1891 - 1959
Edmund Goulding (20 March 1891 – 24 December 1959) was a British screenwriter and director. As an actor early in his career he was one of the 'Ghosts' in the 1922 silent film Three Live Ghosts alongside Norman Kerry and Cyril Chadwick. Also in the early 1920s he wrote several screenplays for star Mae Murray for films directed by her then husband Robert Z. Leonard. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Goulding has received more than 132,646 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Edmund Goulding is the 612th most popular film director (up from 682nd in 2019), the 2,293rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,485th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Film Director.
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Among film directors, Edmund Goulding ranks 612 out of 1,580. Before him are Paul Greengrass, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Fernando Solanas, Amos Gitai, Peter Hyams, and Yakov Protazanov. After him are Stan Winston, Burt Kennedy, Percy Adlon, Robert Enrico, Mika Kaurismäki, and Renato Castellani.
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 606
1959 - Present
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 607
1936 - 2020
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 608
1950 - Present
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 609
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 610
1881 - 1945
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 611
1891 - 1959
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 612
1946 - 2008
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 613
1922 - 2001
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 614
1935 - Present
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 615
1931 - 2001
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 616
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 617
1913 - 1985
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 618
Among people born in 1891, Edmund Goulding ranks 124. Before him are Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Adolf Busch, Fréhel, Ahmad bin Yahya, Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, and Victoria Kent. After him are Julio Baghy, Erich Marcks, Béla Imrédy, Prince Maurice of Battenberg, Elvira de Hidalgo, and Vladislav Vančura. Among people deceased in 1959, Edmund Goulding ranks 82. Before him are Edmund Gwenn, Giovanni Pastrone, Eduard van Beinum, Charles Vidor, Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, and Bak Jungyang. After him are Kafū Nagai, Luigi Sturzo, Charles Starkweather, Alfonso Reyes, Felix Jacoby, and Ragnar Nurkse.
1891 - 2007
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 118
1891 - 1952
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 119
1891 - 1951
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 120
1891 - 1962
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 121
1891 - 1959
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 122
1891 - 1987
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 123
1891 - 1959
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 124
1891 - 1967
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 125
1891 - 1944
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 126
1891 - 1946
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 127
1891 - 1914
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 128
1891 - 1980
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 129
1891 - 1942
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 130
1877 - 1959
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 76
1883 - 1959
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 77
1900 - 1959
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 78
1900 - 1959
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 79
1891 - 1959
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 80
1872 - 1959
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 81
1891 - 1959
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 82
1879 - 1959
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 83
1871 - 1959
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 84
1938 - 1959
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 85
1889 - 1959
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 86
1876 - 1959
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 87
1907 - 1959
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 88
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edmund Goulding ranks 2,293 out of 6,924. Before him are David Tomlinson (1917), John McAfee (1945), Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889), John Terry (1980), David Chipperfield (1953), and Billy Boyd (1968). After him are Guy Edwards (1942), Lesley-Anne Down (1954), Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), Peter James (1948), Ernst Wilhelm Bohle (1903), and Richard de Bury (1287).
1917 - 2000
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 2,287
1945 - Present
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 2,288
1889 - 1922
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 2,289
1980 - Present
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 2,290
1953 - Present
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 2,291
1968 - Present
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 2,292
1891 - 1959
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 2,293
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 2,294
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 2,295
1868 - 1956
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 2,296
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 2,297
1903 - 1960
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 2,298
1287 - 1345
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 2,299
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Edmund Goulding ranks 52. Before him are Ken Annakin (1914), Terence Fisher (1904), Stephen Daldry (1960), John Madden (1949), James Whale (1889), and Paul Greengrass (1955). After him are Richard Marquand (1937), Steven Knight (1959), Steve McQueen (1969), Ronald Neame (1911), Sally Potter (1949), and Andrew V. McLaglen (1920).
1914 - 2009
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 46
1904 - 1980
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 47
1960 - Present
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 48
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 49
1889 - 1957
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 50
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 51
1891 - 1959
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 52
1937 - 1987
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 53
1959 - Present
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 54
1969 - Present
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 55
1911 - 2010
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 56
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 57
1920 - 2014
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 58