Actor

Bill Paxton

American actor, director and film producer

1955 - 2017

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Bill Paxton

His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2024). Bill Paxton is the 118th most popular actor (up from 1,156th in 2024), the 283rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,985th in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Actor.

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2.3M

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76.24

HPI

Historical Popularity Index

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#1

Bill Paxton is the most memorable of the 40 notable people born in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.

63

Bill Paxton's biography appears in 63 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 96% of all Actors.

May 17

Bill Paxton shares a May 17 birthday with Edward Jenner, Alfonso XIII of Spain, and Wilhelm Steinitz.

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Among Actors

Among actors, Bill Paxton ranks 118 out of 13,578. Before him are Gary Cooper, Samuel L. Jackson, Roger Moore, Cary Grant, Jane Fonda, and Burt Lancaster. After him are Keanu Reeves, Jean Gabin, John Travolta, Tony Curtis, Val Kilmer, and Leslie Howard.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

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Gary Cooper
1901 - 1961
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 112
Samuel L. Jackson
1948 - Present
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 113
Roger Moore
1927 - 2017
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 114
Cary Grant
1904 - 1986
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 115
Jane Fonda
1937 - Present
HPI: 76.25
Rank: 116
Burt Lancaster
1913 - 1994
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 117
Bill Paxton
1955 - 2017
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 118
Keanu Reeves
1964 - Present
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 119
Jean Gabin
1904 - 1976
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 120
John Travolta
1954 - Present
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 121
Tony Curtis
1925 - 2010
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 122
Val Kilmer
1959 - 2025
HPI: 76.19
Rank: 123
Leslie Howard
1893 - 1943
HPI: 76.19
Rank: 124

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Bill Paxton ranks 12. Before him are Alain Prost, Friedrich Merz, Michel Platini, Kevin Costner, Rowan Atkinson, and Pietro Parolin. After him are Jair Bolsonaro, Tim Berners-Lee, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Ornella Muti, and Akira Toriyama. Among people deceased in 2017, Bill Paxton ranks 9. Before him are Michael I of Romania, Gene Cernan, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Stanislav Petrov, Zygmunt Bauman, and Roger Moore. After him are Tom Petty, Raymond Kopa, Jalal Talabani, Jeanne Moreau, Zbigniew Brzezinski, and Salvatore Riina.

Others Born in 1955

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Alain Prost
RACING DRIVER
1955 - Present
HPI: 78.82
Rank: 6
Friedrich Merz
POLITICIAN
1955 - Present
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 7
Michel Platini
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - Present
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 8
Kevin Costner
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 9
Rowan Atkinson
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 10
Pietro Parolin
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1955 - Present
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 11
Bill Paxton
ACTOR
1955 - 2017
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 12
Jair Bolsonaro
POLITICIAN
1955 - Present
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 13
Tim Berners-Lee
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1955 - Present
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 14
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
NOBLEMAN
1955 - Present
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 15
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
SOCCER PLAYER
1955 - Present
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 16
Ornella Muti
ACTOR
1955 - Present
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 17
Akira Toriyama
COMIC ARTIST
1955 - 2024
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 18

Others Deceased in 2017

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Michael I of Romania
POLITICIAN
1921 - 2017
HPI: 79.19
Rank: 3
Gene Cernan
ASTRONAUT
1934 - 2017
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 4
Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2017
HPI: 77.35
Rank: 5
Stanislav Petrov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1939 - 2017
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 6
Zygmunt Bauman
PHILOSOPHER
1925 - 2017
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 7
Roger Moore
ACTOR
1927 - 2017
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 8
Bill Paxton
ACTOR
1955 - 2017
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 9
Tom Petty
MUSICIAN
1950 - 2017
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 10
Raymond Kopa
SOCCER PLAYER
1931 - 2017
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 11
Jalal Talabani
POLITICIAN
1933 - 2017
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 12
Jeanne Moreau
ACTOR
1928 - 2017
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 13
Zbigniew Brzezinski
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2017
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 14
Salvatore Riina
MAFIOSO
1930 - 2017
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 15