1958 - Today
Chris Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American filmmaker. Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at Tisch School of the Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. After writing screenplays for several teen comedies in the mid-1980s, he made his directorial debut with a teen adventure, Adventures in Babysitting (1987). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Columbus has received more than 38,498 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Chris Columbus is the 200th most popular film director (up from 310th in 2019), the 1,262nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,058th in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Film Director.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among film directors, Chris Columbus ranks 200 out of 1,581. Before him are Lewis Milestone, Richard Donner, Shohei Imamura, Jean Negulesco, Alan J. Pakula, and Otto Preminger. After him are Lev Kuleshov, Max Ophüls, Tony Richardson, Agnieszka Holland, Mike Newell, and Sam Raimi.
1895 - 1980
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 194
1930 - 2021
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 195
1926 - 2006
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 196
1900 - 1993
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 197
1928 - 1998
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 198
1905 - 1986
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 199
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 200
1899 - 1970
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 201
1902 - 1957
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 202
1928 - 1991
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 203
1948 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 204
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 205
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 206
Among people born in 1958, Chris Columbus ranks 32. Before him are Bruce Dickinson, Wong Kar-wai, Éric Zemmour, Janez Janša, Ellen DeGeneres, and Ralf Rangnick. After him are Annette Bening, Andre Geim, Andie MacDowell, Hugo Sánchez, Lambert Wilson, and Sergei Krikalev.
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 26
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 27
1958 - Present
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 28
1958 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 29
1958 - Present
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 30
1958 - Present
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 31
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 32
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 33
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 34
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 35
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 36
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 37
1958 - Present
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 38
Among people born in United States, Chris Columbus ranks 1,262 out of 18,182. Before him are Dwight Schultz (1947), David McClelland (1917), Alyson Hannigan (1974), Timothy McVeigh (1968), Erskine Caldwell (1903), and Robert Rauschenberg (1925). After him are Alan J. Heeger (1936), Lisa Kudrow (1963), John Forsythe (1918), Joan Didion (1934), Dennis Rader (1945), and Joseph Erlanger (1874).
1947 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 1,256
1917 - 1998
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 1,257
1974 - Present
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 1,258
1968 - 2001
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 1,259
1903 - 1987
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 1,260
1925 - 2008
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 1,261
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,262
1936 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,263
1963 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,264
1918 - 2010
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,265
1934 - 2021
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,266
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,267
1874 - 1965
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,268
Among film directors born in United States, Chris Columbus ranks 56. Before him are Vincente Minnelli (1903), Stanley Kramer (1913), Nicholas Ray (1911), Michael Moore (1954), Richard Donner (1930), and Alan J. Pakula (1928). After him are Sam Raimi (1959), John Sturges (1910), Wes Anderson (1969), Cecil B. DeMille (1881), Robert J. Flaherty (1884), and Spike Lee (1957).
1903 - 1986
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 50
1913 - 2001
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 51
1911 - 1979
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 52
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 53
1930 - 2021
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 54
1928 - 1998
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 55
1958 - Present
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 56
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.21
Rank: 57
1910 - 1992
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 58
1969 - Present
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 59
1881 - 1959
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 60
1884 - 1951
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 61
1957 - Present
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 62