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Famous actors by birth year

This list ranks 200 entries by birth year. First on the list is Charlie Chaplin (born 1889); last is Jaden Smith (born 1998). Right in the middle sits Cameron Diaz (born 1972).

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Birth years come from the Pantheon dataset (MIT Media Lab) and link to each person's Wikipedia page.

#	Name	Birth year
1	Charlie Chaplin Actor	born 1889
2	John Wayne Actor	born 1907
3	Judy Garland Actor	born 1922
4	Marlon Brando Actor	born 1924
5	Paul Newman Actor	born 1925
6	Marilyn Monroe Actor	born 1926
7	Audrey Hepburn Actor	born 1929
8	Grace Kelly Actor	born 1929
9	Clint Eastwood Actor	born 1930
10	Sean Connery Actor	born 1930
11	James Dean Actor	born 1931
12	Elizabeth Taylor Actor	born 1932
13	Morgan Freeman Actor	born 1937
14	Jack Nicholson Actor	born 1937
15	Bruce Lee Actor	born 1940
16	Chuck Norris Actor	born 1940
17	Al Pacino Actor	born 1940
18	Martin Sheen Actor	born 1940
19	Harrison Ford Actor	born 1942
20	Robert De Niro Actor	born 1943
21	Michael Douglas Actor	born 1944
22	Sylvester Stallone Actor	born 1946
23	Cher Actor	born 1946
24	Arnold Schwarzenegger Actor	born 1947
25	Samuel L. Jackson Actor	born 1948
26	Meryl Streep Actor	born 1949
27	Richard Gere Actor	born 1949
28	Robin Williams Actor	born 1951
29	Liam Neeson Actor	born 1952
30	Patrick Swayze Actor	born 1952
31	Steven Seagal Actor	born 1952
32	Mickey Rourke Actor	born 1952
33	Pierce Brosnan Actor	born 1953
34	Jackie Chan Actor	born 1954
35	John Travolta Actor	born 1954
36	Denzel Washington Actor	born 1954
37	Bruce Willis Actor	born 1955
38	Rowan Atkinson Actor	born 1955
39	Tom Hanks Actor	born 1956
40	Mel Gibson Actor	born 1956
41	Michael Clarke Duncan Actor	born 1957
42	Daniel Day-Lewis Actor	born 1957
43	Gary Oldman Actor	born 1958
44	Alec Baldwin Actor	born 1958
45	Hugh Laurie Actor	born 1959
46	Jean-Claude Van Damme Actor	born 1960
47	Sean Penn Actor	born 1960
48	Julianne Moore Actor	born 1960
49	Antonio Banderas Actor	born 1960
50	George Clooney Actor	born 1961
51	Michael J. Fox Actor	born 1961
52	Eddie Murphy Actor	born 1961
53	Tom Cruise Actor	born 1962
54	Jim Carrey Actor	born 1962
55	Demi Moore Actor	born 1962
56	Jodie Foster Actor	born 1962
57	Ralph Fiennes Actor	born 1962
58	Johnny Depp Actor	born 1963
59	Brad Pitt Actor	born 1963
60	Jet Li Actor	born 1963
61	Nicolas Cage Actor	born 1964
62	Sandra Bullock Actor	born 1964
63	Keanu Reeves Actor	born 1964
64	Monica Bellucci Actor	born 1964
65	Russell Crowe Actor	born 1964
66	Charlie Sheen Actor	born 1965
67	Shahrukh Khan Actor	born 1965
68	Salman Khan Actor	born 1965
69	Ben Stiller Actor	born 1965
70	Sarah Jessica Parker Actor	born 1965
71	Brandon Lee Actor	born 1965
72	Adam Sandler Actor	born 1966
73	Helena Bonham Carter Actor	born 1966
74	Salma Hayek Actor	born 1966
75	Halle Berry Actor	born 1966
76	Jason Statham Actor	born 1967
77	Vin Diesel Actor	born 1967
78	Julia Roberts Actor	born 1967
79	Nicole Kidman Actor	born 1967
80	Pamela Anderson Actor	born 1967
81	Will Ferrell Actor	born 1967
82	Will Smith Actor	born 1968
83	Daniel Craig Actor	born 1968
84	Hugh Jackman Actor	born 1968
85	Owen Wilson Actor	born 1968
86	Jennifer Aniston Actor	born 1969
87	Gerard Butler Actor	born 1969
88	Edward Norton Actor	born 1969
89	Catherine Zeta-Jones Actor	born 1969
90	Jack Black Actor	born 1969
91	Matt Damon Actor	born 1970
92	Rachel Weisz Actor	born 1970
93	River Phoenix Actor	born 1970
94	Uma Thurman Actor	born 1970
95	Mark Wahlberg Actor	born 1971
96	Sacha Baron Cohen Actor	born 1971
97	Jared Leto Actor	born 1971
98	Ewan McGregor Actor	born 1971
99	Winona Ryder Actor	born 1971
