1918 - 1981
William Holden (born William Franklin Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor, and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film Stalag 17 (1953) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for the television film The Blue Knight (1973). Holden starred in some of Hollywood's most popular and critically acclaimed films, including Sunset Boulevard (1950), Sabrina (1954), Picnic (1955), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), The Wild Bunch (1969) and Network (1976). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Holden has received more than 7,239,438 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia. William Holden is the 316th most popular actor (down from 267th in 2019), the 575th most popular biography from United States (down from 516th in 2019) and the 158th most popular American Actor.
William Holden is most famous for his portrayal of the lead character in the film "Sunset Boulevard."
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Among actors, William Holden ranks 316 out of 9,996. Before him are Doris Day, Deborah Kerr, Gene Kelly, Martin Landau, Harold Lloyd, and Walter Matthau. After him are Virna Lisi, Reese Witherspoon, Sonny Chiba, Kevin Spacey, Mia Farrow, and Ed Harris.
1922 - 2019
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 310
1921 - 2007
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 311
1912 - 1996
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 312
1928 - 2017
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 313
1893 - 1971
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 314
1920 - 2000
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 315
1918 - 1981
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 316
1936 - 2014
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 317
1976 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 318
1939 - 2021
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 319
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 320
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 321
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 322
Among people born in 1918, William Holden ranks 21. Before him are Frederick Sanger, Gertrude B. Elion, Alberto Ascari, Katherine Johnson, Jørn Utzon, and Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. After him are Billy Graham, Chaim Herzog, Rosalia Lombardo, Franco Modigliani, W. Eugene Smith, and Frederick Reines. Among people deceased in 1981, William Holden ranks 13. Before him are Natalie Wood, William Wyler, Max Euwe, Soong Ching-ling, Frederica of Hanover, and Hans Adolf Krebs. After him are Hideki Yukawa, René Clair, Béla Guttmann, Marcel Breuer, Odd Hassel, and Joe Louis.
1918 - 2013
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 15
1918 - 1999
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 16
1918 - 1955
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 17
1918 - 2020
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 18
1918 - 2008
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 19
1918 - 2004
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 20
1918 - 1981
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 21
1918 - 2018
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 22
1918 - 1997
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 23
1918 - 1920
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 24
1918 - 2003
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 25
1918 - 1978
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 26
1918 - 1998
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 27
1938 - 1981
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 7
1902 - 1981
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 8
1901 - 1981
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 9
1893 - 1981
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 10
1917 - 1981
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 11
1900 - 1981
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 12
1918 - 1981
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 13
1907 - 1981
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 14
1898 - 1981
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 15
1899 - 1981
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 16
1902 - 1981
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 17
1897 - 1981
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 18
1914 - 1981
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 19
Among people born in United States, William Holden ranks 575 out of 18,182. Before him are William P. Murphy (1892), Henry Mancini (1924), Walter Matthau (1920), Machine Gun Kelly (1895), D. B. Cooper (1931), and Richard Meier (1934). After him are Robert Kardashian (1944), Reese Witherspoon (1976), Mark Zuckerberg (1984), Gilbert N. Lewis (1875), John Deere (1804), and Kevin Spacey (1959).
1892 - 1987
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 569
1924 - 1994
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 570
1920 - 2000
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 571
1895 - 1954
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 572
1931 - 1971
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 573
1934 - Present
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 574
1918 - 1981
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 575
1944 - 2003
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 576
1976 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 577
1984 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 578
1875 - 1946
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 579
1804 - 1886
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 580
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 581
Among actors born in United States, William Holden ranks 158. Before him are Farrah Fawcett (1947), Doris Day (1922), Gene Kelly (1912), Martin Landau (1928), Harold Lloyd (1893), and Walter Matthau (1920). After him are Reese Witherspoon (1976), Kevin Spacey (1959), Mia Farrow (1945), Ed Harris (1950), Kim Novak (1933), and Lon Chaney (1883).
1947 - 2009
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 152
1922 - 2019
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 153
1912 - 1996
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 154
1928 - 2017
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 155
1893 - 1971
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 156
1920 - 2000
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 157
1918 - 1981
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 158
1976 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 159
1959 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 160
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 161
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 162
1933 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 163
1883 - 1930
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 164