1926 - 2016
Andrzej Witold Wajda (Polish: [ˈandʐɛj ˈvajda]; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "Polish Film School". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrzej Wajda has received more than 944,364 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Andrzej Wajda is the 39th most popular film director (up from 40th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Poland (down from 57th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Polish Film Director.
Andrzej Wajda is most famous for being a Polish film director. He is best known for his 1975 film "The Promised Land" which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Among film directors, Andrzej Wajda ranks 39 out of 1,581. Before him are Billy Wilder, Roberto Rossellini, John Ford, Paul Verhoeven, Vittorio De Sica, and Wim Wenders. After him are Ken Loach, Tinto Brass, Michael Haneke, James Cameron, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Tim Burton.
1906 - 2002
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 33
1906 - 1977
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 34
1894 - 1973
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 35
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 36
1901 - 1974
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 37
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 38
1926 - 2016
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 39
1936 - Present
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 40
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 41
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 42
1954 - Present
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 43
1945 - 1982
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 44
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 45
Among people born in 1926, Andrzej Wajda ranks 15. Before him are Leslie Nielsen, Miles Davis, Sathya Sai Baba, Dario Fo, Svetlana Alliluyeva, and Klaus Kinski. After him are Thích Nhất Hạnh, Chuck Berry, René Goscinny, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Hugh Hefner, and Paul Bocuse. Among people deceased in 2016, Andrzej Wajda ranks 18. Before him are Imre Kertész, Zaha Hadid, Dario Fo, Cesare Maldini, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and Islam Karimov. After him are George Michael, Abbas Kiarostami, Carlos Alberto Torres, Jerome Bruner, João Havelange, and Alvin Toffler.
1926 - 2010
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 9
1926 - 1991
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 10
1926 - 2011
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 11
1926 - 2016
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 12
1926 - 2011
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 13
1926 - 1991
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 14
1926 - 2016
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 15
1926 - 2022
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 16
1926 - 2017
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 17
1926 - 1977
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 18
1926 - 2004
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 19
1926 - 2017
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 20
1926 - 2018
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 21
1929 - 2016
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 12
1950 - 2016
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 13
1926 - 2016
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 14
1932 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 15
1922 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 16
1938 - 2016
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 17
1926 - 2016
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 18
1963 - 2016
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 19
1940 - 2016
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 20
1944 - 2016
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 21
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 22
1916 - 2016
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 23
1928 - 2016
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 24
Among people born in Poland, Andrzej Wajda ranks 58 out of 1,454. Before him are Klaus Kinski (1926), Otto Stern (1888), Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768), Eric of Pomerania (1381), Ferdinand Lassalle (1825), and Casimir III the Great (1310). After him are Bolesław I the Brave (967), Emil von Behring (1854), Erich von Falkenhayn (1861), Jakob Böhme (1575), Albert A. Michelson (1852), and Faustina Kowalska (1905).
1926 - 1991
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 52
1888 - 1969
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 53
1768 - 1834
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 54
1381 - 1459
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 55
1825 - 1864
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 56
1310 - 1370
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 57
1926 - 2016
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 58
967 - 1025
HPI: 69.55
Rank: 59
1854 - 1917
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 60
1861 - 1922
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 61
1575 - 1624
HPI: 69.20
Rank: 62
1852 - 1931
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 63
1905 - 1938
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 64
Among film directors born in Poland, Andrzej Wajda ranks 2. Before him are Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941). After him are Dziga Vertov (1896), Fred Zinnemann (1907), Jerzy Grotowski (1933), Jerzy Skolimowski (1938), Agnieszka Holland (1948), Robert Wiene (1873), Jean Epstein (1897), Krzysztof Zanussi (1939), Walerian Borowczyk (1923), and Jerzy Hoffman (1932).
1941 - 1996
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 1
1926 - 2016
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 2
1896 - 1954
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 3
1907 - 1997
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 4
1933 - 1999
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 5
1938 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 7
1873 - 1938
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 8
1897 - 1953
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 9
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 10
1923 - 2006
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 11
1932 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 12