1883 - 1930
Leonidas Frank "Lon" Chaney (April 1, 1883 – August 26, 1930) was an American actor and makeup artist. 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 1,916,417 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Lon Chaney is the 325th most popular actor (down from 283rd in 2019), the 591st most popular biography from United States (down from 555th in 2019) and the 164th 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 325 out of 9,996. Before him are Sonny Chiba, Kevin Spacey, Mia Farrow, Ed Harris, Hugh Grant, and Kim Novak. After him are Demi Moore, Michael Keaton, Michael Landon, Kate Winslet, Sean Penn, and Andy García.
1939 - 2021
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 319
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 320
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 321
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 322
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 323
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 324
1883 - 1930
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 325
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 326
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 327
1936 - 1991
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 328
1975 - Present
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 329
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 330
1956 - Present
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 331
Among people born in 1883, Lon Chaney ranks 29. Before him are Pierre Laval, Maurice Utrillo, Victor Francis Hess, Johannes Blaskowitz, Celâl Bayar, and Andrey Vyshinsky. After him are Wang Jingwei, Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, A. S. Neill, Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov, Norman Haworth, and Peter Kürten. Among people deceased in 1930, Lon Chaney ranks 17. Before him are Christiaan Eijkman, Victoria of Baden, Fritz Pregl, D. H. Lawrence, Joan Gamper, and Alfred von Tirpitz. After him are Horst Wessel, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Arthur Balfour, Siegfried Wagner, Ahmad Shah Qajar, and Sakichi Toyoda.
1883 - 1945
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 23
1883 - 1955
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 24
1883 - 1964
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 25
1883 - 1948
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 26
1883 - 1986
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 27
1883 - 1954
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 28
1883 - 1930
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 29
1883 - 1944
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 30
1883 - 1945
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 31
1883 - 1973
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 32
1883 - 1946
HPI: 64.18
Rank: 33
1883 - 1950
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 34
1883 - 1931
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 35
1858 - 1930
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 11
1862 - 1930
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 12
1869 - 1930
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 13
1885 - 1930
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 14
1877 - 1930
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 15
1849 - 1930
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 16
1883 - 1930
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 17
1907 - 1930
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 18
1846 - 1930
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 19
1848 - 1930
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 20
1869 - 1930
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 21
1898 - 1930
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 22
1867 - 1930
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 23
Among people born in United States, Lon Chaney ranks 591 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert Coleman Richardson (1937), Douglas Engelbart (1925), Angela Davis (1944), Clifford Geertz (1926), Anna Politkovskaya (1958), and Kim Novak (1933). After him are Art Garfunkel (1941), Jane Addams (1860), Meat Loaf (1947), Philip Glass (1937), Demi Moore (1962), and Glenn Miller (1904).
1937 - 2013
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 585
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 586
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 587
1926 - 2006
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 588
1958 - 2006
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 589
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 590
1883 - 1930
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 591
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 592
1860 - 1935
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 593
1947 - 2022
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 594
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 595
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 596
1904 - 1944
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 597
Among actors born in United States, Lon Chaney ranks 164. Before him are William Holden (1918), Reese Witherspoon (1976), Kevin Spacey (1959), Mia Farrow (1945), Ed Harris (1950), and Kim Novak (1933). After him are Demi Moore (1962), Michael Keaton (1951), Michael Landon (1936), Sean Penn (1960), Janet Leigh (1927), and Burt Reynolds (1936).
1918 - 1981
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 158
1976 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 159
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 160
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 161
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 162
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 163
1883 - 1930
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 164
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 165
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 166
1936 - 1991
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 167
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 168
1927 - 2004
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 169
1936 - 2018
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 170