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Dustin Farnum

1874 - 1929

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Dustin Lancy Farnum (May 27, 1874 – July 3, 1929) was an American singer, dancer, and actor on the stage and in silent films. Although he played a wide variety of roles, he tended toward westerns and became one of the bigger stars of the genre. He has been called ""the Clark Gable of the silent screen". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 16 in 2024). Dustin Farnum is the 7,518th most popular actor (up from 7,625th in 2024), the 11,601st most popular biography from United States (down from 11,239th in 2019) and the 3,472nd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Dustin Farnum ranks 7,518 out of 13,578. Before him are Scott Baio, Katherine MacDonald, Zhang Zilin, Virginia Weidler, Jaime King, and Jorge Salinas. After him are Vivien Merchant, Anna Neagle, Dominique Swain, Carole Shelley, Bae Jong-ok, and Michael Gaston.

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Among people born in 1874, Dustin Farnum ranks 229. Before him are Josiah McCracken, Ivan Moskvin, Manuel María Ponce Brousset, Sergey Lebedev, William Dickey, and John Russell Pope. After him are Zona Gale, George Irving, Harold L. Ickes, Louis Handley, Henry Kolker, and Joe Gans. Among people deceased in 1929, Dustin Farnum ranks 142. Before him are Norman Pritchard, José Vicente Concha, Jean-Baptiste Mimiague, Daniel Barringer, Joseph Smit, and Birger Sjöberg. After him are Sigurd Jørgensen, Rebeca Matte Bello, Gladys Brockwell, and Katharine Lee Bates.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dustin Farnum ranks 11,603 out of 20,380. Before him are Jaime King (1979), F. Gary Gray (1969), Charles Manring (1929), Lamar Odom (1979), Susan Pedersen (1953), and Joe Hunt (1919). After him are Stephen Vincent Benét (1898), Jo Jorgensen (1957), Dennis Chambers (1959), Dominique Swain (1980), Michael Gaston (1962), and Ormond Stone (1847).

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Among actors born in United States, Dustin Farnum ranks 3,473. Before him are Virginia Gregg (1916), Gabriel Luna (1982), Scott Baio (1960), Katherine MacDonald (1891), Virginia Weidler (1927), and Jaime King (1979). After him are Dominique Swain (1980), Michael Gaston (1962), Kevin Chamberlin (1963), Redd Foxx (1922), Edward Dillon (1879), and Jaleel White (1976).

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