1889 - 1981
Abel Gance (French: [gɑ̃s]; born Abel Eugène Alexandre Péréthon; 25 October 1889 – 10 November 1981) was a French film director, producer, writer and actor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abel Gance has received more than 312,540 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Abel Gance is the 147th most popular film director (up from 161st in 2019), the 1,017th most popular biography from France (up from 1,069th in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Film Director.
Abel Gance is most famous for his film Napoleon, which was the first film to be released in a widescreen format.
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Among film directors, Abel Gance ranks 147 out of 1,581. Before him are Lasse Hallström, Blake Edwards, Jacques Demy, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Wong Kar-wai, and Victor Sjöström. After him are Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jan Švankmajer, Ed Wood, Joris Ivens, Robert Wise, and Roland Emmerich.
1946 - Present
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 141
1922 - 2010
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 142
1931 - 1990
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 143
1909 - 1993
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 144
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 145
1879 - 1960
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 146
1889 - 1981
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 147
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 148
1934 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 149
1924 - 1978
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 150
1898 - 1989
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 151
1914 - 2005
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 152
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 153
Among people born in 1889, Abel Gance ranks 34. Before him are Pitirim Sorokin, Edgar Adrian, Mercédès Jellinek, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, and Walter Lippmann. After him are Zalman Shazar, Taha Hussein, Günther Lütjens, Philip Noel-Baker, Hannes Kolehmainen, and Hannes Meyer. Among people deceased in 1981, Abel Gance ranks 30. Before him are Samuel Barber, Georges Brassens, Joseph Murphy, Karl Böhm, Max Delbrück, and Mehmet Shehu. After him are Mohammad-Ali Rajai, Miroslav Krleža, David Wechsler, Zarah Leander, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, and Harry Harlow.
1889 - 1968
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 28
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 29
1889 - 1929
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 30
1889 - 1962
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 31
1889 - 1952
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 32
1889 - 1974
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 33
1889 - 1981
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 34
1889 - 1974
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 35
1889 - 1973
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 36
1889 - 1941
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 37
1889 - 1982
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 38
1889 - 1966
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 39
1889 - 1954
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 40
1910 - 1981
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 24
1921 - 1981
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 25
1898 - 1981
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 26
1894 - 1981
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 27
1906 - 1981
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 28
1913 - 1981
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 29
1889 - 1981
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 30
1933 - 1981
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 31
1893 - 1981
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 32
1896 - 1981
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 33
1907 - 1981
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 34
1905 - 1981
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 35
1905 - 1981
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 36
Among people born in France, Abel Gance ranks 1,017 out of 6,011. Before him are Clotilde of France (1759), Ambroise Thomas (1811), Carole Bouquet (1957), Léon Bourgeois (1851), Maurice Denis (1870), and Joseph Liouville (1809). After him are Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois (1895), Éric Zemmour (1958), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Henri, Prince of Condé (1588), Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762), and Jean de Joinville (1224).
1759 - 1802
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 1,011
1811 - 1896
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 1,012
1957 - Present
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 1,013
1851 - 1925
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 1,014
1870 - 1943
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 1,015
1809 - 1882
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 1,016
1889 - 1981
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 1,017
1895 - 1964
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 1,018
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 1,019
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 1,020
1588 - 1646
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 1,021
1762 - 1833
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 1,022
1224 - 1317
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 1,023
Among film directors born in France, Abel Gance ranks 21. Before him are Jean-Pierre Melville (1917), Louis Malle (1932), Marcel Carné (1906), René Clément (1913), Claude Lelouch (1937), and Jacques Demy (1931). After him are Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Jean Vigo (1905), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), Jacques Rivette (1928), Claude Lanzmann (1925), and Alice Guy-Blaché (1873).
1917 - 1973
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 15
1932 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 16
1906 - 1996
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 17
1913 - 1996
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 18
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 19
1931 - 1990
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 20
1889 - 1981
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 21
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 22
1905 - 1934
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 23
1907 - 1977
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 24
1928 - 2016
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 25
1925 - 2018
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 26
1873 - 1968
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 27