1906 - 1976
Sir Carol Reed (30 December 1906 – 25 April 1976) was an English film director and producer, best known for Odd Man Out (1947), The Fallen Idol (1948), The Third Man (1949), and Oliver! (1968), for which he was awarded the Academy Award for Best Director. Odd Man Out was the first recipient of the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carol Reed has received more than 918,376 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Carol Reed is the 296th most popular film director (down from 267th in 2019), the 1,236th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,146th in 2019) and the 19th most popular British Film Director.
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Among film directors, Carol Reed ranks 296 out of 1,581. Before him are Garry Marshall, Richard Brooks, Mike Nichols, Béla Tarr, M. Night Shyamalan, and Leos Carax. After him are Ermanno Olmi, Tsui Hark, Henry King, John Landis, Jim Henson, and Gaspar Noé.
1934 - 2016
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 290
1912 - 1992
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 291
1931 - 2014
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 292
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 293
1970 - Present
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 294
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 295
1906 - 1976
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 296
1931 - 2018
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 297
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 298
1886 - 1982
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 299
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 300
1936 - 1990
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 301
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 302
Among people born in 1906, Carol Reed ranks 91. Before him are Luis Federico Leloir, Primo Carnera, Jacques Becker, Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Heinrich Schwarz, and Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev. After him are Joaquín Balaguer, Giuseppe Siri, Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, Louise Brooks, Edmond Debeaumarché, and Curtis LeMay. Among people deceased in 1976, Carol Reed ranks 63. Before him are Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Arnold Gehlen, Walter Warlimont, Harry Nyquist, Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza, and Gregor Piatigorsky. After him are Phil Ochs, Mikhail Gurevich, Géza Anda, David Elazar, Alexandros Panagoulis, and Lee J. Cobb.
1906 - 1987
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 85
1906 - 1967
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 86
1906 - 1960
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 87
1906 - 1940
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 88
1906 - 1947
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 89
1906 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 90
1906 - 1976
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 91
1906 - 2002
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 92
1906 - 1989
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 93
1906 - 1937
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 94
1906 - 1985
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 95
1906 - 1959
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 96
1906 - 1990
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 97
1888 - 1976
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 57
1904 - 1976
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 58
1894 - 1976
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 59
1889 - 1976
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 60
1907 - 1976
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 61
1903 - 1976
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 62
1906 - 1976
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 63
1940 - 1976
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 64
1892 - 1976
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 65
1921 - 1976
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 66
1925 - 1976
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 67
1939 - 1976
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 68
1911 - 1976
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 69
Among people born in United Kingdom, Carol Reed ranks 1,236 out of 7,765. Before him are Eddie Redmayne (1982), Victoria Beckham (1974), Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), Elizabeth Siddal (1829), Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1874), and Richard J. Roberts (1943). After him are Hugh Griffith (1912), Joan Plowright (1929), Alexander I of Scotland (1078), John Nettles (1943), Catherine Eddowes (1842), and Martin Frobisher (1535).
1982 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,230
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,231
1810 - 1895
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,232
1829 - 1862
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,233
1874 - 1899
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,234
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,235
1906 - 1976
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 1,236
1912 - 1980
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 1,237
1929 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 1,238
1078 - 1124
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,239
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,240
1842 - 1888
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,241
1535 - 1594
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,242
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Carol Reed ranks 19. Before him are Tony Richardson (1928), Mike Newell (1942), Stephen Frears (1941), David Hamilton (1933), John Schlesinger (1926), and Frank Lloyd (1886). After him are Sam Mendes (1965), John Boorman (1933), Ken Russell (1927), John Guillermin (1925), Derek Jarman (1942), and Anthony Minghella (1954).
1928 - 1991
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 13
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 14
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 15
1933 - 2016
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 16
1926 - 2003
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 17
1886 - 1960
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 18
1906 - 1976
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 19
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 20
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 21
1927 - 2011
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 22
1925 - 2015
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 23
1942 - 1994
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 24
1954 - 2008
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 25