1882 - 1956
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈdɛʒøː ˈblɒʃkoː]; 20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (; Hungarian: [ˈluɡoʃi]), was a Hungarian-American actor best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 film and for his roles in other horror films.After playing small parts on the stage in his native Hungary, Lugosi gained his first role in a film in 1917. He had to leave the country after the failed Hungarian Communist Revolution of 1919 because of his socialist activism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bela Lugosi has received more than 3,053,674 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Bela Lugosi is the 311th most popular actor (down from 240th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Romania (up from 55th 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 311 out of 10,030. Before him are Reese Witherspoon, Mia Farrow, Olivia Newton-John, Isabelle Adjani, Gene Kelly, and Talia Shire. After him are Burt Reynolds, Telly Savalas, Douglas Fairbanks, Ellen Burstyn, Deborah Kerr, and Anna Karina.
1976 - Present
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 305
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 306
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 307
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 308
1912 - 1996
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 309
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 310
1882 - 1956
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 311
1936 - 2018
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 312
1922 - 1994
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 313
1883 - 1939
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 314
1932 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 315
1921 - 2007
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 316
1940 - 2019
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 317
Among people born in 1882, Bela Lugosi ranks 36. Before him are Princess Margaret of Connaught, Getúlio Vargas, Jacques Maritain, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Percy Williams Bridgman, and Hans Geiger. After him are Moritz Schlick, Rodolfo Graziani, Robert H. Goddard, Nicolai Hartmann, Yanka Kupala, and Lluís Companys. Among people deceased in 1956, Bela Lugosi ranks 15. Before him are B. R. Ambedkar, Frederick Soddy, Alfred Kinsey, Alexander Rodchenko, Robert Walser, and Lucien Febvre. After him are Konstantin Päts, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Kenji Mizoguchi, Risto Ryti, Émile Borel, and A. A. Milne.
1882 - 1920
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 30
1882 - 1954
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 31
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 32
1882 - 1960
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 33
1882 - 1961
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 34
1882 - 1945
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 35
1882 - 1956
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 36
1882 - 1936
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 37
1882 - 1955
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 38
1882 - 1945
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 39
1882 - 1950
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 40
1882 - 1942
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 41
1882 - 1940
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 42
1891 - 1956
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 9
1877 - 1956
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 10
1894 - 1956
HPI: 75.06
Rank: 11
1891 - 1956
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 12
1878 - 1956
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 13
1878 - 1956
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 14
1882 - 1956
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 15
1874 - 1956
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 16
1870 - 1956
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 17
1898 - 1956
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 18
1889 - 1956
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 19
1871 - 1956
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 20
1882 - 1956
HPI: 71.57
Rank: 21
Among people born in Romania, Bela Lugosi ranks 30 out of 572. Before him are Herta Müller (1953), Theodoric I (393), Iannis Xenakis (1922), Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (1901), Jacob L. Moreno (1889), and Elie Wiesel (1928). After him are George Enescu (1881), János Bolyai (1802), Mihai Eminescu (1850), Sergiu Celibidache (1912), Michael the Brave (1558), and Gheorghe Zamfir (1941).
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 24
393 - 451
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 25
1922 - 2001
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 26
1901 - 1965
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 27
1889 - 1974
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 28
1928 - 2016
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 29
1882 - 1956
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 30
1881 - 1955
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 31
1802 - 1860
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 32
1850 - 1889
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 33
1912 - 1996
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 34
1558 - 1601
HPI: 73.33
Rank: 35
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 36
Among actors born in Romania, Bela Lugosi ranks 1. After him are Edward G. Robinson (1893), Maria Tănase (1913), Maia Morgenstern (1962), Sebastian Stan (1982), John Houseman (1902), Lupu Pick (1886), Marcel Iureș (1951), Gheorghe Mureșan (1971), Alexandra Maria Lara (1978), and Anamaria Marinca (1978).
1882 - 1956
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 1
1893 - 1973
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 2
1913 - 1963
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 3
1962 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 4
1982 - Present
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 5
1902 - 1988
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 6
1886 - 1931
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 7
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 8
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 9
1978 - Present
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 10
1978 - Present
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 11