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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 4 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 #151)

  1. 151Ava GardnerAva GardnerHollywood star whose breakthrough came in the 1946 film noir The Killers, and who later starred in Mogambo.🇺🇸American · Born December 24, 1922 · Died January 25, 1990View profile
  2. 152Sharon StoneSharon StoneBecame a major star as the enigmatic Catherine Tramell in the 1992 thriller Basic Instinct.🇺🇸American · Born March 10, 1958View profile
  3. 153Joe PesciJoe PesciWon the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing the volatile gangster Tommy DeVito in Goodfellas.🇺🇸American · Born February 9, 1943View profile
  4. 154Aishwarya RaiAishwarya RaiFormer Miss World who became one of Indian cinema's biggest stars through Hindi and Tamil films such as Devdas.🇮🇳Indian · Born November 1, 1973View profile
  5. 155Jean-Louis TrintignantJean-Louis TrintignantFrench actor of A Man and a Woman, The Conformist and Amour.🇫🇷French · Born December 11, 1930 · Died June 17, 2022View profile
  6. 156Gloria StuartGloria StuartPlayed the elderly Rose in Titanic, earning an Oscar nomination in her late eighties.🇺🇸American · Born July 4, 1910 · Died September 26, 2010View profile
  7. 157Dianne WiestDianne WiestWon two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress, for Hannah and Her Sisters and Bullets Over Broadway.🇺🇸American · Born March 28, 1948View profile
  8. 158Ben KingsleyBen KingsleyWon the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing the title role in Richard Attenborough's 1982 film Gandhi.🇬🇧British · Born December 31, 1943View profile
  9. 159Bruno GanzBruno GanzAcclaimed stage and screen actor who played Adolf Hitler in the 2004 film Downfall.🇨🇭Swiss · Born March 22, 1941 · Died February 15, 2019View profile
  10. 160Jamie FoxxJamie FoxxActor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing Ray Charles in Ray.🇺🇸American · Born December 13, 1967View profile
  11. 161Jeremy IronsJeremy IronsActor who won the Academy Award for playing Claus von Bülow in Reversal of Fortune.🇬🇧British · Born September 19, 1948View profile
  12. 162Geraldine ChaplinGeraldine ChaplinGained international fame as Tonya in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago and later worked often with the Spanish director Carlos Saura.🇺🇸American · Born July 31, 1944View profile
  13. 163Jet LiJet LiMartial arts film star who rose to fame with Shaolin Temple and the Once Upon a Time in China series.Chinese-Singaporean · Born April 26, 1963View profile
  14. 164Jim CarreyJim CarreyRubber-faced comic star of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask and The Truman Show.Canadian-American · Born January 17, 1962View profile
  15. 165FernandelFernandelHorse-faced comic actor who starred as the priest Don Camillo in a popular series of French films.🇫🇷French · Born May 8, 1903 · Died February 26, 1971View profile
  16. 166Jeanne MoreauJeanne MoreauActress who starred in Jules et Jim and Lift to the Scaffold, becoming a defining face of the French New Wave.🇫🇷French · Born January 23, 1928 · Died July 31, 2017View profile
  17. 167Glenn CloseGlenn CloseActress nominated for an Oscar several times, famous as Alex Forrest in Fatal Attraction and Cruella de Vil.🇺🇸American · Born March 19, 1947View profile
  18. 168Shirley MacLaineShirley MacLaineWon the Academy Award for Best Actress for Terms of Endearment and starred in The Apartment.🇺🇸American · Born April 24, 1934View profile
  19. 169Leonardo DiCaprioLeonardo DiCaprioWon the best actor Oscar for The Revenant, having also starred in Titanic and Inception.🇺🇸American · Born November 11, 1974View profile
  20. 170Harvey KeitelHarvey KeitelActor who starred in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs.🇺🇸American · Born May 13, 1939View profile
  21. 171Gérard PhilipeGérard PhilipeAdmired stage and screen actor, known for Le Diable au corps and for his years at the Théâtre National Populaire.🇫🇷French · Born December 4, 1922 · Died November 25, 1959View profile
  22. 172Julie AndrewsJulie AndrewsActress and singer who won an Academy Award for Mary Poppins and starred in The Sound of Music.🇬🇧British · Born October 1, 1935View profile
  23. 173Stan LaurelStan LaurelSlim, bewildered half of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, who made films such as Sons of the Desert with Oliver Hardy.🇬🇧British · Born June 16, 1890 · Died February 23, 1965View profile
  24. 174Pierce BrosnanPierce BrosnanPlayed James Bond in four films, beginning with GoldenEye and ending with Die Another Day.🇮🇪Irish · Born May 16, 1953View profile
  25. 175Russell CroweRussell CroweActor who won the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing the Roman general in Gladiator.New Zealander-Australian · Born April 7, 1964View profile
  26. 176Martin SheenMartin SheenPlayed Captain Willard in Apocalypse Now and President Josiah Bartlet in the television drama The West Wing.🇺🇸American · Born August 3, 1940View profile
