1912 - 1991
Donald Siegel ( SEE-gəl; October 26, 1912 – April 20, 1991) was an American film and television director and producer. Siegel was described by The New York Times as "a director of tough, cynical and forthright action-adventure films whose taut plots centered on individualistic loners". He directed the science-fiction horror film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), as well as five films with Clint Eastwood, including the police thriller Dirty Harry (1971) and the prison drama Escape from Alcatraz (1979). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Siegel has received more than 1,156,153 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Don Siegel is the 177th most popular film director (down from 150th in 2019), the 1,152nd most popular biography from United States (down from 992nd in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Film Director.
Don Siegel is most famous for being a director and screenwriter. He directed movies such as "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," "Dirty Harry," and "The Shootist."
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Among film directors, Don Siegel ranks 177 out of 1,581. Before him are Alejandro González Iñárritu, Jesús Franco, Nikita Mikhalkov, Claude Lanzmann, Robert Aldrich, and Peter Weir. After him are G. W. Pabst, Guy Ritchie, Dino Risi, Danny Boyle, Alice Guy-Blaché, and Francesco Rosi.
1963 - Present
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 171
1930 - 2013
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 172
1945 - Present
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 173
1925 - 2018
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 174
1918 - 1983
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 175
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 176
1912 - 1991
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 177
1885 - 1967
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 178
1968 - Present
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 179
1916 - 2008
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 180
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 181
1873 - 1968
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 182
1922 - 2015
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 183
Among people born in 1912, Don Siegel ranks 48. Before him are Sonja Henie, Otto Kretschmer, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Chien-Shiung Wu, Georg Solti, and Princess Deokhye. After him are Elsa Morante, Taiichi Ohno, Tibor Sekelj, Ghazi of Iraq, George Emil Palade, and Ertuğrul Osman. Among people deceased in 1991, Don Siegel ranks 38. Before him are Claudio Arrau, Stan Getz, Jean Tinguely, Wilhelm Kempff, Arno Breker, and Leo Fender. After him are Gunnar Gren, Richard Stone, Ivan Kozhedub, Tony Richardson, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, and Princess Ileana of Romania.
1912 - 1969
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 42
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 43
1912 - 1997
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 44
1912 - 1997
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 45
1912 - 1997
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 46
1912 - 1989
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 47
1912 - 1991
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 48
1912 - 1985
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 49
1912 - 1990
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 50
1912 - 1988
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 51
1912 - 1939
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 52
1912 - 2008
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 53
1912 - 2009
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 54
1903 - 1991
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 32
1927 - 1991
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 33
1925 - 1991
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 34
1895 - 1991
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 35
1900 - 1991
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 36
1909 - 1991
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 37
1912 - 1991
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 38
1920 - 1991
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 39
1913 - 1991
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 40
1920 - 1991
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 41
1928 - 1991
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 42
1916 - 1991
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 43
1909 - 1991
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 44
Among people born in United States, Don Siegel ranks 1,152 out of 18,182. Before him are Neil Diamond (1941), James Brolin (1940), Sonny Liston (1932), Adam West (1928), Daniel Keyes (1927), and Loie Fuller (1862). After him are George H. Hitchings (1905), William Gibson (1948), Andre Agassi (1970), Robert Taylor (1911), Julian Schwinger (1918), and Russell Alan Hulse (1950).
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 1,146
1940 - Present
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 1,147
1932 - 1970
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 1,148
1928 - 2017
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 1,149
1927 - 2014
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 1,150
1862 - 1928
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 1,151
1912 - 1991
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 1,152
1905 - 1998
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 1,153
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 1,154
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 1,155
1911 - 1969
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 1,156
1918 - 1994
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 1,157
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 1,158
Among film directors born in United States, Don Siegel ranks 48. Before him are Ed Wood (1924), Robert Wise (1914), William Friedkin (1935), Jonathan Demme (1944), Kathryn Bigelow (1951), and Robert Aldrich (1918). After him are James Ivory (1928), Vincente Minnelli (1903), Stanley Kramer (1913), Nicholas Ray (1911), Michael Moore (1954), and Richard Donner (1930).
1924 - 1978
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 42
1914 - 2005
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 43
1935 - 2023
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 44
1944 - 2017
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 45
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 46
1918 - 1983
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 47
1912 - 1991
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 48
1928 - Present
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 49
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