1922 - 1994
Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (January 21, 1922 – January 22, 1994) was an American actor. Noted for his bald head and deep, resonant voice, he is perhaps best known for portraying Lt. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Telly Savalas has received more than 6,930,006 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 44 in 2019). Telly Savalas is the 339th most popular actor (down from 312th in 2019), the 626th most popular biography from United States (down from 600th in 2019) and the 174th most popular American Actor.
Telly Savalas is most famous for his role as Kojak in the 1970s television series of the same name.
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Among actors, Telly Savalas ranks 339 out of 9,996. Before him are Charles Dance, Burt Reynolds, Rod Steiger, Ron Perlman, Errol Flynn, and Jeff Goldblum. After him are Robert Wagner, Petr Shelokhonov, Raquel Welch, Talia Shire, Donald Pleasence, and Dan Aykroyd.
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 333
1936 - 2018
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 334
1925 - 2002
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 335
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 336
1909 - 1959
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 337
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 338
1922 - 1994
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 339
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 340
1929 - 1999
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 341
1940 - 2023
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 342
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 343
1919 - 1995
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 344
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 345
Among people born in 1922, Telly Savalas ranks 31. Before him are Hans Georg Dehmelt, Otto Carius, Vittorio Gassman, Doris Day, Alain Resnais, and Alain Robbe-Grillet. After him are Philip Larkin, Renata Tebaldi, Stanley Cohen, Nándor Hidegkuti, Jacques Piccard, and Arthur Ashkin. Among people deceased in 1994, Telly Savalas ranks 27. Before him are Mas Oyama, Guy Debord, George Peppard, Dorothy Hodgkin, Henry Mancini, and Jan Tinbergen. After him are Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, Robert Doisneau, Vladimir Ivashko, Gian Maria Volonté, Domenico Modugno, and Witold Lutosławski.
1922 - 2017
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 25
1922 - 2015
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 26
1922 - 2000
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 27
1922 - 2019
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 28
1922 - 2014
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 29
1922 - 2008
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 30
1922 - 1994
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 31
1922 - 1985
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 32
1922 - 2004
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 33
1922 - 2020
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 34
1922 - 2002
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 35
1922 - 2008
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 36
1922 - 2020
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 37
1923 - 1994
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 21
1931 - 1994
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 22
1928 - 1994
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 23
1910 - 1994
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 24
1924 - 1994
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 25
1903 - 1994
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 26
1922 - 1994
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 27
1907 - 1994
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 28
1912 - 1994
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 29
1932 - 1994
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 30
1933 - 1994
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 31
1928 - 1994
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 32
1913 - 1994
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 33
Among people born in United States, Telly Savalas ranks 626 out of 18,182. Before him are Gloria Gaynor (1947), Donald Rumsfeld (1932), Charles Greeley Abbot (1872), Ted Kennedy (1932), Jeff Goldblum (1952), and Donna Summer (1948). After him are Jonas Salk (1914), Robert Wagner (1930), Thomas Wolfe (1900), Raquel Welch (1940), Talia Shire (1946), and Jimmy Hoffa (1913).
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 620
1932 - 2021
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 621
1872 - 1973
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 622
1932 - 2009
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 623
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 624
1948 - 2012
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 625
1922 - 1994
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 626
1914 - 1995
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 627
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 628
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 629
1940 - 2023
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 630
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 631
1913 - 1975
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 632
Among actors born in United States, Telly Savalas ranks 174. Before him are Sean Penn (1960), Janet Leigh (1927), Burt Reynolds (1936), Rod Steiger (1925), Ron Perlman (1950), and Jeff Goldblum (1952). After him are Robert Wagner (1930), Raquel Welch (1940), Talia Shire (1946), John Cazale (1935), Carrie Fisher (1956), and Sally Field (1946).
1960 - Present
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 168
1927 - 2004
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 169
1936 - 2018
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 170
1925 - 2002
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 171
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 172
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 173
1922 - 1994
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 174
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 175
1940 - 2023
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 176
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 177
1935 - 1978
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 178
1956 - 2016
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 179
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 180