1940 - 2022
James Edmund Caan ( KAHN; March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor. He came to prominence playing Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972) – a performance that earned him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor. He reprised his role in The Godfather Part II (1974). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Caan has received more than 17,455,312 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). James Caan is the 305th most popular actor (down from 218th in 2019), the 549th most popular biography from United States (down from 423rd in 2019) and the 150th most popular American Actor.
James Caan is most famous for playing Sonny Corleone in the 1972 film, The Godfather.
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Among actors, James Caan ranks 305 out of 9,996. Before him are Lída Baarová, Nathalie Delon, Jerry Lewis, Anthony Perkins, Juliette Gréco, and Salma Hayek. After him are Robbie Coltrane, Farrah Fawcett, Vittorio Gassman, Doris Day, Deborah Kerr, and Gene Kelly.
1914 - 2000
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 299
1941 - 2021
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 300
1926 - 2017
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 301
1932 - 1992
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 302
1927 - 2020
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 303
1966 - Present
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 304
1940 - 2022
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 305
1950 - 2022
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 306
1947 - 2009
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 307
1922 - 2000
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 308
1922 - 2019
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 309
1921 - 2007
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 310
1912 - 1996
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 311
Among people born in 1940, James Caan ranks 40. Before him are Joseph Brodsky, Terry Gilliam, Anna Karina, Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, Peter Fonda, and Dario Argento. After him are Tabaré Vázquez, Andrzej Żuławski, H. R. Giger, Eduardo Galeano, Raquel Welch, and George A. Romero. Among people deceased in 2022, James Caan ranks 26. Before him are Ayman al-Zawahiri, José Eduardo dos Santos, Angela Lansbury, Shinzō Abe, Dietrich Mateschitz, and Yusuf al-Qaradawi. After him are Margaret Keane, Robbie Coltrane, Meat Loaf, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Wolfgang Petersen, and Ben Roy Mottelson.
1940 - 1996
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 34
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 35
1940 - 2019
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 36
1940 - 2021
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 37
1940 - 2019
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 38
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 39
1940 - 2022
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 40
1940 - 2020
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 41
1940 - 2016
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 42
1940 - 2014
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 43
1940 - 2015
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 44
1940 - 2023
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 45
1940 - 2017
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 46
1951 - 2022
HPI: 67.34
Rank: 20
1942 - 2022
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 21
1925 - 2022
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 22
1954 - 2022
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 23
1944 - 2022
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 24
1926 - 2022
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 25
1940 - 2022
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 26
1927 - 2022
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 27
1950 - 2022
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 28
1947 - 2022
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 29
1946 - 2022
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 30
1941 - 2022
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 31
1926 - 2022
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 32
Among people born in United States, James Caan ranks 549 out of 18,182. Before him are T. S. Eliot (1888), James E. Webb (1906), Nelson Rockefeller (1908), Jerry Lewis (1926), Anthony Perkins (1932), and Francis Fukuyama (1952). After him are Margaret Keane (1927), Ernest Lawrence (1901), Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875), Thorstein Veblen (1857), Joseph Barbera (1911), and Washington Irving (1783).
1888 - 1965
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 543
1906 - 1992
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 544
1908 - 1979
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 545
1926 - 2017
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 546
1932 - 1992
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 547
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 548
1940 - 2022
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 549
1927 - 2022
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 550
1901 - 1958
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 551
1875 - 1950
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 552
1857 - 1929
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 553
1911 - 2006
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 554
1783 - 1859
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 555
Among actors born in United States, James Caan ranks 150. Before him are Bradley Cooper (1975), F. Murray Abraham (1939), Jennifer Aniston (1969), Matt Damon (1970), Jerry Lewis (1926), and Anthony Perkins (1932). After him are Farrah Fawcett (1947), Doris Day (1922), Gene Kelly (1912), Martin Landau (1928), Harold Lloyd (1893), and Walter Matthau (1920).
1975 - Present
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 144
1939 - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 145
1969 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 146
1970 - Present
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 147
1926 - 2017
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 148
1932 - 1992
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 149
1940 - 2022
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 150
1947 - 2009
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 151
1922 - 2019
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 152
1912 - 1996
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 153
1928 - 2017
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 154
1893 - 1971
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 155
1920 - 2000
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 156