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Max Schreck

1879 - 1936

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Friedrich Gustav Maximilian Schreck (6 September 1879 – 20 February 1936), known professionally as Max Schreck, was a German actor, best known for his lead role as the vampire Count Orlok in the film Nosferatu (1922). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Schreck is the 723rd most popular actor (up from 930th in 2019), the 1,060th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,394th in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Max Schreck ranks 723 out of 13,578. Before him are Kyle MacLachlan, Brenda Blethyn, Kim Cattrall, Michelle Yeoh, Marlène Jobert, and Annette Bening. After him are Lex Barker, Holland Taylor, Ed Begley Jr., Shelley Winters, James Garner, and Ken Takakura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Max Schreck ranks 40. Before him are E. M. Forster, Ali of Hejaz, Joseph Wirth, Hans Hahn, Victor Sjöström, and Wanda Landowska. After him are Fritz Haarmann, Bedřich Hrozný, Friedrich Adler, Sarojini Naidu, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, and Boris Savinkov. Among people deceased in 1936, Max Schreck ranks 46. Before him are Robert E. Howard, Heinrich Rickert, Karl Pearson, Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Julius Schreck, and Wilhelm Gustloff. After him are Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh, José Sanjurjo, Bertha Pappenheim, Robert Michels, Duan Qirui, and Anna Boch.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Schreck ranks 1,060 out of 7,253. Before him are Charles De Coster (1827), Bert Trautmann (1923), Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618), Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792), John McEnroe (1959), and Caroline of Brunswick (1768). After him are Johan Zoffany (1733), Erich Heckel (1883), Stefan Lochner (1410), Carl von Linde (1842), Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513), and Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Max Schreck ranks 14. Before him are Hardy Krüger (1928), Udo Kier (1944), Nastassja Kinski (1961), Luise Rainer (1910), Karlheinz Böhm (1928), and Horst Buchholz (1933). After him are Karin Schubert (1944), Lale Andersen (1905), Horst Tappert (1923), Christiane F. (1962), Gert Fröbe (1913), and Til Schweiger (1963).

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