100	The Rock Actor	born 1972
101	Cameron Diaz Actor	born 1972
102	Gwyneth Paltrow Actor	born 1972
103	Ben Affleck Actor	born 1972
104	Jude Law Actor	born 1972
105	Wentworth Miller Actor	born 1972
106	Jennifer Garner Actor	born 1972
107	Neil Patrick Harris Actor	born 1973
108	Paul Walker Actor	born 1973
109	Jim Parsons Actor	born 1973
110	Kate Beckinsale Actor	born 1973
111	Aishwarya Rai Actor	born 1973
112	Seth MacFarlane Actor	born 1973
113	Leonardo DiCaprio Actor	born 1974
114	Christian Bale Actor	born 1974
115	Penélope Cruz Actor	born 1974
116	Alyson Hannigan Actor	born 1974
117	Amy Adams Actor	born 1974
118	Joaquin Phoenix Actor	born 1974
119	Eva Mendes Actor	born 1974
120	Angelina Jolie Actor	born 1975
121	Kate Winslet Actor	born 1975
122	Charlize Theron Actor	born 1975
123	Bradley Cooper Actor	born 1975
124	Drew Barrymore Actor	born 1975
125	Milla Jovovich Actor	born 1975
126	Russell Brand Actor	born 1975
127	Johnny Galecki Actor	born 1975
128	Marion Cotillard Actor	born 1975
129	Ryan Reynolds Actor	born 1976
130	Reese Witherspoon Actor	born 1976
131	Colin Farrell Actor	born 1976
132	Brittany Murphy Actor	born 1977
133	Tom Hardy Actor	born 1977
134	Orlando Bloom Actor	born 1977
135	Sarah Michelle Gellar Actor	born 1977
136	Liv Tyler Actor	born 1977
137	Ashton Kutcher Actor	born 1978
138	Rachel McAdams Actor	born 1978
139	Ian Somerhalder Actor	born 1978
140	Katherine Heigl Actor	born 1978
141	Katie Holmes Actor	born 1978
142	Heath Ledger Actor	born 1979
143	Jennifer Love Hewitt Actor	born 1979
144	Kate Hudson Actor	born 1979
145	Macaulay Culkin Actor	born 1980
146	Channing Tatum Actor	born 1980
147	Zooey Deschanel Actor	born 1980
148	Ryan Gosling Actor	born 1980
149	Jake Gyllenhaal Actor	born 1980
150	Kristen Bell Actor	born 1980
151	Jason Segel Actor	born 1980
152	Natalie Portman Actor	born 1981
153	Jessica Alba Actor	born 1981
154	Joseph Gordon-Levitt Actor	born 1981
155	Anne Hathaway Actor	born 1982
156	Jessica Biel Actor	born 1982
157	Kirsten Dunst Actor	born 1982
158	Cobie Smulders Actor	born 1982
159	Cory Monteith Actor	born 1982
160	Mila Kunis Actor	born 1983
161	Chris Hemsworth Actor	born 1983
162	Scarlett Johansson Actor	born 1984
163	Olivia Wilde Actor	born 1984
164	Katrina Kaif Actor	born 1984
165	Kaley Cuoco Actor	born 1985
166	Keira Knightley Actor	born 1985
167	Ashley Tisdale Actor	born 1985
168	Amanda Seyfried Actor	born 1985
169	Megan Fox Actor	born 1986
170	Robert Pattinson Actor	born 1986
171	Lindsay Lohan Actor	born 1986
172	Shia LaBeouf Actor	born 1986
173	Amanda Bynes Actor	born 1986
174	Leighton Meester Actor	born 1986
175	Lea Michele Actor	born 1986
176	Zac Efron Actor	born 1987
177	Hilary Duff Actor	born 1987
178	Blake Lively Actor	born 1987
179	Ellen Page Actor	born 1987
180	Emma Stone Actor	born 1988
181	Vanessa Hudgens Actor	born 1988
182	Rupert Grint Actor	born 1988
183	Taylor Swift Actor	born 1989
184	Daniel Radcliffe Actor	born 1989
185	Hayden Panettiere Actor	born 1989
186	Nina Dobrev Actor	born 1989
187	Kristen Stewart Actor	born 1990
188	Emma Watson Actor	born 1990
189	Jennifer Lawrence Actor	born 1990
190	Liam Hemsworth Actor	born 1990
191	Emma Roberts Actor	born 1991
192	Miley Cyrus Actor	born 1992
193	Taylor Lautner Actor	born 1992
194	Josh Hutcherson Actor	born 1992
195	Jennette McCurdy Actor	born 1992
196	Miranda Cosgrove Actor	born 1993
197	Victoria Justice Actor	born 1993
198	Taylor Momsen Actor	born 1993
199	Dakota Fanning Actor	born 1994
200	Jaden Smith Actor	born 1998

Questions

What is the born earliest on this list?

Charlie Chaplin, with born 1889.

What is the born most recently on this list?

Jaden Smith, with born 1998.

Where do these numbers come from?