600 BC - 560 BC
Thespis (; Greek: Θέσπις; fl. 6th century BC) was an Ancient Greek poet. He was born in the ancient city of Icarius (present-day Dionysos, Greece). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thespis has received more than 443,981 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Thespis is the 269th most popular actor (down from 266th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Greece (down from 124th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Greek Actor.
Thespis is most famous for being the first person to act in a play.
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Among actors, Thespis ranks 269 out of 9,996. Before him are Ernest Borgnine, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Chamberlain, Sam Neill, Angela Lansbury, and Warren Beatty. After him are Pierre Richard, Salman Khan, Liza Minnelli, Sylvia Kristel, Richard Widmark, and David Niven.
1917 - 2012
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 263
1962 - Present
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 264
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 265
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 266
1925 - Present
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 267
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 268
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 269
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 270
1965 - Present
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 271
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 272
1952 - 2012
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 273
1914 - 2008
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 274
1910 - 1983
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 275
Among people born in 600 BC, Thespis ranks 22. Before him are Polycrates, Mardonius, Chilon of Sparta, Bias of Priene, Lucius Junius Brutus, and Hippias. After him are Theano, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus, Cleomenes I, Mahapajapati Gotami, Ibycus, and Datis. Among people deceased in 560 BC, Thespis ranks 2. Before him is Alcaeus of Mytilene. After him are Myia, Alyattes of Lydia, Dorieus, and Aulus Postumius Albus Regillensis.
600 BC - 515 BC
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 16
600 BC - 479 BC
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 17
600 BC - 520 BC
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 18
600 BC - 530 BC
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 19
600 BC - 509 BC
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 20
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 21
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 22
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 23
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 24
600 BC - 489 BC
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 25
600 BC - Present
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 26
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 27
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 28
620 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 70.71
Rank: 1
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 2
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 3
640 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 4
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 5
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 6
Among people born in Greece, Thespis ranks 135 out of 936. Before him are Hippias (-600), Philip V of Macedon (-238), Ioannis Metaxas (1871), Cratylus (-500), Djemal Pasha (1872), and Tyrtaeus (-700). After him are Pope Eleutherius (171), Cleon (-450), Costa-Gavras (1933), Epimenides (-690), Parmenion (-400), and Callicrates (-470).
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 129
238 BC - 179 BC
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 130
1871 - 1941
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 131
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 132
1872 - 1922
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 133
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 134
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 135
171 - 189
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 136
450 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 137
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 138
690 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 139
400 BC - 329 BC
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 140
470 BC - 420 BC
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 141
Among actors born in Greece, Thespis ranks 3. Before him are Irene Papas (1929) and Melina Mercouri (1920). After him are Katina Paxinou (1900), John Aniston (1933), Ariane Labed (1984), and Haruna Ikezawa (1975).
1929 - Present
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 1
1920 - 1994
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 2
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 3
1900 - 1973
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 4
1933 - Present
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 5
1984 - Present
HPI: 37.92
Rank: 6
1975 - Present
HPI: 34.71
Rank: 7