita (1985), Japanese: Japanese singer and actor known as Yamapi, formerly of the group NEWS.1404. Élodie Yung (1981), French: French actress who played the assassin Elektra in Daredevil.1405. Abigail Cowen (1998), American: American actress who played Bloom in Netflix's Fate: The Winx Saga and Dorcas in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.1406. Annalise Basso (1998), American: American actress known for the horror film Oculus and for playing LJ Folger in Snowpiercer.1407. Mimi Keene (1998), British: English actress known for her early role in EastEnders and for playing Ruby Matthews in Netflix's Sex Education.1408. Park Ji-hoon (1999), South Korean: South Korean singer from Wanna One who became an acclaimed actor in the series Weak Hero.1409. Yim Si-wan (1988), South Korean: ZE:A singer turned actor who starred in Misaeng and Squid Game season two.1410. Afra Saraçoğlu (1997), Turkish: Turkish actress and model who became a star in Mrs. Fazilet and Her Daughters and Yalı Çapkını.1411. Ju Ji-hoon (1982), South Korean: South Korean actor who starred in Princess Hours and the Netflix series Kingdom.1412. Nonso Anozie (1978), British: British actor1413. Raffey Cassidy (2001), British: English actress who starred in Tomorrowland and took dual roles in Vox Lux and The Brutalist.1414. Seo Kang-jun (1993), South Korean: South Korean actor known for Are You Human? and Cheese in the Trap.1415. Vachirawit Chiva-aree (1997), Thai: Thai actor and singer who became a pan-Asian star through the series 2gether and F4 Thailand.1416. Cassady McClincy (2000), American: American actress who played Lydia in The Walking Dead.1417. Remy Hii (1986), Australian: Australian actor1418. Charles Randolph (1963), American: American screenwriter and producer for film and televisionHow 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 29 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 #1401)

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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Last reviewed: October 2026

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