1929 - 1989
John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was a Greek-American filmmaker and actor. He began as an actor in film and television before helping to pioneer modern American independent cinema as a writer and director, often producing and distributing his films with his own money. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Cassavetes has received more than 6,386,466 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). John Cassavetes is the 402nd most popular actor (down from 341st in 2019), the 763rd most popular biography from United States (down from 680th in 2019) and the 203rd most popular American Actor.
John Cassavetes is most famous for his independent films, which he made in the late 1950s and 1960s. He was a pioneer of the American independent film movement, and he was the first American director to win a prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Among actors, John Cassavetes ranks 402 out of 9,996. Before him are Woody Harrelson, Helena Bonham Carter, Paul Hogan, Matthew McConaughey, Carmen Amaya, and Richard Dean Anderson. After him are Anne Baxter, Lana Turner, Alfred Molina, Richard Crenna, Tobey Maguire, and Emmanuelle Riva.
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 396
1966 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 397
1939 - Present
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 398
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 399
1913 - 1963
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 400
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 401
1929 - 1989
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 402
1923 - 1985
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 403
1921 - 1995
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 404
1953 - Present
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 405
1926 - 2003
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 406
1975 - Present
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 407
1927 - 2017
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 408
Among people born in 1929, John Cassavetes ranks 42. Before him are Petr Shelokhonov, Rudolf Mössbauer, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Murray Gell-Mann, Bernard Haitink, and Lata Mangeshkar. After him are Ursula K. Le Guin, James Last, Mike Hawthorn, Jean Simmons, Eric Kandel, and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Among people deceased in 1989, John Cassavetes ranks 32. Before him are Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, William Shockley, John Hicks, Hermann Oberth, Daphne du Maurier, and Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein. After him are Ferdinand Marcos, George Beadle, Emilio Segrè, Kōnosuke Matsushita, Jerzy Kukuczka, and Leon Festinger.
1929 - 1999
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 36
1929 - 2011
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 37
1929 - 2020
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 38
1929 - 2019
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 39
1929 - 2021
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 40
1929 - 2022
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 41
1929 - 1989
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 42
1929 - 2018
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 43
1929 - 2015
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 44
1929 - 1959
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 45
1929 - 2010
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 46
1929 - Present
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 47
1929 - 2016
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 48
1941 - 1989
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 26
1910 - 1989
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 27
1904 - 1989
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 28
1894 - 1989
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 29
1907 - 1989
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 30
1906 - 1989
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 31
1929 - 1989
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 32
1917 - 1989
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 33
1903 - 1989
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 34
1905 - 1989
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 35
1894 - 1989
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 36
1948 - 1989
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 37
1919 - 1989
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 38
Among people born in United States, John Cassavetes ranks 763 out of 18,182. Before him are Steve Reich (1936), Matthew McConaughey (1969), Larry Ellison (1944), Michael Rockefeller (1938), Richard Dean Anderson (1950), and Bill Russell (1934). After him are Harry Belafonte (1927), Willard Libby (1908), Anne Baxter (1923), Hermann Joseph Muller (1890), Kamala Harris (1964), and James B. Sumner (1887).
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 757
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 758
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 759
1938 - 1963
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 760
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 761
1934 - 2022
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 762
1929 - 1989
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 763
1927 - 2023
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 764
1908 - 1980
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 765
1923 - 1985
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 766
1890 - 1967
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 767
1964 - Present
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 768
1887 - 1955
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 769
Among actors born in United States, John Cassavetes ranks 203. Before him are Burgess Meredith (1907), Mark Hamill (1951), Tobin Bell (1942), Woody Harrelson (1961), Matthew McConaughey (1969), and Richard Dean Anderson (1950). After him are Anne Baxter (1923), Lana Turner (1921), Richard Crenna (1926), Tobey Maguire (1975), Groucho Marx (1890), and Jada Pinkett Smith (1971).
1907 - 1997
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 197
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 198
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 199
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 200
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 201
1950 - Present
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 202
1929 - 1989
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 203
1923 - 1985
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 204
1921 - 1995
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 205
1926 - 2003
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 206
1975 - Present
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 207
1890 - 1977
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 208
1971 - Present
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 209