1932 - 1984
François Roland Truffaut (UK: TROO-foh, TRUU-, US: troo-FOH; French: [fʁɑ̃swa ʁɔlɑ̃ tʁyfo]; 6 February 1932 – 21 October 1984) was a French filmmaker, actor, and critic. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of the French New Wave. With a career of more than 25 years, he is an icon of the French film industry. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Truffaut has received more than 2,940,755 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). François Truffaut is the 20th most popular film director (up from 25th in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from France (up from 226th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Film Director.
François Truffaut is most famous for his contribution to the French New Wave movement. He is also known for being the first person to write a book on Alfred Hitchcock.
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Among film directors, François Truffaut ranks 20 out of 1,581. Before him are Luchino Visconti, Luis Buñuel, Andrei Tarkovsky, Jean-Luc Godard, Sergio Leone, and Francis Ford Coppola. After him are Miloš Forman, Georges Méliès, Leni Riefenstahl, Pedro Almodóvar, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Michelangelo Antonioni.
1906 - 1976
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 14
1900 - 1983
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 15
1932 - 1986
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 16
1930 - 2022
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 17
1929 - 1989
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 18
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 19
1932 - 1984
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 20
1932 - 2018
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 21
1861 - 1938
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 22
1902 - 2003
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 23
1949 - Present
HPI: 73.29
Rank: 24
1941 - 2018
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 25
1912 - 2007
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 26
Among people born in 1932, François Truffaut ranks 8. Before him are Jacques Chirac, Luc Montagnier, Debbie Reynolds, Elizabeth Taylor, Omar Sharif, and Andrei Tarkovsky. After him are Miloš Forman, Johnny Cash, John Williams, Cesare Maldini, Abebe Bikila, and Peter O'Toole. Among people deceased in 1984, François Truffaut ranks 5. Before him are Michel Foucault, Richard Burton, Yuri Andropov, and Indira Gandhi. After him are Paul Dirac, Johnny Weissmuller, Martin Niemöller, Ray Kroc, Mikhail Sholokhov, Truman Capote, and Ed Gein.
1932 - 2019
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 2
1932 - 2022
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 3
1932 - 2016
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 4
1932 - 2011
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 5
1932 - 2015
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 6
1932 - 1986
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 7
1932 - 1984
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 8
1932 - 2018
HPI: 73.60
Rank: 9
1932 - 2003
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 10
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 11
1932 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 12
1932 - 1973
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 13
1932 - 2013
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 14
1926 - 1984
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 1
1925 - 1984
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 2
1914 - 1984
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 3
1917 - 1984
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 4
1932 - 1984
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 5
1902 - 1984
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 6
1904 - 1984
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 7
1892 - 1984
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 8
1902 - 1984
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 9
1905 - 1984
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 10
1924 - 1984
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 11
1906 - 1984
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, François Truffaut ranks 201 out of 6,011. Before him are Vilfredo Pareto (1848), Jean Racine (1639), Georges Pompidou (1911), Jacques de Molay (1243), Pope Clement VI (1291), and Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113). After him are Henri de Saint-Simon (1760), Henri Rousseau (1844), Léon Foucault (1819), Richard II of England (1367), Nicéphore Niépce (1765), and Georges Méliès (1861).
1848 - 1923
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 195
1639 - 1699
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 196
1911 - 1974
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 197
1243 - 1314
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 198
1291 - 1352
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 199
1113 - 1151
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 200
1932 - 1984
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 201
1760 - 1825
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 202
1844 - 1910
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 203
1819 - 1868
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 204
1367 - 1400
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 205
1765 - 1833
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 206
1861 - 1938
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 207
Among film directors born in France, François Truffaut ranks 3. Before him are Roman Polanski (1933) and Jean-Luc Godard (1930). After him are Georges Méliès (1861), Éric Rohmer (1920), Jacques Tati (1907), William Wyler (1902), Roger Vadim (1928), Claude Chabrol (1930), Luc Besson (1959), Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), and Robert Bresson (1901).
1933 - Present
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 1
1930 - 2022
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 2
1932 - 1984
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 3
1861 - 1938
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 4
1920 - 2010
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 5
1907 - 1982
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 6
1902 - 1981
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 7
1928 - 2000
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 8
1930 - 2010
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 9
1959 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 10
1943 - Present
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 11
1901 - 1999
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 12