ACTOR

Sam Heughan

1980 - Today

Photo of Sam Heughan

Icon of person Sam Heughan

Sam Roland Heughan (; born 30 April 1980) is a Scottish actor, producer, author, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his starring role as Jamie Fraser in the Starz drama series Outlander (2014–present) for which he has won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Cable Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor and the Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television, and received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. Heughan has also starred in films such as the spy comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018) and the superhero action film Bloodshot (2020). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Heughan has received more than 16,850,515 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Sam Heughan is the 7,076th most popular actor (down from 5,395th in 2019), the 5,101st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,104th in 2019) and the 794th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 17M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Sam Heughan ranks 7,076 out of 13,578. Before him are Louise Bourgoin, Angelique Boyer, Sandy Lam, Kirk Cameron, Iain Armitage, and Camilla Belle. After him are Sophie Thompson, Manorama, Nesrin Cavadzade, Kim Stanley, Anastasia Zavorotnyuk, and Parviz Parastui.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Sam Heughan ranks 185. Before him are Sherine, Luvsannamsrain Oyun-Erdene, Miguel Monteiro, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeong Da-bin, and Pita Limjaroenrat. After him are Rodrigo Taddei, Samaire Armstrong, Álex González, Volker Bruch, Marcin Wasilewski, and Hugo Campagnaro.

Others Born in 1980

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sam Heughan ranks 5,101 out of 8,785. Before him are Archie Panjabi (1972), Louise Lombard (1970), Jennie Fletcher (1890), Herbert Roper Barrett (1873), Rebecca Solomon (1832), and John Addington Symonds (1840). After him are Rod Temperton (1949), Sophie Thompson (1962), Peter Wright (1970), Heather Mills (1968), Charles Sheffield (1935), and E. W. Hornung (1866).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Sam Heughan ranks 794. Before him are Sybil Thorndike (1882), Lionel Atwill (1885), Keith Allen (1953), Steve Toussaint (1965), Archie Panjabi (1972), and Louise Lombard (1970). After him are Sophie Thompson (1962), Josephine Tewson (1931), Paul Ritter (1966), Sharon Small (1967), Catherine Tate (1968), and Kenneth Connor (1918).

British born Actors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous