ACTOR

Bela Lugosi

1882 - 1956

Bela Lugosi

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 film, Ygor in Son of Frankenstein (1939) and his roles in many other horror films from 1931 through 1956.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 3,599,976 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Bela Lugosi is the 310th most popular actor (down from 239th 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."

Memorability Metrics

3.6M
Page Views (PV)
73.60
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
59
Languages Editions (L)
4.89
Effective Languages (L*)
4.78
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bela Lugosi ranks 310 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.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

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Reese Witherspoon
1976 - Present
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 304
Mia Farrow
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 305
Olivia Newton-John
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 306
Isabelle Adjani
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 307
Gene Kelly
1912 - 1996
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 308
Talia Shire
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 309
Bela Lugosi
1882 - 1956
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 310
Burt Reynolds
1936 - 2018
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 311
Telly Savalas
1922 - 1994
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 312
Douglas Fairbanks
1883 - 1939
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 313
Ellen Burstyn
1932 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 314
Deborah Kerr
1921 - 2007
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 315
Anna Karina
1940 - 2019
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 316

Contemporaries

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.

Others Born in 1882

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Princess Margaret of Connaught
1882 - 1920
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 30
Getúlio Vargas
1882 - 1954
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 31
Jacques Maritain
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 32
Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia
1882 - 1960
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 33
Percy Williams Bridgman
1882 - 1961
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 34
Hans Geiger
1882 - 1945
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 35
Bela Lugosi
1882 - 1956
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 36
Moritz Schlick
1882 - 1936
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 37
Rodolfo Graziani
1882 - 1955
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 38
Robert H. Goddard
1882 - 1945
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 39
Nicolai Hartmann
1882 - 1950
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 40
Yanka Kupala
1882 - 1942
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 41
Lluís Companys
1882 - 1940
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 42