1905 - 1994
Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr. (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American film, stage, radio and television actor. Cotten achieved prominence on Broadway, starring in the original stage productions of The Philadelphia Story (1939) and Sabrina Fair (1953). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Cotten has received more than 2,754,160 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Joseph Cotten is the 786th most popular actor (up from 854th in 2019), the 1,445th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,582nd in 2019) and the 384th most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, Joseph Cotten ranks 786 out of 9,996. Before him are Jean-Claude Brialy, Helen Hunt, Tom Skerritt, Peter Lorre, Orlando Bloom, and Tyrone Power. After him are Sylva Koscina, Eric Roberts, Danny Aiello, Ryan Gosling, Margarita Lozano, and Richard S. Castellano.
1933 - 2007
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 780
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 781
1933 - Present
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 782
1904 - 1964
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 783
1977 - Present
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 784
1914 - 1958
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 785
1905 - 1994
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 786
1933 - 1994
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 787
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 788
1933 - 2019
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 789
1980 - Present
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 790
1931 - 2022
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 791
1933 - 1988
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 792
Among people born in 1905, Joseph Cotten ranks 54. Before him are Lale Andersen, Emmanuel Mounier, Kurt Gerstein, Sada Abe, Barnett Newman, and Hans Urs von Balthasar. After him are Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, Severo Ochoa, Sebastian Shaw, Piet Hein, Heinz Lammerding, and Dolores del Río. Among people deceased in 1994, Joseph Cotten ranks 59. Before him are Matt Busby, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Roberto Eduardo Viola, Peter Cushing, Rollo May, and Cesar Romero. After him are Sylva Koscina, Terence Young, John Candy, Sebastian Shaw, Chung Il-kwon, and Nicolás Gómez Dávila.
1905 - 1972
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 48
1905 - 1950
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 49
1905 - 1945
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 50
1905 - Present
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 51
1905 - 1970
HPI: 59.97
Rank: 52
1905 - 1988
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 53
1905 - 1994
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 54
1905 - 1996
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 55
1905 - 1993
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 56
1905 - 1994
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 57
1905 - 1996
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 58
1905 - 1971
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 59
1905 - 1983
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 60
1909 - 1994
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 53
1902 - 1994
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 54
1924 - 1994
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 55
1913 - 1994
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 56
1909 - 1994
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 57
1907 - 1994
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 58
1905 - 1994
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 59
1933 - 1994
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 60
1915 - 1994
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 61
1950 - 1994
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 62
1905 - 1994
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 63
1917 - 1994
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 64
1913 - 1994
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 65
Among people born in United States, Joseph Cotten ranks 1,445 out of 18,182. Before him are Richard Kuklinski (1935), Mariah Carey (1969), Dorothy Vaughan (1910), Robert Whittaker (1920), Tyrone Power (1914), and Allen Dulles (1893). After him are Debbie Harry (1945), Ethan Allen (1738), Eric Roberts (1956), Danny Aiello (1933), Henry Rollins (1961), and John Dickson Carr (1906).
1935 - 2006
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 1,439
1969 - Present
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 1,440
1910 - 2008
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 1,441
1920 - 1980
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 1,442
1914 - 1958
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 1,443
1893 - 1969
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 1,444
1905 - 1994
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 1,445
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 1,446
1738 - 1789
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 1,447
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 1,448
1933 - 2019
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 1,449
1961 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 1,450
1906 - 1977
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 1,451
Among actors born in United States, Joseph Cotten ranks 384. Before him are Robin Wright (1966), Frank Langella (1938), Kathryn Joosten (1939), Helen Hunt (1963), Tom Skerritt (1933), and Tyrone Power (1914). After him are Eric Roberts (1956), Danny Aiello (1933), Richard S. Castellano (1933), Carl Reiner (1922), David Caruso (1956), and Stanley Tucci (1960).
1966 - Present
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 378
1938 - Present
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 379
1939 - 2012
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 380
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 381
1933 - Present
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 382
1914 - 1958
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 383
1905 - 1994
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 384
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 385
1933 - 2019
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 386
1933 - 1988
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 387
1922 - 2020
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 388
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 389
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 390