1896 - 1977
Howard Winchester Hawks (May 30, 1896 – December 26, 1977) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era. Critic Leonard Maltin called him "the greatest American director who is not a household name." A versatile film director, Hawks explored many genres such as comedies, dramas, gangster films, science fiction, film noir, war films and westerns. His most popular films include Scarface (1932), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Red River (1948), The Thing from Another World (1951), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), and Rio Bravo (1959). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Howard Hawks has received more than 1,195,441 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Howard Hawks is the 73rd most popular film director (down from 71st in 2019), the 526th most popular biography from United States (down from 523rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Film Director.
Howard Hawks is most famous for being a director of many classic films in Hollywood. He is known for directing "Scarface" (1932), "Bringing Up Baby" (1938), "His Girl Friday" (1940), "The Big Sleep" (1946), "Rio Bravo" (1959), and "Red River" (1948).
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Among film directors, Howard Hawks ranks 73 out of 1,580. Before him are Alain Resnais, F. W. Murnau, Luc Besson, Terrence Malick, George A. Romero, and Ernst Lubitsch. After him are Takeshi Kitano, Stephen Hillenburg, Dario Argento, Costa-Gavras, Richard Attenborough, and Dziga Vertov.
1922 - 2014
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 67
1888 - 1931
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 68
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 69
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 70
1940 - 2017
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 71
1892 - 1947
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 72
1896 - 1977
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 73
1947 - Present
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 74
1961 - 2018
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 75
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 76
1933 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 77
1923 - 2014
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 78
1896 - 1954
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 79
Among people born in 1896, Howard Hawks ranks 20. Before him are Andrei Zhdanov, Oswald Mosley, Felix Steiner, Paula Hitler, Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Anna Anderson. After him are Milena Jesenská, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, A. J. Cronin, Dziga Vertov, Gerty Cori, and Buenaventura Durruti. Among people deceased in 1977, Howard Hawks ranks 17. Before him are Jacques Prévert, Alexey Stakhanov, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Makarios III, Kurt Schuschnigg, and Anaïs Nin. After him are Ernst Bloch, Bing Crosby, Francis Gary Powers, Joan Crawford, Alexander Luria, and Clarice Lispector.
1896 - 1948
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 14
1896 - 1980
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 15
1896 - 1966
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 16
1896 - 1960
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 17
1896 - 1985
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 18
1896 - 1984
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 19
1896 - 1977
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 20
1896 - 1944
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 21
1896 - 1957
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 22
1896 - 1981
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 23
1896 - 1954
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 24
1896 - 1957
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 25
1896 - 1936
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 26
1900 - 1977
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 11
1906 - 1977
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 12
1895 - 1977
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 13
1913 - 1977
HPI: 74.95
Rank: 14
1897 - 1977
HPI: 74.62
Rank: 15
1903 - 1977
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 16
1896 - 1977
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 17
1885 - 1977
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 18
1903 - 1977
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 19
1929 - 1977
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 20
1904 - 1977
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 21
1902 - 1977
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 22
1920 - 1977
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 23
Among people born in United States, Howard Hawks ranks 526 out of 15,968. Before him are Lou Reed (1942), Frank Herbert (1920), Ellen G. White (1827), Jodie Foster (1962), Richard Widmark (1914), and Michael Porter (1947). After him are Tyrone Power (1914), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Farrah Fawcett (1947), Johns Hopkins (1795), Nancy Pelosi (1940), and Billie Holiday (1915).
1942 - 2013
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 520
1920 - 1986
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 521
1827 - 1915
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 522
1962 - Present
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 523
1914 - 2008
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 524
1947 - Present
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 525
1896 - 1977
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 526
1914 - 1958
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 527
1811 - 1896
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 528
1947 - 2009
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 529
1795 - 1873
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 530
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 531
1915 - 1959
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 532
Among film directors born in United States, Howard Hawks ranks 18. Before him are Tim Burton (1958), Chuck Jones (1912), Terry Gilliam (1940), Robert Zemeckis (1952), Terrence Malick (1943), and George A. Romero (1940). After him are Stephen Hillenburg (1961), William Hanna (1910), Joel Schumacher (1939), Jim Jarmusch (1953), Oliver Stone (1946), and John Huston (1906).
1958 - Present
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 12
1912 - 2002
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 13
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 14
1952 - Present
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 15
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 16
1940 - 2017
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 17
1896 - 1977
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 18
1961 - 2018
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 19
1910 - 2001
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 20
1939 - 2020
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 21
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 22
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 23
1906 - 1987
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 24