1884 - 1950
Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss-born German actor, popular in the 1920s in Hollywood. He was the first recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actor for his roles in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh. As of 2023, Jannings is the only German ever to have won the category. Jannings is best known for his collaborations with F. W. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emil Jannings has received more than 663,257 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Emil Jannings is the 393rd most popular actor (down from 350th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 57th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Actor.
Emil Jannings was a German actor, director, and winner of the first ever Academy Award for Best Actor. He was best known for his roles in films such as The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh.
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Among actors, Emil Jannings ranks 393 out of 9,996. Before him are Bolo Yeung, Gene Wilder, Vincent Cassel, Ryan O'Neal, Tippi Hedren, and Edward Norton. After him are Burgess Meredith, Mark Hamill, Tobin Bell, Woody Harrelson, Helena Bonham Carter, and Paul Hogan.
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 387
1933 - 2016
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 388
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 389
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 390
1930 - Present
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 391
1969 - Present
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 392
1884 - 1950
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 393
1907 - 1997
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 394
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 395
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 396
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 397
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 398
1939 - Present
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 399
Among people born in 1884, Emil Jannings ranks 29. Before him are Lion Feuchtwanger, Edward Sapir, Rajendra Prasad, Vincent Auriol, Rudolf Bultmann, and Yitzhak Ben-Zvi. After him are Casimir Funk, Max Beckmann, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Panait Istrati, and Otto Rank. Among people deceased in 1950, Emil Jannings ranks 23. Before him are Kurt Weill, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Nicolai Hartmann, Ramana Maharshi, Sri Aurobindo, and Norman Haworth. After him are George Minot, Cesare Pavese, Max Beckmann, John Rabe, Kuniaki Koiso, and Roman Shukhevych.
1884 - 1958
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 23
1884 - 1939
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 24
1884 - 1963
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 25
1884 - 1966
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 26
1884 - 1976
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 27
1884 - 1963
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 28
1884 - 1950
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 29
1884 - 1967
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 30
1884 - 1950
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 31
1884 - 1945
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 32
1884 - 1965
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 33
1884 - 1935
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 34
1884 - 1939
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 35
1900 - 1950
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 17
1863 - 1950
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 18
1882 - 1950
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 19
1879 - 1950
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 20
1872 - 1950
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 21
1883 - 1950
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 22
1884 - 1950
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 23
1885 - 1950
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 24
1908 - 1950
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 25
1884 - 1950
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 26
1882 - 1950
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 27
1880 - 1950
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 28
1907 - 1950
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 29
Among people born in Switzerland, Emil Jannings ranks 63 out of 876. Before him are Gabriel Cramer (1704), Friedrich Miescher (1844), Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Hans Küng (1928), Walter Rudolf Hess (1881), and Paul Hermann Müller (1899). After him are Alexandre Yersin (1863), Max Frisch (1911), Alisha Lehmann (23), Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784), Roger Federer (1981), and Peter Zumthor (1943).
1704 - 1752
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 57
1844 - 1895
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 58
1853 - 1918
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 59
1928 - 2021
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 60
1881 - 1973
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 61
1899 - 1965
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 62
1884 - 1950
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 63
1863 - 1943
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 64
1911 - 1991
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 65
23 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 66
1784 - 1817
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 67
1981 - Present
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 68
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 69
Among actors born in Switzerland, Emil Jannings ranks 3. Before him are Ursula Andress (1936) and Bruno Ganz (1941). After him are Mario Adorf (1930), Marthe Keller (1945), Michel Simon (1895), Vincent Perez (1964), Liselotte Pulver (1929), Daniel Bernhardt (1965), Michelle Hunziker (1977), Sofia Milos (1969), and David Bennent (1966).
1936 - Present
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 1
1941 - 2019
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 2
1884 - 1950
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 3
1930 - Present
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 4
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 5
1895 - 1975
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 6
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 7
1929 - Present
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 8
1965 - Present
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 9
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.93
Rank: 10
1969 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 11
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 12