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Rudolph Valentino

1895 - 1926

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Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), known professionally as Rudolph Valentino and nicknamed The Latin Lover, was an Italian actor who starred in several well-known silent films including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sheik (both 1921), Blood and Sand (1922), The Eagle (1925), and The Son of the Sheik (1926). Valentino was a sex symbol of the 1920s, known in Hollywood as the "Latin Lover" (a title invented for him by Hollywood moguls), the "Great Lover", or simply Valentino. His early death at the age of 31 caused mass hysteria among his fans, further cementing his place in early cinematic history as a cultural film icon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolph Valentino is the 334th most popular actor (down from 287th in 2019), the 742nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 656th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Italian Actor.

Rudolph Valentino was a silent film actor who became a sex symbol in the 1920s. He starred in many films including "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" and "Blood and Sand."

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Among actors, Rudolph Valentino ranks 334 out of 13,578. Before him are Malcolm McDowell, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, William Holden, Tony Lip, Martin Landau, and James Caan. After him are Colin Firth, Olivia Hussey, Reese Witherspoon, Doris Day, Robert Hossein, and Sylvia Kristel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Rudolph Valentino ranks 40. Before him are Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Ludvík Svoboda, Machine Gun Kelly, Igor Tamm, and Khorloogiin Choibalsan. After him are Folke Bernadotte, Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia, Vladimir Propp, László Moholy-Nagy, Wilhelm Burgdorf, and Vasily Blokhin. Among people deceased in 1926, Rudolph Valentino ranks 18. Before him are Sunjong of Korea, Mary Cassatt, Symon Petliura, Emil Kraepelin, Kim Hyong-jik, and Gertrude Bell. After him are Aleksei Brusilov, Louise of Sweden, Nikola Pašić, Margherita of Savoy, John Browning, and Viktor Vasnetsov.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Rudolph Valentino ranks 742 out of 5,161. Before him are Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Fausto Coppi (1919), Desiderius (710), Bernardino of Siena (1380), Odilo Globočnik (1904), and Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485). After him are Giacomo della Porta (1533), Romano Prodi (1939), Jacopo Sansovino (1486), Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642), Charles Albert of Sardinia (1798), and Britannicus (41).

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Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Rudolph Valentino ranks 18. Before him are Silvana Mangano (1930), Giuliano Gemma (1938), Monica Vitti (1931), Franco Nero (1941), Raffaella Carrà (1943), and Virna Lisi (1936). After him are Giancarlo Giannini (1942), Lino Ventura (1919), Vittorio Gassman (1922), Stefania Sandrelli (1946), Claudia Mori (1944), and Michele Placido (1946).

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