1906 - 1960
Jacques Becker (French: [bɛkɛʁ]; 15 September 1906 – 21 February 1960) was a French film director and screenwriter. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Becker has received more than 104,171 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Jacques Becker is the 255th most popular film director (up from 259th in 2019), the 1,543rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,591st in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Film Director.
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Among film directors, Jacques Becker ranks 255 out of 1,580. Before him are Saul Bass, Henry King, Damiano Damiani, Frank Lloyd, Douglas Sirk, and Julien Duvivier. After him are Bertrand Tavernier, Joe D'Amato, George Roy Hill, Gabriel Axel, Jerome Robbins, and Gillo Pontecorvo.
1920 - 1996
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 249
1886 - 1982
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 250
1922 - 2013
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 251
1886 - 1960
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 252
1897 - 1987
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 253
1896 - 1967
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 254
1906 - 1960
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 255
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 256
1936 - 1999
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 257
1921 - 2002
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 258
1918 - 2014
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 259
1918 - 1998
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 260
1919 - 2006
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 261
Among people born in 1906, Jacques Becker ranks 83. Before him are Edmond Debeaumarché, Walter Rauff, Giuseppe Siri, Robert E. Howard, Hans Aumeier, and Carlo Scarpa. After him are Chandra Shekhar Azad, Horst Schumann, Jim Thompson, Carol Reed, Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, and John Carradine. Among people deceased in 1960, Jacques Becker ranks 43. Before him are Soghomon Tehlirian, Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria, Antonie Pannekoek, Mack Sennett, Henri Guisan, and Frank Lloyd. After him are Inejiro Asanuma, Otoya Yamaguchi, Jussi Björling, Yan Xishan, Norodom Suramarit, and Dimitri Mitropoulos.
1906 - 1959
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 77
1906 - 1984
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 78
1906 - 1989
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 79
1906 - 1936
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 80
1906 - 1948
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 81
1906 - 1978
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 82
1906 - 1960
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 83
1906 - 1931
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 84
1906 - 1983
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 85
1906 - 1977
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 86
1906 - 1976
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 87
1906 - 1937
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 88
1906 - 1988
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 89
1896 - 1960
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 37
1878 - 1960
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 38
1873 - 1960
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 39
1880 - 1960
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 40
1874 - 1960
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 41
1886 - 1960
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 42
1906 - 1960
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 43
1898 - 1960
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 44
1943 - 1960
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 45
1911 - 1960
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 46
1883 - 1960
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 47
1896 - 1960
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 48
1896 - 1960
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 49
Among people born in France, Jacques Becker ranks 1,543 out of 5,234. Before him are Antoine Barnave (1761), Didier Pironi (1952), Julien Duvivier (1896), Louis Durey (1888), Bernard of Italy (797), and Francis II, Duke of Lorraine (1572). After him are Édith Cresson (1934), Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1093), Edmond François Valentin About (1828), Patrick Depailler (1944), Nathalie Baye (1948), and Philibert de l'Orme (1514).
1761 - 1793
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 1,537
1952 - 1987
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 1,538
1896 - 1967
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 1,539
1888 - 1979
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 1,540
797 - 818
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 1,541
1572 - 1632
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 1,542
1906 - 1960
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 1,543
1934 - Present
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 1,544
1093 - 1152
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1,545
1828 - 1885
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1,546
1944 - 1980
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1,547
1948 - Present
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1,548
1514 - 1570
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1,549
Among film directors born in France, Jacques Becker ranks 31. Before him are Abel Gance (1889), Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953), Alice Guy-Blaché (1873), Frank Darabont (1959), Chris Marker (1921), and Julien Duvivier (1896). After him are Bertrand Tavernier (1941), Patrice Chéreau (1944), William Kennedy Dickson (1860), Guy Hamilton (1922), Germaine Dulac (1882), and Jean Rouch (1917).
1889 - 1981
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 25
1953 - Present
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 26
1873 - 1968
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 27
1959 - Present
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 28
1921 - 2012
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 29
1896 - 1967
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 30
1906 - 1960
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 31
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 32
1944 - 2013
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 33
1860 - 1935
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 34
1922 - 2016
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 35
1882 - 1942
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 36
1917 - 2004
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 37