1926 - 1962
Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 – August 4, 1962) was an American actress, model, and singer. Known for playing comic "blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as well as an emblem of the era's sexual revolution. She was a top-billed actress for a decade, and her films grossed $200 million (equivalent to $2 billion in 2022) by the time of her death in 1962. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marilyn Monroe has received more than 57,485,549 page views. Her biography is available in 183 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 178 in 2019). Marilyn Monroe is the 2nd most popular actor, the 8th most popular biography from United States (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular American Actor.
Marilyn Monroe is most famous for her time as a movie star. She starred in many films, including Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Some Like It Hot, and The Seven Year Itch.
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Among actors, Marilyn Monroe ranks 2 out of 9,996. Before her are Charlie Chaplin. After her are Sylvester Stallone, Grace Kelly, Alain Delon, Bruce Lee, Al Pacino, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Audrey Hepburn, Robert De Niro, Anthony Hopkins, and Brigitte Bardot.
1889 - 1977
HPI: 86.83
Rank: 1
1926 - 1962
HPI: 85.04
Rank: 2
1946 - Present
HPI: 84.86
Rank: 3
1929 - 1982
HPI: 84.60
Rank: 4
1935 - Present
HPI: 83.25
Rank: 5
1940 - 1973
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 6
1940 - Present
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 7
1933 - 2021
HPI: 81.31
Rank: 8
1929 - 1993
HPI: 80.25
Rank: 9
1943 - Present
HPI: 80.24
Rank: 10
1937 - Present
HPI: 80.04
Rank: 11
1934 - Present
HPI: 79.81
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1926, Marilyn Monroe ranks 2. Before her is Elizabeth II. After her are Fidel Castro, Michel Foucault, Ingvar Kamprad, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Jiang Zemin, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Leslie Nielsen, Miles Davis, Sathya Sai Baba, and Dario Fo. Among people deceased in 1962, Marilyn Monroe ranks 1. After her are Hermann Hesse, Niels Bohr, Adolf Eichmann, Eleanor Roosevelt, William Faulkner, Karen Blixen, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Lucky Luciano, Georges Bataille, Yves Klein, and Arthur Compton.
1926 - 2022
HPI: 90.46
Rank: 1
1926 - 1962
HPI: 85.04
Rank: 2
1926 - 2016
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 3
1926 - 1984
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 4
1926 - 2018
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 5
1926 - 2014
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 6
1926 - 2022
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 7
1926 - 2020
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 8
1926 - 2010
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 9
1926 - 1991
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 10
1926 - 2011
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 11
1926 - 2016
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 12
1926 - 1962
HPI: 85.04
Rank: 1
1877 - 1962
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 2
1885 - 1962
HPI: 80.71
Rank: 3
1906 - 1962
HPI: 79.90
Rank: 4
1884 - 1962
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 5
1897 - 1962
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 6
1885 - 1962
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 7
1880 - 1962
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 8
1897 - 1962
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 9
1897 - 1962
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 10
1928 - 1962
HPI: 68.63
Rank: 11
1892 - 1962
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Marilyn Monroe ranks 8 out of 18,182. Before her are Thomas Jefferson (1743), Muhammad Ali (1942), Jimmy Carter (1924), Edgar Allan Poe (1809), Steve Jobs (1955), and Abraham Lincoln (1809). After her are Neil Armstrong (1930), Sylvester Stallone (1946), Grace Kelly (1929), Ulysses S. Grant (1822), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882), and Malcolm X (1925).
1743 - 1826
HPI: 89.78
Rank: 2
1942 - 2016
HPI: 89.51
Rank: 3
1924 - Present
HPI: 87.46
Rank: 4
1809 - 1849
HPI: 86.74
Rank: 5
1955 - 2011
HPI: 85.63
Rank: 6
1809 - 1865
HPI: 85.22
Rank: 7
1926 - 1962
HPI: 85.04
Rank: 8
1930 - 2012
HPI: 84.89
Rank: 9
1946 - Present
HPI: 84.86
Rank: 10
1929 - 1982
HPI: 84.60
Rank: 11
1822 - 1885
HPI: 84.29
Rank: 12
1882 - 1945
HPI: 83.98
Rank: 13
1925 - 1965
HPI: 83.94
Rank: 14
Among actors born in United States, Marilyn Monroe ranks 1. After her are Sylvester Stallone (1946), Grace Kelly (1929), Bruce Lee (1940), Al Pacino (1940), Robert De Niro (1943), Marlon Brando (1924), Clint Eastwood (1930), James Stewart (1908), Morgan Freeman (1937), Danny DeVito (1944), and Patrick Swayze (1952).
1926 - 1962
HPI: 85.04
Rank: 1
1946 - Present
HPI: 84.86
Rank: 2
1929 - 1982
HPI: 84.60
Rank: 3
1940 - 1973
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 4
1940 - Present
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 5
1943 - Present
HPI: 80.24
Rank: 6
1924 - 2004
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 7
1930 - Present
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 8
1908 - 1997
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 9
1937 - Present
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 10
1944 - Present
HPI: 77.60
Rank: 11
1952 - 2009
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 12