  27. 177Jack LemmonJack LemmonWon Oscars for Mister Roberts and Save the Tiger, and starred opposite Walter Matthau in The Odd Couple.🇺🇸American · Born February 8, 1925 · Died June 27, 2001View profile
  28. 178Bette DavisBette DavisTwice won the Best Actress Oscar, for Dangerous and Jezebel, and starred in All About Eve.🇺🇸American · Born April 5, 1908 · Died October 6, 1989View profile
  29. 179Anouk AiméeAnouk AiméeStarred opposite Jean-Louis Trintignant in A Man and a Woman, and also appeared in La Dolce Vita and 8½.🇫🇷French · Born April 27, 1932 · Died June 18, 2024View profile
  30. 180Max von SydowMax von SydowSwedish actor who played the knight in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal and Father Merrin in The Exorcist.🇸🇪Swedish · Born April 10, 1929 · Died March 8, 2020View profile
  31. 181Anna MagnaniAnna MagnaniRoman screen star who won the Best Actress Oscar for The Rose Tattoo and starred in Rome, Open City.🇮🇹Italian · Born March 7, 1908 · Died September 26, 1973View profile
  32. 182Nancy ReaganNancy ReaganServed as First Lady during her husband's presidency and led the "Just Say No" anti-drug campaign.🇺🇸American · Born July 6, 1921 · Died March 6, 2016View profile
  33. 183Eli WallachEli WallachPlayed the scheming Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, after a long career on Broadway.🇺🇸American · Born December 7, 1915 · Died June 24, 2014View profile
  34. 184Laurence OlivierLaurence OlivierDominant British stage and screen actor who directed and starred in the 1948 film of Hamlet, winning the best picture Oscar.🇬🇧British · Born May 22, 1907 · Died July 11, 1989View profile
  35. 185Angelina JolieAngelina JolieOscar-winning actress of Girl, Interrupted and a UN refugee envoy.🇺🇸American · Born June 4, 1975View profile
  36. 186Simone SignoretSimone SignoretFrench actress who won the Oscar for Best Actress for Room at the Top and starred in Casque d'Or.🇫🇷French · Born March 25, 1921 · Died September 30, 1985View profile
  37. 187Peter O'ToolePeter O'TooleStarred as T. E. Lawrence in David Lean's epic Lawrence of Arabia and earned eight Oscar nominations.Irish-British · Born August 2, 1932 · Died December 14, 2013View profile
  38. 188Peter UstinovPeter UstinovWon two Academy Awards for best supporting actor, for Spartacus and Topkapi, and wrote the play Romanoff and Juliet.🇬🇧British · Born April 16, 1921 · Died March 28, 2004View profile
  39. 189Salman KhanSalman KhanBollywood star whose hits include Maine Pyar Kiya, Dabangg and Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and who hosts the show Bigg Boss.🇮🇳Indian · Born December 27, 1965View profile
  40. 190Peter MayhewPeter MayhewTowering actor who played Chewbacca, the Wookiee co-pilot of the Millennium Falcon, in Star Wars.🇬🇧British · Born May 19, 1944 · Died April 30, 2019View profile
  41. 191Oliver HardyOliver HardyThe heavier half of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, famed for films such as Sons of the Desert.🇺🇸American · Born January 18, 1892 · Died August 7, 1957View profile
  42. 192Michael J. FoxMichael J. FoxActor who starred as Marty McFly in the Back to the Future films and as Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties.🇨🇦Canadian · Born June 9, 1961View profile
  43. 193Olivia Newton-JohnOlivia Newton-JohnStarred as Sandy in the film Grease and sang the chart-topping hit Physical.🇬🇧British · Born September 26, 1948 · Died August 8, 2022View profile
  44. 194Chris CooperChris CooperWon the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing John Laroche in the film Adaptation.🇺🇸American · Born July 9, 1951View profile
  45. 195Alec GuinnessAlec GuinnessWon an Oscar for The Bridge on the River Kwai and played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars.🇬🇧British · Born April 2, 1914 · Died August 5, 2000View profile
  46. 196Sandra BullockSandra BullockWon the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing Leigh Anne Tuohy in the 2009 film The Blind Side.🇺🇸American · Born July 26, 1964View profile
  47. 197Ornella MutiOrnella MutiItalian actress who starred in Flash Gordon and in the comedy Romance of a Horse Thief, among many European films.🇮🇹Italian · Born March 9, 1955View profile
  48. 198Julia RobertsJulia RobertsHollywood leading actress who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing the title role in Erin Brockovich.🇺🇸American · Born October 28, 1967View profile
  49. 199Sidney PoitierSidney PoitierTrailblazing performer who won the Best Actor Oscar for Lilies of the Field, a first for a black actor.Bahamian-American · Born February 20, 1927 · Died January 6, 2022View profile
  50. 200Anita EkbergAnita EkbergSwedish actress famous for the scene in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita where she wades into the Trevi Fountain.🇸🇪Swedish · Born September 29, 1931 · Died January 11, 2015View 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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Last reviewed: October 2026

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