1928 - 2017
Rance Howard (born Harold Engle Beckenholdt; November 17, 1928 – November 25, 2017) was an American actor who starred in film and on television. He was the father of actor and filmmaker Ron Howard and actor Clint Howard, and grandfather of actresses Bryce Dallas Howard and Paige Howard. Howard appeared in films such as Cool Hand Luke (1967), Chinatown (1974), Splash (1984), Ed Wood (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), Independence Day (1996), A Beautiful Mind (2001), Cinderella Man (2005), Frost/Nixon (2008), Nebraska (2013), and Max Rose (2016). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rance Howard has received more than 3,444,412 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Rance Howard is the 4,227th most popular actor (down from 3,348th in 2019), the 6,347th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,314th in 2019) and the 1,975th most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, Rance Howard ranks 4,227 out of 9,996. Before her are Nicholas Clay, Markie Post, Mischa Auer, Sunny Deol, Kurt Fuller, and Jean-François Stévenin. After her are Minami Takayama, Anna Paquin, Maurizio Arena, Ricardo Antonio Chavira, Jang Dong-gun, and Çolpan İlhan.
1946 - 2000
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 4,221
1950 - 2021
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 4,222
1905 - 1967
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 4,223
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 4,224
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 4,225
1944 - 2021
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 4,226
1928 - 2017
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 4,227
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 4,228
1982 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 4,229
1933 - 1979
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 4,230
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 4,231
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 4,232
1936 - 2014
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 4,233
Among people born in 1928, Rance Howard ranks 358. Before her are Flóra Kádár, Gerhard Stoltenberg, Károly Sándor, Ann Blyth, Dara Singh, and Pierre Tchernia. After her are Miroslav Filip, Garry Winogrand, Harold Becker, Kenny Drew, Paul Dooley, and Irena Veisaitė. Among people deceased in 2017, Rance Howard ranks 320. Before her are Attilio Nicora, Katalin Szőke, Armando Calderón Sol, Tankred Dorst, Kito Lorenc, and Peter Härtling. After her are Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Dina Merrill, Eduard Mudrik, Viktor Tsaryov, Glenne Headly, and Peter Sarstedt.
1928 - 2003
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 352
1928 - 2001
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 353
1928 - 2014
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 354
1928 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 355
1928 - 2012
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 356
1928 - 2016
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 357
1928 - 2017
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 358
1928 - 2009
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 359
1928 - 1984
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 360
1928 - Present
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 361
1928 - 1993
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 362
1928 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 363
1928 - 2020
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 364
1937 - 2017
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 314
1935 - 2017
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 315
1948 - 2017
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 316
1925 - 2017
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 317
1938 - 2017
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 318
1933 - 2017
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 319
1928 - 2017
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 320
1935 - 2017
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 321
1923 - 2017
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 322
1939 - 2017
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 323
1931 - 2017
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 324
1955 - 2017
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 325
1941 - 2017
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 326
Among people born in United States, Rance Howard ranks 6,347 out of 18,182. Before her are Fred Williamson (1938), Markie Post (1950), Aaron Norris (1951), Ron Asheton (1948), Althea Gibson (1927), and Kurt Fuller (1953). After her are Bob Backlund (1949), Ricardo Antonio Chavira (1971), Randy Jackson (1961), Helen Thomas (1920), George Moscone (1929), and Erik Olin Wright (1947).
1938 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 6,341
1950 - 2021
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 6,342
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 6,343
1948 - 2009
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 6,344
1927 - 2003
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 6,345
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 6,346
1928 - 2017
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 6,347
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 6,348
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 6,349
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 6,350
1920 - 2013
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,351
1929 - 1978
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,352
1947 - 2019
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 6,353
Among actors born in United States, Rance Howard ranks 1,975. Before her are Penn Badgley (1986), Phyllis Allen (1861), Meg Tilly (1960), Fred Williamson (1938), Markie Post (1950), and Kurt Fuller (1953). After her are Ricardo Antonio Chavira (1971), Greg Germann (1958), Eddie Cantor (1892), Chris Mulkey (1948), Dina Merrill (1923), and Kevin Conway (1942).
1986 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 1,969
1861 - 1938
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 1,970
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 1,971
1938 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 1,972
1950 - 2021
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 1,973
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 1,974
1928 - 2017
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 1,975
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 1,976
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 1,977
1892 - 1964
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 1,978
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 1,979
1923 - 2017
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 1,980
1942 - 2020
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 1,981