AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars

**AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars** is a list of the top actors in Hollywood history. It was announced by the American Film Institute on June 16, 1999.

The list promised one hundred people on it, but in the end there were only fifty.

As of 2023, of the fifty stars listed, only one is still alive (Sophia Loren). At the time the list was unveiled Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Shirley Temple, Lauren Bacall, Marlon Brando, Gregory Peck, Kirk Douglas and Sidney Poitier were also still living.

## The list

|#|Male Legends|Female Legends|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1.|<span style="display:none">Bogart</span>Humphrey Bogart|<span style="display:none">Hepburn</span>Katharine Hepburn|
|2.|<span style="display:none">Grant</span>Cary Grant|<span style="display:none">Davis</span>Bette Davis|
|3.|<span style="display:none">Stewart</span>James Stewart|<span style="display:none">Hepburn</span>Audrey Hepburn|
|4.|<span style="display:none">Brando</span>Marlon Brando|<span style="display:none">Bergman</span>Ingrid Bergman|
|5.|<span style="display:none">Astaire</span>Fred Astaire|<span style="display:none">Garbo</span>Greta Garbo|
|6.|<span style="display:none">Fonda</span>Henry Fonda|<span style="display:none">Monroe</span>Marilyn Monroe|
|7.|<span style="display:none">Gable</span>Clark Gable|<span style="display:none">Taylor</span>Elizabeth Taylor|
|8.|<span style="display:none">Cagney</span>James Cagney|<span style="display:none">Garland</span>Judy Garland|
|9.|<span style="display:none">Tracy</span>Spencer Tracy|<span style="display:none">Dietrich</span>Marlene Dietrich|
|10.|<span style="display:none">Chaplin</span>Charlie Chaplin|<span style="display:none">Crawford</span>Joan Crawford|
|11.|<span style="display:none">Cooper</span>Gary Cooper|<span style="display:none">Stanwyck</span>Barbara Stanwyck|
|12.|<span style="display:none">Peck</span>Gregory Peck|<span style="display:none">Colbert</span>Claudette Colbert|
|13.|<span style="display:none">Wayne</span>John Wayne|<span style="display:none">Kelly</span>Grace Kelly|
|14.|<span style="display:none">Olivier</span>Laurence Olivier|<span style="display:none">Rogers</span>Ginger Rogers|
|15.|<span style="display:none">Kelly</span>Gene Kelly|<span style="display:none">West</span>Mae West|
|16.|<span style="display:none">Welles</span>Orson Welles|<span style="display:none">Leigh</span>Vivien Leigh|
|17.|<span style="display:none">Douglas</span>Kirk Douglas|<span style="display:none">Gish</span>Lillian Gish|
|18.|<span style="display:none">Dean</span>James Dean|<span style="display:none">Temple</span>Shirley Temple|
|19.|<span style="display:none">Lancaster</span>Burt Lancaster|<span style="display:none">Hayworth</span>Rita Hayworth|
|20.|<span style="display:none">Marx</span>The Marx Brothers|<span style="display:none">Bacall</span>Lauren Bacall|
|21.|<span style="display:none">Keaton</span>Buster Keaton|<span style="display:none">Loren</span>Sophia Loren|
|22.|<span style="display:none">Poitier</span>Sidney Poitier|<span style="display:none">Harlow</span>Jean Harlow|
|23.|<span style="display:none">Mitchum</span>Robert Mitchum|<span style="display:none">Lombard</span>Carole Lombard|
|24.|<span style="display:none">Robinson</span>Edward G. Robinson|<span style="display:none">Pickford</span>Mary Pickford|
|25.|<span style="display:none">Holden</span>William Holden|<span style="display:none">Gardner</span>Ava Gardner|