1904 - 1987
Raymond Wallace Bolger (; January 10, 1904 – January 15, 1987) was an American actor, dancer, singer, vaudevillian, and stage performer (particularly musical theater) who started his movie career in the silent-film era. Bolger was a major Broadway performer in the 1930s and beyond. He is best known for his roles in The Wizard of Oz (1939) as the Scarecrow and in Walt Disney's holiday musical fantasy Babes in Toyland in 1961 as the villainous Barnaby. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Bolger has received more than 3,479,337 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Ray Bolger is the 3,422nd most popular actor (down from 2,743rd in 2019), the 5,300th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,479th in 2019) and the 1,615th most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, Ray Bolger ranks 3,422 out of 9,996. Before him are Beverly Aadland, Shin Min-a, Kerem Bürsin, Joe Manganiello, Nikolai Grinko, and Margo Martindale. After him are Otto Waalkes, Marina Sirtis, Bridget Moynahan, Linden Ashby, Catherine Bach, and Ingrid van Bergen.
1942 - 2010
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 3,416
1984 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 3,417
1987 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 3,418
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 3,419
1920 - 1989
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 3,420
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 3,421
1904 - 1987
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 3,422
1948 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 3,423
1955 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 3,424
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 3,425
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 3,426
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 3,427
1931 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 3,428
Among people born in 1904, Ray Bolger ranks 198. Before him are Dick Powell, Mykola Bazhan, Anton Yugov, Shunryū Suzuki, Abraham Alikhanov, and Jeane Dixon. After him are John Farrow, Joseph Asajiro Satowaki, Tita Merello, Piero Toscani, Vladimir Kokkinaki, and Rambai Barni. Among people deceased in 1987, Ray Bolger ranks 147. Before him are Madeleine Carroll, Kristjan Palusalu, Woody Herman, Conny Plank, Georg Muche, and Arturo Torres Carrasco. After him are Gerardo Diego, Meena Keshwar Kamal, Charles Malik, Aldo Boffi, Arne Brustad, and Antonio Sastre.
1904 - 1963
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 192
1904 - 1983
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 193
1904 - 1991
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 194
1904 - 1971
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 195
1904 - 1970
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 196
1904 - 1997
HPI: 48.95
Rank: 197
1904 - 1987
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 198
1904 - 1963
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 199
1904 - 1996
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 200
1904 - 2002
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 201
1904 - 1940
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 202
1904 - 1985
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 203
1904 - 1984
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 204
1906 - 1987
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 141
1908 - 1987
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 142
1913 - 1987
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 143
1940 - 1987
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 144
1895 - 1987
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 145
1906 - 1987
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 146
1904 - 1987
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 147
1896 - 1987
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 148
1956 - 1987
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 149
1906 - 1987
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 150
1915 - 1987
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 151
1912 - 1987
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 152
1911 - 1987
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 153
Among people born in United States, Ray Bolger ranks 5,300 out of 18,182. Before him are Spencer Tunick (1967), Rob Cohen (1949), Edna Ferber (1885), Beverly Aadland (1942), Joe Manganiello (1976), and Margo Martindale (1951). After him are Sam Childers (1963), Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Shel Silverstein (1930), Robert Mills (1927), Thomas S. Monson (1927), and Bridget Moynahan (1971).
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 5,294
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 5,295
1885 - 1968
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 5,296
1942 - 2010
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 5,297
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 5,298
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 5,299
1904 - 1987
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 5,300
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 5,301
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 5,302
1930 - 1999
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 5,303
1927 - 1999
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 5,304
1927 - 2018
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 5,305
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 5,306
Among actors born in United States, Ray Bolger ranks 1,615. Before him are Jim Varney (1949), Josephine Chaplin (1949), Michael B. Jordan (1987), Beverly Aadland (1942), Joe Manganiello (1976), and Margo Martindale (1951). After him are Bridget Moynahan (1971), Linden Ashby (1960), Catherine Bach (1954), Gregory Itzin (1948), Lizabeth Scott (1922), and Rachel Ticotin (1958).
1949 - 2000
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 1,609
1949 - 2023
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 1,610
1987 - Present
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 1,611
1942 - 2010
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 1,612
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 1,613
1951 - Present
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 1,614
1904 - 1987
HPI: 48.82
Rank: 1,615
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 1,616
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.81
Rank: 1,617
1954 - Present
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 1,618
1948 - 2022
HPI: 48.80
Rank: 1,619
1922 - 2015
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 1,620
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 1,621