1882 - 1956
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈdɛʒøː ˈblɒʃkoː]; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (; Hungarian: [ˈluɡoʃi]), was a Hungarian–American actor, best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror film classic Dracula, Ygor in Son of Frankenstein (1939) and his roles in many other horror films from 1931 through 1956. Lugosi began acting on the Hungarian stage in 1902. After playing in 172 productions in his native Hungary, Lugosi moved on to appear in Hungarian silent films in 1917. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bela Lugosi has received more than 5,078,884 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2019). Bela Lugosi is the 354th most popular actor (down from 310th in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Romania (down from 30th in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Actor.
Bela Lugosi is most famous for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 film "Dracula."
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Among actors, Bela Lugosi ranks 354 out of 9,996. Before him are Carrie Fisher, John Cleese, Sally Field, Heath Ledger, Nancy Reagan, and Frances McDormand. After him are Olivia Newton-John, Brandon Lee, Tim Robbins, Ellen Burstyn, Penélope Cruz, and Don Johnson.
1956 - 2016
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 348
1939 - Present
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 349
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 350
1979 - 2008
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 351
1921 - 2016
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 352
1957 - Present
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 353
1882 - 1956
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 354
1948 - 2022
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 355
1965 - 1993
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 356
1958 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 357
1932 - Present
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 358
1974 - Present
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 359
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 360
Among people born in 1882, Bela Lugosi ranks 38. Before him are A. A. Milne, Princess Margaret of Connaught, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Hans Geiger, and Arthur Eddington. After him are Nicolai Hartmann, Robert H. Goddard, Boris Shaposhnikov, René Coty, Moritz Schlick, and Karol Szymanowski. Among people deceased in 1956, Bela Lugosi ranks 19. Before him are Juho Kusti Paasikivi, A. A. Milne, Alexander Rodchenko, Alfred Kinsey, Kenji Mizoguchi, and Konstantin Päts. After him are Risto Ryti, H. L. Mencken, Émile Borel, Josef Hoffmann, Reinhold Glière, and Wilhelm Miklas.
1882 - 1956
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 32
1882 - 1920
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 33
1882 - 1960
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 34
1882 - 1962
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 35
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 36
1882 - 1944
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 37
1882 - 1956
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 38
1882 - 1950
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 39
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.20
Rank: 40
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 41
1882 - 1962
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 42
1882 - 1936
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 43
1882 - 1937
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 44
1870 - 1956
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 13
1882 - 1956
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 14
1891 - 1956
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 15
1894 - 1956
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 16
1898 - 1956
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 17
1874 - 1956
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 18
1882 - 1956
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 19
1889 - 1956
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 20
1880 - 1956
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 21
1871 - 1956
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 22
1870 - 1956
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 23
1874 - 1956
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 24
1872 - 1956
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 25
Among people born in Romania, Bela Lugosi ranks 41 out of 665. Before him are George Enescu (1881), Klaus Iohannis (1959), János Bolyai (1802), Álmos (820), Hermann Oberth (1894), and Gabriel Bethlen (1580). After him are Radu cel Frumos (1438), Dimitrie Cantemir (1673), Gheorghe Hagi (1965), Milan I of Serbia (1854), John Cassian (360), and Sergiu Celibidache (1912).
1881 - 1955
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 35
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 36
1802 - 1860
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 37
820 - 895
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 38
1894 - 1989
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 39
1580 - 1629
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 40
1882 - 1956
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 41
1438 - 1475
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 42
1673 - 1723
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 43
1965 - Present
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 44
1854 - 1901
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 45
360 - 435
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 46
1912 - 1996
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 47
Among actors born in Romania, Bela Lugosi ranks 1. After him are Edward G. Robinson (1893), Maria Tănase (1913), Sebastian Stan (1982), Maia Morgenstern (1962), John Houseman (1902), Ágnes Esterházy (1891), Lupu Pick (1886), Marcel Iureș (1951), Natalya Varley (1947), Alexandra Maria Lara (1978), and Júlia Sigmond (1929).
1882 - 1956
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 1
1893 - 1973
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 2
1913 - 1963
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 3
1982 - Present
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 4
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 5
1902 - 1988
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 6
1891 - 1956
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 7
1886 - 1931
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 8
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 9
1947 - Present
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 10
1978 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 11
1929 - 2020
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 12