1885 - 1957
Erich Oswald Hans Carl Maria von Stroheim (born Erich Oswald Stroheim; September 22, 1885 – May 12, 1957) was an Austrian-American director, screenwriter, actor, and producer, most noted as a film star and avant-garde, visionary director of the silent era. His 1924 film Greed (an adaptation of Frank Norris's 1899 novel McTeague) is considered one of the finest and most important films ever made. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich von Stroheim has received more than 1,101,669 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Erich von Stroheim is the 115th most popular film director (down from 114th in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Austria (down from 170th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Film Director.
Erich von Stroheim is most famous for his work as a director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his films Greed (1924) and Foolish Wives (1922).
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Among film directors, Erich von Stroheim ranks 115 out of 1,581. Before him are Wes Craven, Louis Malle, George Cukor, David Fincher, Elia Kazan, and Peter Jackson. After him are Jerzy Grotowski, Sam Peckinpah, Lina Wertmüller, John Carpenter, Peter Bogdanovich, and Michael Mann.
1939 - 2015
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 109
1932 - 1995
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 110
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 111
1962 - Present
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 112
1909 - 2003
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 113
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 114
1885 - 1957
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 115
1933 - 1999
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 116
1925 - 1984
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 117
1928 - 2021
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 118
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 119
1939 - 2022
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 120
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 121
Among people born in 1885, Erich von Stroheim ranks 29. Before him are Ernst Bloch, Yakov Sverdlov, Heinrich Brüning, Sonia Delaunay, Karl Radek, and Sabina Spielrein. After him are Luigi Russolo, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Hermann Weyl, George Minot, Alexander Löhr, and Sinclair Lewis. Among people deceased in 1957, Erich von Stroheim ranks 28. Before him are Alfred Döblin, Joseph McCarthy, Curzio Malaparte, František Kupka, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Eliot Ness. After him are Heinrich Otto Wieland, Heinrich Hoffmann, Jože Plečnik, Richard E. Byrd, V. Gordon Childe, and Prince George of Greece and Denmark.
1885 - 1977
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 23
1885 - 1919
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 24
1885 - 1970
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 25
1885 - 1979
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 26
1885 - 1939
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 27
1885 - 1942
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 28
1885 - 1957
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 29
1885 - 1947
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 30
1885 - 1946
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 31
1885 - 1955
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 32
1885 - 1950
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 33
1885 - 1947
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 34
1885 - 1951
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 35
1878 - 1957
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 22
1908 - 1957
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 23
1898 - 1957
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 24
1871 - 1957
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 25
1867 - 1957
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 26
1903 - 1957
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 27
1885 - 1957
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 28
1877 - 1957
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 29
1885 - 1957
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 30
1872 - 1957
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 31
1888 - 1957
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 32
1892 - 1957
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 33
1869 - 1957
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 34
Among people born in Austria, Erich von Stroheim ranks 175 out of 1,237. Before him are Maria Antonia of Austria (1669), Maria Anna of Austria (1683), Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1906), Eduard Strauss (1835), Rudolf I of Bohemia (1281), and Maria Leopoldina of Austria (1797). After him are Ernst Happel (1925), Maria Amalia of Austria (1701), Michael Haydn (1737), Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817), Eric Kandel (1929), and Josef Stefan (1835).
1669 - 1692
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 169
1683 - 1754
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 170
1906 - 1989
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 171
1835 - 1916
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 172
1281 - 1307
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 173
1797 - 1826
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 174
1885 - 1957
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 175
1925 - 1992
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 176
1701 - 1756
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 177
1737 - 1806
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 178
1817 - 1895
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 179
1929 - Present
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 180
1835 - 1893
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 181
Among film directors born in Austria, Erich von Stroheim ranks 3. Before him are Fritz Lang (1890) and Billy Wilder (1906). After him are Josef von Sternberg (1894), Max Reinhardt (1873), Alexander Korda (1893), Ernst Marischka (1893), Gustav Ucicky (1899), Hans Hass (1919), Richard Oswald (1880), Harald Reinl (1908), and Ulrich Seidl (1952).
1890 - 1976
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 1
1906 - 2002
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 2
1885 - 1957
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 3
1894 - 1969
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 4
1873 - 1943
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 5
1893 - 1956
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 6
1893 - 1963
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 7
1899 - 1961
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 8
1919 - 2013
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 9
1880 - 1963
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 10
1908 - 1986
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 11
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 12