1897 - 1987
Douglas Sirk (born Hans Detlef Sierck; 26 April 1897 – 14 January 1987) was a German film director best known for his work in Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s. However, he also directed comedies, westerns, and war films. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Douglas Sirk has received more than 694,693 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Douglas Sirk is the 224th most popular film director (up from 253rd in 2019), the 1,222nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,385th in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Film Director.
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Among film directors, Douglas Sirk ranks 224 out of 1,581. Before him are Robert J. Flaherty, Spike Lee, Gus Van Sant, Joseph Losey, Anatole Litvak, and Terence Young. After him are George Stevens, Frank Darabont, Miklós Jancsó, Richard Fleischer, Margarethe von Trotta, and Barbet Schroeder.
1884 - 1951
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 218
1957 - Present
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 219
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 220
1909 - 1984
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 221
1902 - 1974
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 222
1915 - 1994
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 223
1897 - 1987
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 224
1904 - 1975
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 225
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 226
1921 - 2014
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 227
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 228
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 229
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 230
Among people born in 1897, Douglas Sirk ranks 60. Before him are Virginia Henderson, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Ye Jianying, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Hans Baur, and Zakir Husain. After him are Vito Genovese, Theodor Busse, Marcel Petiot, Winifred Wagner, Karl Löwith, and Elijah Muhammad. Among people deceased in 1987, Douglas Sirk ranks 36. Before him are Jaco Pastorius, Georg Wittig, Erskine Caldwell, André Masson, Anthony de Mello, and Henry Ford II. After him are Didier Pironi, Peter Tosh, Peter Medawar, Mahadevi Varma, James Baldwin, and Randolph Scott.
1897 - 1996
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 54
1897 - 1967
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 55
1897 - 1986
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 56
1897 - 1978
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 57
1897 - 1993
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 58
1897 - 1969
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 59
1897 - 1987
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 60
1897 - 1969
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 61
1897 - 1986
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 62
1897 - 1946
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 63
1897 - 1980
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 64
1897 - 1973
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 65
1897 - 1975
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 66
1951 - 1987
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 30
1897 - 1987
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 31
1903 - 1987
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 32
1896 - 1987
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 33
1931 - 1987
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 34
1917 - 1987
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 35
1897 - 1987
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 36
1952 - 1987
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 37
1944 - 1987
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 38
1915 - 1987
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 39
1907 - 1987
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 40
1924 - 1987
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 41
1898 - 1987
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 42
Among people born in Germany, Douglas Sirk ranks 1,222 out of 6,142. Before him are Carl Clauberg (1898), Méret Oppenheim (1913), Veit Stoss (1450), Severinus of Noricum (410), Leo Strauss (1899), and Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911). After him are Fabian von Schlabrendorff (1907), Otto II, Duke of Bavaria (1206), Dieter Rams (1932), Manuel Neuer (1986), Erich Heckel (1883), and Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1570).
1898 - 1957
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 1,216
1913 - 1985
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 1,217
1450 - 1533
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 1,218
410 - 482
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 1,219
1899 - 1973
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 1,220
1911 - 1986
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 1,221
1897 - 1987
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 1,222
1907 - 1980
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 1,223
1206 - 1253
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 1,224
1932 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 1,225
1986 - Present
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 1,226
1883 - 1970
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 1,227
1570 - 1605
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 1,228
Among film directors born in Germany, Douglas Sirk ranks 14. Before him are Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Roland Emmerich (1955), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Max Ophüls (1902), Robert Siodmak (1900), and Thea von Harbou (1888). After him are Margarethe von Trotta (1942), Mike Nichols (1931), Veit Harlan (1899), Lotte Reiniger (1899), Gustaf Gründgens (1899), and Wolfgang Reitherman (1909).
1941 - 2022
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 8
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 9
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 10
1902 - 1957
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 11
1900 - 1973
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 12
1888 - 1954
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 13
1897 - 1987
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 14
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 15
1931 - 2014
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 16
1899 - 1964
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 17
1899 - 1981
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 18
1899 - 1963
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 19
1909 - 1985
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 20