ACTOR

Ramon Novarro

1899 - 1968

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Ramón Gil Samaniego (February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968), known professionally as Ramon Novarro, was a Mexican actor. He began his career in American silent films in 1917 and eventually became a leading man and one of the top box-office attractions of the 1920s and early 1930s. Novarro was promoted by MGM as a "Latin lover" and became known as a sex symbol after the death of Rudolph Valentino. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ramon Novarro has received more than 1,496,148 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Ramon Novarro is the 1,692nd most popular actor (up from 2,637th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 148th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Mexican Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ramon Novarro ranks 1,692 out of 13,578. Before him are Rolf Lassgård, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Ralph Richardson, Mayumi Tanaka, Marilyn Chambers, and Denise Richards. After him are Mikheil Gelovani, Izabella Scorupco, Eric Campbell, Bernard Farcy, Lea Thompson, and Tate Donovan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Ramon Novarro ranks 108. Before him are Pavel Haas, Jimmie Angel, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Marcel Dalio, Konstantinos Tsatsos, and Walter Lantz. After him are Zaki al-Arsuzi, Eugene Ormandy, Café Filho, Domingo Tejera, John Barbirolli, and Soraya Tarzi. Among people deceased in 1968, Ramon Novarro ranks 82. Before him are Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Cassandre, Charles Munch, Wes Montgomery, Jo Schlesser, and Hans Cramer. After him are Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, Zaki al-Arsuzi, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Soraya Tarzi, Ludovico Scarfiotti, and Duke Kahanamoku.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Ramon Novarro ranks 100 out of 729. Before him are Juan Gabriel (1950), Ce Acatl Topiltzin (947), El Santo (1917), Miguel Alemán Valdés (1900), Rosie Reyes (1939), and Marcial Maciel (1920). After him are Agustín Lara (1897), Jacob Bekenstein (1947), Miguel Miramón (1832), Mariano Arista (1802), Joaquin Murrieta (1829), and Rafael Caro Quintero (1952).

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Among ACTORS In Mexico

Among actors born in Mexico, Ramon Novarro ranks 15. Before him are Helena Rojo (1944), Pedro Infante (1917), Ricardo Montalbán (1920), Silvia Pinal (1931), Verónica Castro (1952), and Katy Jurado (1924). After him are Jacqueline Andere (1938), Fernando Colunga (1966), Lupe Vélez (1908), Edith González (1964), Kitten Natividad (1948), and Demián Bichir (1963).

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Television and Movie Roles

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