1879 - 1948
William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America, Baggot was referred to as "King of the Movies," "The Most Photographed Man in the World" and "The Man Whose Face Is As Familiar As The Man In The Moon." Baggot appeared in over 300 motion pictures from 1909 to 1947; wrote 18 screenplays; and directed 45 movies from 1912 to 1928, including The Lie (1912), Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1925) and The House of Scandal (1928). He also directed William S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of King Baggot has received more than 81,349 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). King Baggot is the 6,434th most popular actor (down from 5,513th in 2019), the 9,973rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,052nd in 2019) and the 3,273rd most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, King Baggot ranks 6,434 out of 10,030. Before him are Juliet Landau, Aimee Mullins, Kevin Whately, Morgan Woodward, Amaia Salamanca, and Mamie Gummer. After him are Choi Si-won, Charles Rocket, Michelle Borth, Kang Ji-hwan, Clea DuVall, and Trond Espen Seim.
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 6,428
1975 - Present
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 6,429
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 6,430
1925 - 2019
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 6,431
1986 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 6,432
1983 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 6,433
1879 - 1948
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 6,434
1987 - Present
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 6,435
1949 - 2005
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 6,436
1978 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 6,437
1977 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 6,438
1977 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 6,439
1971 - Present
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 6,440
Among people born in 1879, King Baggot ranks 193. Before him are Hamilton Harty, Adolf Spinnler, Sid Grauman, Bob Crompton, Joseph Lyons, and Frank Greer. After him are Vachel Lindsay, Terence MacSwiney, and Miles Franklin. Among people deceased in 1948, King Baggot ranks 145. Before him are Charles A. Beard, Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim, Joseph Wedderburn, Mary Eaton, Frank Benford, and Warren William. After him are Yellapragada Subbarow, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, Susan Glaspell, Gertrude Atherton, and Sophia Duleep Singh.
1879 - 1941
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 187
1879 - 1951
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 188
1879 - 1950
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 189
1879 - 1941
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 190
1879 - 1939
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 191
1879 - 1943
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 192
1879 - 1948
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 193
1879 - 1931
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 194
1879 - 1920
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 195
1879 - 1954
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 196
1874 - 1948
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 139
1888 - 1948
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 140
1882 - 1948
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 141
1901 - 1948
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 142
1883 - 1948
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 143
1894 - 1948
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 144
1879 - 1948
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 145
1895 - 1948
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 146
1863 - 1948
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 147
1876 - 1948
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 148
1857 - 1948
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 149
1876 - 1948
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 150
Among people born in United States, King Baggot ranks 9,973 out of 15,968. Before him are Charles Adkins (1932), Jason Everman (1967), Howard P. Robertson (1903), Kitty Wells (1919), Kathy Griffin (1960), and Rick Rosenthal (1949). After him are Andy Tennant (1955), Otis Davis (1932), Charles Rocket (1949), Michelle Borth (1978), Alex Honnold (1985), and Fiona Apple (1977).
1932 - 1993
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 9,967
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 9,968
1903 - 1961
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 9,969
1919 - 2012
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 9,970
1960 - Present
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 9,971
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 9,972
1879 - 1948
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 9,973
1955 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 9,974
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 9,975
1949 - 2005
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 9,976
1978 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 9,977
1985 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 9,978
1977 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 9,979
Among actors born in United States, King Baggot ranks 3,273. Before him are Jesse Plemons (1988), Glenn Strange (1899), Juliet Landau (1965), Aimee Mullins (1975), Morgan Woodward (1925), and Mamie Gummer (1983). After him are Charles Rocket (1949), Michelle Borth (1978), Clea DuVall (1977), Mary Badham (1952), Nancy Kyes (1949), and Adrian Grenier (1976).
1988 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 3,267
1899 - 1973
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 3,268
1965 - Present
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 3,269
1975 - Present
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 3,270
1925 - 2019
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 3,271
1983 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 3,272
1879 - 1948
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 3,273
1949 - 2005
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 3,274
1978 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 3,275
1977 - Present
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 3,276
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 3,277
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 3,278
1976 - Present
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 3,279