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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 8 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 #351)

  1. 351Fanny ArdantFanny ArdantFrench actress and director who has won two César Awards and worked closely with François Truffaut.🇫🇷French · Born March 22, 1949View profile
  2. 352Bill MurrayBill MurrayStarred as Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters and as the weatherman in Groundhog Day.🇺🇸American · Born September 21, 1950View profile
  3. 353Tim RobbinsTim RobbinsWon an Academy Award for Mystic River and starred as Andy Dufresne in The Shawshank Redemption.🇺🇸American · Born October 16, 1958View profile
  4. 354Daniel CraigDaniel CraigPlayed James Bond across five films, beginning with Casino Royale and ending with No Time to Die.🇬🇧British · Born March 2, 1968View profile
  5. 355Don JohnsonDon JohnsonStarred as detective Sonny Crockett in the pastel-hued police drama Miami Vice, winning a Golden Globe.🇺🇸American · Born December 15, 1949View profile
  6. 356Errol FlynnErrol FlynnSwashbuckling Hollywood star who played the title role in The Adventures of Robin Hood in 1938.🇦🇺Australian · Born June 20, 1909 · Died October 14, 1959View profile
  7. 357Jack PalanceJack PalanceWon the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for City Slickers, celebrating with one-armed press-ups on stage.🇺🇸American · Born February 18, 1919 · Died November 10, 2006View profile
  8. 358Juliette BinocheJuliette BinocheFrench actress of Three Colours: Blue who won an Oscar for The English Patient.🇫🇷French · Born March 9, 1964View profile
  9. 359Bob HoskinsBob HoskinsStarred as the gangster Harold Shand in The Long Good Friday.🇬🇧British · Born October 26, 1942 · Died April 29, 2014View profile
  10. 360Jennifer AnistonJennifer AnistonActress who played Rachel Green for ten years in the hit sitcom Friends.🇺🇸American · Born February 11, 1969View profile
  11. 361Raquel WelchRaquel WelchActress who became a screen star in Fantastic Voyage and as the fur-bikini heroine of One Million Years B.C.🇺🇸American · Born September 5, 1940 · Died February 15, 2023View profile
  12. 362Ron PerlmanRon PerlmanActor who played the title role in Hellboy and led the biker drama Sons of Anarchy as Clay Morrow.🇺🇸American · Born April 13, 1950View profile
  13. 363F. Murray AbrahamF. Murray AbrahamWon the Academy Award for Best Actor for playing the envious composer Antonio Salieri in Amadeus.🇺🇸American · Born October 24, 1939View profile
  14. 364Donald PleasenceDonald PleasencePlayed Dr Loomis in Halloween and also appeared as Blofeld in the Bond film You Only Live Twice.🇬🇧British · Born October 5, 1919 · Died February 2, 1995View profile
  15. 365Tippi HedrenTippi HedrenModel turned actress who starred in Hitchcock's The Birds and Marnie.🇺🇸American · Born January 19, 1930View profile
  16. 366Farrah FawcettFarrah FawcettBecame a global star as Jill Munroe in the first series of Charlie's Angels.🇺🇸American · Born February 2, 1947 · Died June 25, 2009View profile
  17. 367Benny HillBenny HillCreated the long-running ITV comedy programme The Benny Hill Show, famous for its fast-paced sketches and chase scenes.🇬🇧British · Born January 21, 1924 · Died April 18, 1992View profile
  18. 368Kate WinsletKate WinsletActress of Titanic who won an Oscar for The Reader.🇬🇧British · Born October 5, 1975View profile
  19. 369Chris HemsworthChris HemsworthAustralian actor who plays the hammer-wielding god Thor in the Marvel films.🇦🇺Australian · Born August 11, 1983View profile
  20. 370George KennedyGeorge KennedyWon the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Cool Hand Luke and later starred in the Naked Gun comedies.🇺🇸American · Born February 18, 1925 · Died January 28, 2016View profile
  21. 371William HurtWilliam HurtActor who won the Best Actor Oscar for Kiss of the Spider Woman, and also starred in Broadcast News.🇺🇸American · Born March 20, 1950 · Died March 13, 2022View profile
  22. 372Jamie Lee CurtisJamie Lee CurtisWon an Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once after early fame as Laurie Strode in Halloween.🇺🇸American · Born November 22, 1958View profile
  23. 373Penélope CruzPenélope CruzSpanish actress who won an Oscar for Vicky Cristina Barcelona and often collaborates with Pedro Almodóvar, notably in Volver.🇪🇸Spanish · Born April 28, 1974View profile
  24. 374Matt DamonMatt DamonCo-wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting, then led the Bourne film series as Jason Bourne.🇺🇸American · Born October 8, 1970View profile
  25. 375Hugh LaurieHugh LauriePlayed the acerbic diagnostician Dr Gregory House in the American medical drama House.🇬🇧British · Born June 11, 1959View profile
  26. 376Jada Pinkett SmithJada Pinkett SmithActress who played Niobe in the Matrix sequels and co-hosts the talk show Red Table Talk.🇺🇸American · Born September 18, 1971View profile
