1883 - 1930
Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American stage and film actor, make-up artist, director and screenwriter. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted characters, and his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. Chaney was known for his starring roles in such silent horror films as The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lon Chaney has received more than 1,311,228 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Lon Chaney is the 283rd most popular actor (up from 1,221st in 2019), the 555th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,265th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular American Actor.
Lon Chaney is most famous for his roles in silent films such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera.
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Among actors, Lon Chaney ranks 283 out of 10,030. Before him are Danny Trejo, Mireille Darc, Romina Power, Kevin Spacey, Melina Mercouri, and David Niven. After him are Sean Penn, Goldie Hawn, Glenn Close, Bibi Andersson, Martin Landau, and Michael Keaton.
1944 - Present
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 277
1938 - 2017
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 278
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 279
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 280
1920 - 1994
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 281
1910 - 1983
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 282
1883 - 1930
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 283
1960 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 284
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 285
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 286
1935 - 2019
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 287
1928 - 2017
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 288
1951 - Present
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 289
Among people born in 1883, Lon Chaney ranks 27. Before him are Theo van Doesburg, Semyon Budyonny, Johannes Blaskowitz, Maurice Utrillo, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, and Andrey Vyshinsky. After him are Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Celâl Bayar, Douglas Fairbanks, Wang Jingwei, Norman Haworth, and Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov. Among people deceased in 1930, Lon Chaney ranks 15. Before him are Allvar Gullstrand, D. H. Lawrence, Cosima Wagner, Horst Wessel, Joan Gamper, and Christiaan Eijkman. After him are Fritz Pregl, Alfred von Tirpitz, Victoria of Baden, Ahmad Shah Qajar, Arthur Balfour, and Siegfried Wagner.
1883 - 1931
HPI: 75.33
Rank: 21
1883 - 1973
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 22
1883 - 1948
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 23
1883 - 1955
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 24
1883 - 1945
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 25
1883 - 1954
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 26
1883 - 1930
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 27
1883 - 1963
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 28
1883 - 1986
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 29
1883 - 1939
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 30
1883 - 1944
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 31
1883 - 1950
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 32
1883 - 1946
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 33
1862 - 1930
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 9
1885 - 1930
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 10
1837 - 1930
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 11
1907 - 1930
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 12
1877 - 1930
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 13
1858 - 1930
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 14
1883 - 1930
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 15
1869 - 1930
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 16
1849 - 1930
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 17
1862 - 1930
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 18
1898 - 1930
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 19
1848 - 1930
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 20
1869 - 1930
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 21
Among people born in United States, Lon Chaney ranks 555 out of 15,968. Before him are Clifford Geertz (1926), Kamehameha I (1758), Elinor Ostrom (1933), Eddie Murphy (1961), Henry Mancini (1924), and Philip Glass (1937). After him are Sean Penn (1960), Lewis H. Morgan (1818), Goldie Hawn (1945), Richard Stallman (1953), Scott Joplin (1868), and Glenn Close (1947).
1926 - 2006
HPI: 74.07
Rank: 549
1758 - 1819
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 550
1933 - 2012
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 551
1961 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 552
1924 - 1994
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 553
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 554
1883 - 1930
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 555
1960 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 556
1818 - 1881
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 557
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 558
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 559
1868 - 1917
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 560
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 561
Among actors born in United States, Lon Chaney ranks 152. Before him are Dwayne Johnson (1972), Ed Harris (1950), Ryan O'Neal (1941), Danny Trejo (1944), Romina Power (1951), and Kevin Spacey (1959). After him are Sean Penn (1960), Goldie Hawn (1945), Glenn Close (1947), Martin Landau (1928), Michael Keaton (1951), and Willem Dafoe (1955).
1972 - Present
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 146
1950 - Present
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 147
1941 - Present
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 148
1944 - Present
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 149
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 150
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 151
1883 - 1930
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 152
1960 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 153
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 154
1947 - Present
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 155
1928 - 2017
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 156
1951 - Present
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 157
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 158