- Thespis of Icaria (asi 534 – 455 pred n. l.), považovaný za pôvodného divadelného herca.
- Richard Burbage (1567 – 1619)
- David Garrick (1717–1779).
- Sarah Siddonsová (1755–1831).
- Edmund Kean (1787–1833).
- William Charles Macready (1793-1873)
- Edwin Booth (1833-1893)
- Laurence Olivier (1907-1989)
- John Gielgud (1904-2000)
- Vivien Leigh (1913–1967).
- Marlon Brando (1924–2004).
- James Dean (1931–1955).
- Elizabeth Taylorová (1932–2011).
- Paul Newman (1925–2008).
- Robert Redford (1936-)
- Meryl Streep (1949–).
- Daniel Day-Lewis (1957-)
- Joaquin Phoenix (1974–).