1893 - 1980
Mae West (born Mary Jane West; August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American stage and film actress, playwright, screenwriter, singer, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned over seven decades. She was known for her breezy sexual independence, and her lighthearted bawdy double entendres, often delivered in a husky contralto voice. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mae West has received more than 5,088,472 page views. Her biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Mae West is the 465th most popular actor (up from 628th in 2019), the 876th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,143rd in 2019) and the 240th most popular American Actor.
Mae West was most famous for her risque double entendres and her sex appeal.
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Among actors, Mae West ranks 465 out of 9,996. Before her are Lola Montez, Karl Malden, Hardy Krüger, Raul Julia, Jack Palance, and Lex Barker. After her are Jean Harlow, Tom Hardy, John Rhys-Davies, Halle Berry, Jonathan Pryce, and Meg Ryan.
1821 - 1861
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 459
1912 - 2009
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 460
1928 - 2022
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 461
1940 - 1994
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 462
1919 - 2006
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 463
1919 - 1973
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 464
1893 - 1980
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 465
1911 - 1937
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 466
1977 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 467
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 468
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 469
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 470
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 471
Among people born in 1893, Mae West ranks 32. Before her are Omar Bradley, Chaim Soutine, Fritz Perls, Juana Bormann, Lillian Gish, and Leslie Howard. After her are Jomo Kenyatta, Prajadhipok, Hans Fallada, Viktor Shklovsky, Edward G. Robinson, and Lili Boulanger. Among people deceased in 1980, Mae West ranks 39. Before her are John Bonham, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Hans Morgenthau, Willard Libby, Alexander Oparin, and William Howard Stein. After her are Alejo Carpentier, Marian Rejewski, Fritz Strassmann, Vinicius de Moraes, Seretse Khama, and Ludwig Guttmann.
1893 - 1981
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 26
1893 - 1943
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 27
1893 - 1970
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 28
1893 - 1945
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 29
1893 - 1993
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 30
1893 - 1943
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 31
1893 - 1980
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 32
1893 - 1978
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 33
1893 - 1941
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 34
1893 - 1947
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 35
1893 - 1984
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 36
1893 - 1973
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 37
1893 - 1918
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 38
1948 - 1980
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 33
1925 - 1980
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 34
1904 - 1980
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 35
1908 - 1980
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 36
1894 - 1980
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 37
1911 - 1980
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 38
1893 - 1980
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 39
1904 - 1980
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 40
1905 - 1980
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 41
1902 - 1980
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 42
1913 - 1980
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 43
1921 - 1980
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 44
1899 - 1980
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 45
Among people born in United States, Mae West ranks 876 out of 18,182. Before her are William Kemmler (1860), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), Mel Brooks (1926), Solomon Northup (1808), Jack Palance (1919), and Lex Barker (1919). After her are Glenn T. Seaborg (1912), Jean Harlow (1911), Thelonious Monk (1917), Phil Spector (1939), Ferid Murad (1936), and John L. Hall (1934).
1860 - 1890
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 870
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 871
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 872
1808 - 1863
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 873
1919 - 2006
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 874
1919 - 1973
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 875
1893 - 1980
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 876
1912 - 1999
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 877
1911 - 1937
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 878
1917 - 1982
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 879
1939 - 2021
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 880
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 881
1934 - Present
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 882
Among actors born in United States, Mae West ranks 240. Before her are James Woods (1947), Linda Hamilton (1956), Linda Hunt (1945), Karl Malden (1912), Jack Palance (1919), and Lex Barker (1919). After her are Jean Harlow (1911), Halle Berry (1966), Meg Ryan (1961), Steve Carell (1962), Anne Bancroft (1931), and Kevin Bacon (1958).
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 234
1956 - Present
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 235
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 236
1912 - 2009
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 237
1919 - 2006
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 238
1919 - 1973
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 239
1893 - 1980
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 240
1911 - 1937
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 241
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 242
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 243
1962 - Present
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 244
1931 - 2005
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 245
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 246