  27. 377Diana RiggDiana RiggPlayed the leather-clad secret agent Emma Peel in The Avengers, later winning acclaim as Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones.🇬🇧British · Born July 20, 1938 · Died September 10, 2020View profile
  28. 378Ryan O'NealRyan O'NealStarred opposite Ali MacGraw in the hit 1970 romance Love Story, which earned him an Oscar nomination.🇺🇸American · Born April 20, 1941 · Died December 8, 2023View profile
  29. 379Anthony PerkinsAnthony PerkinsPlayed the unsettling motel owner Norman Bates in Hitchcock's Psycho and reprised the role in several sequels.🇺🇸American · Born April 4, 1932 · Died September 12, 1992View profile
  30. 380Zoe SaldañaZoe SaldañaActress who played Neytiri in Avatar and Gamora in the Guardians of the Galaxy films.🇺🇸American · Born June 19, 1978View profile
  31. 381Joan FontaineJoan FontaineWon the Academy Award for Best Actress for Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion, after starring in his Rebecca.🇺🇸American · Born October 22, 1917 · Died December 15, 2013View profile
  32. 382Kevin BaconKevin BaconActor who starred as Ren McCormack in Footloose and gave his name to the party game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.🇺🇸American · Born July 8, 1958View profile
  33. 383Lee MarvinLee MarvinGruff screen actor who won the best actor Oscar for the comic western Cat Ballou.🇺🇸American · Born February 19, 1924 · Died August 29, 1987View profile
  34. 384Vanessa WilliamsVanessa WilliamsShe made history as the first Black woman crowned Miss America, then built a lasting career in music and acting.🇺🇸American · Born March 18, 1963View profile
  35. 385Deborah KerrDeborah KerrElegant actress nominated six times for an Oscar, notably for her role in From Here to Eternity and The King and I.🇬🇧British · Born September 30, 1921 · Died October 16, 2007View profile
  36. 386Louise FletcherLouise FletcherWon an Academy Award for her chilling Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.🇺🇸American · Born July 22, 1934 · Died September 23, 2022View profile
  37. 387Renée ZellwegerRenée ZellwegerStarred in Bridget Jones's Diary and won an Academy Award for Cold Mountain, then another for playing Judy Garland in Judy.🇺🇸American · Born April 25, 1969View profile
  38. 388Andy GarciaAndy GarciaActor nominated for an Academy Award for playing Vincent Mancini in The Godfather Part III.🇨🇺Cuban · Born April 12, 1956View profile
  39. 389Talia ShireTalia ShirePlayed Connie Corleone in the Godfather films and Adrian, Rocky's wife, in the Rocky series.🇺🇸American · Born April 25, 1946View profile
  40. 390Frances McDormandFrances McDormandWon Academy Awards for playing police chief Marge Gunderson in Fargo and the grieving mother in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.🇺🇸American · Born June 23, 1957View profile
  41. 391Burt ReynoldsBurt ReynoldsStarred in Deliverance and the hit comedy Smokey and the Bandit, and earned an Oscar nomination for Boogie Nights.🇺🇸American · Born February 11, 1936 · Died September 6, 2018View profile
  42. 392William H. MacyWilliam H. MacyActor who earned an Oscar nomination for Fargo and played the hapless Frank Gallagher in the American series Shameless.🇺🇸American · Born March 13, 1950View profile
  43. 393Douglas FairbanksDouglas FairbanksSwashbuckling silent star of The Mark of Zorro and a founder of United Artists.🇺🇸American · Born May 23, 1883 · Died December 12, 1939View profile
  44. 394Hanna SchygullaHanna SchygullaActress who starred in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Marriage of Maria Braun, winning the Silver Bear at Berlin in 1979.🇩🇪German · Born December 25, 1943View profile
  45. 395Helena Bonham CarterHelena Bonham CarterPlayed Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter films and the Queen Mother in The King's Speech.🇬🇧British · Born May 26, 1966View profile
  46. 396Jane SeymourJane SeymourPlayed Solitaire in Live and Let Die before starring in television's Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman.🇬🇧British · Born February 15, 1951View profile
  47. 397Jean HarlowJean HarlowPlatinum blonde star of Red Dust and Dinner at Eight, widely seen as the face of pre-Code Hollywood glamour.🇺🇸American · Born March 3, 1911 · Died June 7, 1937View profile
  48. 398Vincent CasselVincent CasselFrench actor who won a César for Mesrine: Killer Instinct and appeared in La Haine and Black Swan.🇫🇷French · Born November 23, 1966View profile
  49. 399Jane RussellJane RussellActress who starred in Howard Hughes's The Outlaw and alongside Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.🇺🇸American · Born June 21, 1921 · Died February 28, 2011View profile
  50. 400Joan CollinsJoan CollinsGlamorous actress who became a global star as the scheming Alexis Colby in the television drama Dynasty.🇬🇧British · Born May 23, 1933View 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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