1889 - 1967
William Claude Rains (10 November 1889 – 30 May 1967) was a British and American actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. After his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in The Invisible Man (1933), he appeared in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Mr. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Rains has received more than 3,162,922 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Claude Rains is the 2,432nd most popular actor (down from 2,116th in 2019), the 2,245th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,109th in 2019) and the 310th most popular British Actor.
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Among actors, Claude Rains ranks 2,432 out of 9,996. Before him are Anthony Quayle, Henri Vidal, Gérard Jugnot, Patrick Wayne, Linda Harrison, and Rob Lowe. After him are Susan Kohner, Jimmy Smits, Danny Huston, Hillevi Rombin, Richard Roundtree, and Nancy Kelly.
1913 - 1989
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 2,426
1919 - 1959
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 2,427
1951 - Present
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 2,428
1939 - Present
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 2,429
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 2,430
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 2,431
1889 - 1967
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 2,432
1936 - Present
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 2,433
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 2,434
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 2,435
1933 - 1996
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 2,436
1942 - 2023
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 2,437
1921 - 1995
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 2,438
Among people born in 1889, Claude Rains ranks 135. Before him are Shōji Nishimura, Abbās al-Aqqād, Shigeyoshi Inoue, Angelo Iachino, Larry Semon, and Maria Dąbrowska. After him are Lord Leopold Mountbatten, Bernhard Karlgren, Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, Ivan Mosjoukine, Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro, and Ernest Marsden. Among people deceased in 1967, Claude Rains ranks 130. Before him are Paul Löbe, Charles Bickford, Ad Reinhardt, Otto Erich Deutsch, Li Lisan, and Antonio Moreno. After him are Mischa Elman, Sydir Kovpak, Samad Behrangi, Julio Baghy, John Nance Garner, and Albert Lutuli.
1889 - 1944
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 129
1889 - 1964
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 130
1889 - 1975
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 131
1889 - 1976
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 132
1889 - 1928
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 133
1889 - 1965
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 134
1889 - 1967
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 135
1889 - 1922
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 136
1889 - 1978
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 137
1889 - 1963
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 138
1889 - 1939
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 139
1889 - 1933
HPI: 51.31
Rank: 140
1889 - 1970
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 141
1875 - 1967
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 124
1891 - 1967
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 125
1913 - 1967
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 126
1883 - 1967
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 127
1899 - 1967
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 128
1887 - 1967
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 129
1889 - 1967
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 130
1891 - 1967
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 131
1887 - 1967
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 132
1939 - 1967
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 133
1891 - 1967
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 134
1868 - 1967
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 135
1898 - 1967
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 136
Among people born in United Kingdom, Claude Rains ranks 2,245 out of 7,765. Before him are Prince William of Gloucester (1941), Nick Hornby (1957), Adam Clayton (1960), Anthony Quayle (1913), Llywelyn the Great (1173), and George Mary Searle (1839). After him are Dionysios Kasdaglis (1872), Anthony Horowitz (1955), Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563), Michael Carrick (1981), Æthelbald of Mercia (null), and Frank Bridge (1879).
1941 - 1972
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 2,239
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 2,240
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 2,241
1913 - 1989
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 2,242
1173 - 1240
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 2,243
1839 - 1918
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 2,244
1889 - 1967
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 2,245
1872 - 1931
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 2,246
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 2,247
1563 - 1612
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 2,248
1981 - Present
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 2,249
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 2,250
1879 - 1941
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 2,251
Among actors born in United Kingdom, Claude Rains ranks 310. Before him are Lindsay Duncan (1950), Philip Stone (1924), Edward Hardwicke (1932), Rachel Ward (1957), Miriam Margolyes (1941), and Anthony Quayle (1913). After him are Ben Barnes (1981), Felicity Jones (1983), Cary Elwes (1962), Cedric Hardwicke (1893), Natalie Dormer (1982), and Patrick Troughton (1920).
1950 - Present
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 304
1924 - 2003
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 305
1932 - 2011
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 306
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 307
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 308
1913 - 1989
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 309
1889 - 1967
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 310
1981 - Present
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 311
1983 - Present
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 312
1962 - Present
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 313
1893 - 1964
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 314
1982 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 315
1920 - 1987
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 316