1942 - 2014
Gottfried John (German: [ˈjoːn]; 29 August 1942 – 1 September 2014) was a German stage, screen, and voice actor. A long-time collaborator of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John appeared in nine of the filmmaker's projects between 1975 and 1981, the year before Fassbinder's death, including Eight Hours Don't Make a Day, Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven, Despair, The Marriage of Maria Braun, and Berlin Alexanderplatz. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gottfried John has received more than 422,487 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Gottfried John is the 820th most popular actor (up from 977th in 2019), the 1,241st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,489th in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Actor.
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Among actors, Gottfried John ranks 820 out of 9,996. Before him are Virginia Cherrill, Karin Schubert, Michelle Rodriguez, Janet Gaynor, Mack Sennett, and Gabriele Ferzetti. After him are Vincent D'Onofrio, Setsuko Hara, Mario Adorf, John Candy, Stephen Lang, and James Avery.
1908 - 1996
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 814
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 815
1978 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 816
1906 - 1984
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 817
1880 - 1960
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 818
1925 - 2015
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 819
1942 - 2014
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 820
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 821
1920 - 2015
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 822
1930 - Present
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 823
1950 - 1994
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 824
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 825
1945 - 2013
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 826
Among people born in 1942, Gottfried John ranks 108. Before him are Karen Grassle, Bob Ross, Valeri Polyakov, Jacques Dubochet, Britt Ekland, and Hannu Mikkola. After him are Amine Gemayel, Michael York, Margarethe von Trotta, Prince Michael of Kent, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, and Bert Sakmann. Among people deceased in 2014, Gottfried John ranks 56. Before him are Hans Hollein, Gerald Edelman, Dale T. Mortensen, Oscar de la Renta, Yozo Aoki, and Yoshiko Yamaguchi. After him are Miklós Jancsó, Ralph H. Baer, B. K. S. Iyengar, Stuart Hall, Veljko Kadijević, and Věra Chytilová.
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 102
1942 - 1995
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 103
1942 - 2022
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 104
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 105
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 106
1942 - 2021
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 107
1942 - 2014
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 108
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 109
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 110
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 111
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 112
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 113
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 114
1934 - 2014
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 50
1929 - 2014
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 51
1939 - 2014
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 52
1932 - 2014
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 53
1929 - 2014
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 54
1920 - 2014
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 55
1942 - 2014
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 56
1921 - 2014
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 57
1922 - 2014
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 58
1918 - 2014
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 59
1932 - 2014
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 60
1925 - 2014
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 61
1929 - 2014
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 62
Among people born in Germany, Gottfried John ranks 1,241 out of 6,142. Before him are Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1837), Dorothea Binz (1920), Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (1447), Princess Josephine of Baden (1813), Theodor Busse (1897), and Albert III, Duke of Bavaria (1401). After him are Franz Karl Achard (1753), Lorenz von Stein (1815), Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (1905), Anton Dostler (1891), Ernst-Robert Grawitz (1899), and Jost Gippert (1956).
1837 - 1859
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 1,235
1920 - 1947
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 1,236
1447 - 1508
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 1,237
1813 - 1900
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 1,238
1897 - 1986
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 1,239
1401 - 1460
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 1,240
1942 - 2014
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 1,241
1753 - 1821
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 1,242
1815 - 1890
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 1,243
1905 - 1996
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 1,244
1891 - 1945
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 1,245
1899 - 1945
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 1,246
1956 - Present
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 1,247
Among actors born in Germany, Gottfried John ranks 17. Before him are Udo Kier (1944), Karlheinz Böhm (1928), Nastassja Kinski (1961), Horst Tappert (1923), Lale Andersen (1905), and Karin Schubert (1944). After him are Brigitte Helm (1906), Hildegard Knef (1925), Max Schreck (1879), Til Schweiger (1963), Lilli Palmer (1914), and Karin Dor (1938).
1944 - Present
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 11
1928 - 2014
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 12
1961 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 13
1923 - 2008
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 14
1905 - 1972
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 15
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 16
1942 - 2014
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 17
1906 - 1996
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 18
1925 - 2002
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 19
1879 - 1936
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 20
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 21
1914 - 1986
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 22
1938 - 2017
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 23