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 4,585,784 page views. Her biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Mae West is the 628th most popular actor (down from 372nd in 2019), the 1,144th most popular biography from United States (down from 757th in 2019) and the 316th 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 628 out of 10,030. Before her are Peter Dinklage, Robert Englund, Sonny Chiba, Geena Davis, Kelly Preston, and Honor Blackman. After her are Susan Hayward, Marion Cotillard, Daniel Auteuil, Totò, Fernanda Montenegro, and Morgan Fairchild.
1969 - Present
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 622
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 623
1939 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 624
1956 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 625
1962 - 2020
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 626
1925 - 2020
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 627
1893 - 1980
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 628
1917 - 1975
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 629
1975 - Present
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 630
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 631
1898 - 1967
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 632
1929 - Present
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 633
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 634
Among people born in 1893, Mae West ranks 46. Before her are Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, Edward Adelbert Doisy, Hermann Balck, Qazi Muhammad, Miroslav Krleža, and Walter Baade. After her are Walter Christaller, Ernst Toller, Ana Pauker, Emmy Göring, Erwin Piscator, and Nicholas J. Spykman. Among people deceased in 1980, Mae West ranks 46. Before her are Willard Libby, Fritz Strassmann, Vinicius de Moraes, Lewis Milestone, Gustav Wagner, and William Howard Stein. After her are Ian Curtis, Stanisława Walasiewicz, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Walter Dornberger, Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse, and Robert Whittaker.
1893 - 1976
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 40
1893 - 1986
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 41
1893 - 1982
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 42
1893 - 1947
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 43
1893 - 1981
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 44
1893 - 1960
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 45
1893 - 1980
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 46
1893 - 1969
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 47
1893 - 1939
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 48
1893 - 1960
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 49
1893 - 1973
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 50
1893 - 1966
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 51
1893 - 1943
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 52
1908 - 1980
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 40
1902 - 1980
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 41
1913 - 1980
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 42
1895 - 1980
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 43
1911 - 1980
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 44
1911 - 1980
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 45
1893 - 1980
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 46
1956 - 1980
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 47
1911 - 1980
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 48
1899 - 1980
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 49
1895 - 1980
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 50
1896 - 1980
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 51
1920 - 1980
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 52
Among people born in United States, Mae West ranks 1,144 out of 15,968. Before her are Geena Davis (1956), Mark Felt (1913), Hiram Maxim (1840), Kelly Preston (1962), Sonny Liston (1932), and William Howard Stein (1911). After her are Susan Hayward (1917), Joseph Erlanger (1874), Billie Jean King (1943), Jerry Bruckheimer (1943), George Stinney (1929), and Morgan Fairchild (1950).
1956 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 1,138
1913 - 2008
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 1,139
1840 - 1916
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 1,140
1962 - 2020
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 1,141
1932 - 1970
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 1,142
1911 - 1980
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 1,143
1893 - 1980
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 1,144
1917 - 1975
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 1,145
1874 - 1965
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 1,146
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 1,147
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 1,148
1929 - 1944
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 1,149
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 1,150
Among actors born in United States, Mae West ranks 316. Before her are Jennifer Grey (1960), George C. Scott (1927), Peter Dinklage (1969), Robert Englund (1947), Geena Davis (1956), and Kelly Preston (1962). After her are Susan Hayward (1917), Morgan Fairchild (1950), Robert Taylor (1911), David Duchovny (1960), Barbara Bach (1947), and Linda Hunt (1945).
1960 - Present
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 310
1927 - 1999
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 311
1969 - Present
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 312
1947 - Present
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 313
1956 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 314
1962 - 2020
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 315
1893 - 1980
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 316
1917 - 1975
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 317
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 318
1911 - 1969
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 319
1960 - Present
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 320
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 321
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 322