1931 - 1955
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Dean has received more than 13,760,186 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). James Dean is the 34th most popular actor (down from 28th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from United States (down from 77th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Actor.
James Dean is most famous for starring in the movie "Rebel Without a Cause" and being killed in a car accident in 1955.
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Among actors, James Dean ranks 34 out of 10,030. Before him are Danny DeVito, Elizabeth Taylor, Dustin Hoffman, Patrick Swayze, Romy Schneider, and Terence Hill. After him are Debbie Reynolds, Meryl Streep, Claudia Cardinale, Anthony Quinn, Charles Bronson, and Michael Douglas.
1944 - Present
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 28
1932 - 2011
HPI: 82.50
Rank: 29
1937 - Present
HPI: 82.37
Rank: 30
1952 - 2009
HPI: 82.17
Rank: 31
1938 - 1982
HPI: 82.13
Rank: 32
1939 - Present
HPI: 82.08
Rank: 33
1931 - 1955
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 34
1932 - 2016
HPI: 81.85
Rank: 35
1949 - Present
HPI: 81.71
Rank: 36
1938 - Present
HPI: 81.56
Rank: 37
1915 - 2001
HPI: 81.51
Rank: 38
1921 - 2003
HPI: 81.50
Rank: 39
1944 - Present
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 40
Among people born in 1931, James Dean ranks 6. Before him are Mikhail Gorbachev, Rajneesh, Boris Yeltsin, Toni Morrison, and A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. After him are Raúl Castro, Robert Duvall, Tomas Tranströmer, Alice Munro, Chun Doo-hwan, and Philip Kotler. Among people deceased in 1955, James Dean ranks 4. Before him are Albert Einstein, Alexander Fleming, and Thomas Mann. After him are Dale Carnegie, Fernand Léger, José Ortega y Gasset, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Charlie Parker, Sadako Sasaki, Arthur Honegger, and Helmuth Weidling.
1931 - Present
HPI: 89.08
Rank: 1
1931 - 1990
HPI: 85.85
Rank: 2
1931 - 2007
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 3
1931 - 2019
HPI: 83.05
Rank: 4
1931 - 2015
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 5
1931 - 1955
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 6
1931 - Present
HPI: 80.39
Rank: 7
1931 - Present
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 8
1931 - 2015
HPI: 77.61
Rank: 9
1931 - Present
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 10
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.94
Rank: 11
1931 - Present
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 12
1879 - 1955
HPI: 94.79
Rank: 1
1881 - 1955
HPI: 86.31
Rank: 2
1875 - 1955
HPI: 86.00
Rank: 3
1931 - 1955
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 4
1888 - 1955
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 5
1881 - 1955
HPI: 76.66
Rank: 6
1883 - 1955
HPI: 76.26
Rank: 7
1881 - 1955
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 8
1920 - 1955
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 9
1943 - 1955
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 10
1892 - 1955
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 11
1891 - 1955
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, James Dean ranks 84 out of 15,968. Before him are Dustin Hoffman (1937), Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929), Patrick Swayze (1952), Frank Sinatra (1915), Theodore Roosevelt (1858), and Johnny Cash (1932). After him are Bob Dylan (1941), Jimi Hendrix (1942), Debbie Reynolds (1932), Tina Turner (1939), Rosa Parks (1913), and Henry David Thoreau (1817).
1937 - Present
HPI: 82.37
Rank: 78
1929 - 1994
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 79
1952 - 2009
HPI: 82.17
Rank: 80
1915 - 1998
HPI: 82.15
Rank: 81
1858 - 1919
HPI: 82.10
Rank: 82
1932 - 2003
HPI: 82.07
Rank: 83
1931 - 1955
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 84
1941 - Present
HPI: 81.92
Rank: 85
1942 - 1970
HPI: 81.89
Rank: 86
1932 - 2016
HPI: 81.85
Rank: 87
1939 - Present
HPI: 81.82
Rank: 88
1913 - 2005
HPI: 81.77
Rank: 89
1817 - 1862
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 90
Among actors born in United States, James Dean ranks 16. Before him are Jack Nicholson (1937), James Stewart (1908), Judy Garland (1922), Danny DeVito (1944), Dustin Hoffman (1937), and Patrick Swayze (1952). After him are Debbie Reynolds (1932), Meryl Streep (1949), Charles Bronson (1921), Michael Douglas (1944), Chuck Norris (1940), and Harrison Ford (1942).
1937 - Present
HPI: 83.79
Rank: 10
1908 - 1997
HPI: 83.75
Rank: 11
1922 - 1969
HPI: 83.38
Rank: 12
1944 - Present
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 13
1937 - Present
HPI: 82.37
Rank: 14
1952 - 2009
HPI: 82.17
Rank: 15
1931 - 1955
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 16
1932 - 2016
HPI: 81.85
Rank: 17
1949 - Present
HPI: 81.71
Rank: 18
1921 - 2003
HPI: 81.50
Rank: 19
1944 - Present
HPI: 81.49
Rank: 20
1940 - Present
HPI: 81.19
Rank: 21
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 22