1937 - Today
William December Williams Jr. (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor, novelist and painter. He has appeared in over 100 films and television roles over six decades. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Dee Williams has received more than 7,186,702 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Billy Dee Williams is the 993rd most popular actor (down from 880th in 2019), the 1,800th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,639th in 2019) and the 487th most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, Billy Dee Williams ranks 993 out of 9,996. Before him are James Tolkan, Edward Gordon Craig, Nino Castelnuovo, Marty Feldman, Vyacheslav Tikhonov, and Kate Capshaw. After him are Rosamund Pike, Idris Elba, Edwige Fenech, Ralph Macchio, Luise Rainer, and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.
1931 - Present
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 987
1872 - 1966
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 988
1936 - 2021
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 989
1934 - 1982
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 990
1928 - 2009
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 991
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 992
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 993
1979 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 994
1972 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 995
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 996
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 997
1910 - 2014
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 998
1950 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 999
Among people born in 1937, Billy Dee Williams ranks 83. Before him are Yoshirō Mori, Thomas Nagel, Maryse Condé, Shirley Bassey, Tony Burton, and Tom Simpson. After him are Boris Pugo, Keizō Obuchi, Song Hye-rim, Dragoslav Šekularac, Cornelius A. Smith, and Richard Møller Nielsen.
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 77
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 78
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 79
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 80
1937 - 2016
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 81
1937 - 1967
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 82
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 83
1937 - 1991
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 84
1937 - 2000
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 85
1937 - 2002
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 86
1937 - 2019
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 87
1937 - Present
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 88
1937 - 2014
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 89
Among people born in United States, Billy Dee Williams ranks 1,800 out of 18,182. Before him are James Tolkan (1931), Vannevar Bush (1890), Pete Sampras (1971), Kate Capshaw (1953), Stevie Nicks (1948), and Fred Durst (1970). After him are Venus Williams (1980), Henry Norris Russell (1877), Robert C. Merton (1944), Mitt Romney (1947), Ralph Macchio (1961), and Saul Kripke (1940).
1931 - Present
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 1,794
1890 - 1974
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 1,795
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 1,796
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 1,797
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 1,798
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 1,799
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 1,800
1980 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 1,801
1877 - 1957
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 1,802
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,803
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,804
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 1,805
1940 - 2022
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 1,806
Among actors born in United States, Billy Dee Williams ranks 487. Before him are Matthew Broderick (1962), Jon Favreau (1966), Liv Tyler (1977), Lionel Stander (1908), James Tolkan (1931), and Kate Capshaw (1953). After him are Ralph Macchio (1961), Lucy Liu (1968), Joe Mantegna (1947), Henry Bergman (1868), David Schwimmer (1966), and Mark Blum (1950).
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 481
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 482
1977 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 483
1908 - 1994
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 484
1931 - Present
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 485
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 486
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 487
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 488
1968 - Present
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 489
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 490
1868 - 1946
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 491
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 492
1950 - 2020
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 493