ACTOR

Ramon Novarro

1899 - 1968

Photo of Ramon Novarro

Icon of person Ramon Novarro

Ramón Gil Samaniego (February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968), known professionally as Ramon Novarro, was a Mexican actor. He began his career in American silent films in 1917 and eventually became a leading man and one of the top box-office attractions of the 1920s and early '30s. Novarro was promoted by MGM as a "Latin lover" and became known as a sex symbol after the death of Rudolph Valentino. He is recognized as the first Latin American actor to succeed in Hollywood. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ramon Novarro is the 771st most popular actor (up from 1,692nd in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Mexico (up from 100th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Mexican Actor.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Ramon Novarro by language

Loading...

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ramon Novarro ranks 771 out of 13,578. Before him are David Duchovny, Ian McDiarmid, Rodolfo Gucci, Elliot Page, Alan Ladd, and Rebecca Ferguson. After him are Mark Ruffalo, Eugene Levy, Jack Black, Dominique Sanda, Max Linder, and Mukesh.

Most Popular Actors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Ramon Novarro ranks 49. Before him are Charles Laughton, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Jean Moulin, James Cagney, Lucio Fontana, and P. L. Travers. After him are Lev Kuleshov, Louis Hjelmslev, Charles Boyer, Sobhuza II, Henri Michaux, and Georges Auric. Among people deceased in 1968, Ramon Novarro ranks 39. Before him are Kirill Meretskov, Vasily Sokolovsky, Alice Guy-Blaché, Lucio Fontana, Giovanni Messe, and Vittorio Pozzo. After him are Arnold Zweig, Romano Guardini, Josef Harpe, Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Nick Adams, and Georgios Papandreou.

Others Born in 1899

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1968

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Ramon Novarro ranks 42 out of 729. Before him are Venustiano Carranza (1859), Juan Diego (1474), Luis Barragán (1902), Plutarco Elías Calles (1877), Juan Rulfo (1917), and Guillermo del Toro (1964). After him are Victoriano Huerta (1850), Consuelo Velázquez (1916), Pedro Lascuráin (1856), Alfonso Cuarón (1961), Thomas Mayne Reid (1818), and Guadalupe Victoria (1786).

Others born in Mexico

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ACTORS In Mexico

Among actors born in Mexico, Ramon Novarro ranks 5. Before him are Anthony Quinn (1915), Salma Hayek (1966), Linda Christian (1923), and Cantinflas (1911). After him are María Félix (1914), Silvia Pinal (1931), Dolores del Río (1905), Pedro Armendáriz (1912), Katy Jurado (1924), Ricardo Montalbán (1920), and Verónica Castro (1952).

Mexican born Actors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous