1894 - 1973
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and was one of the first American directors to be recognized as an auteur. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Ford has received more than 4,419,357 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). John Ford is the 35th most popular film director (up from 43rd in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from United States (up from 296th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Film Director.
John Ford is most famous for his westerns, such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
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Among film directors, John Ford ranks 35 out of 1,581. Before him are Krzysztof Kieślowski, George Lucas, Fritz Lang, Quentin Tarantino, Billy Wilder, and Roberto Rossellini. After him are Paul Verhoeven, Vittorio De Sica, Wim Wenders, Andrzej Wajda, Ken Loach, and Tinto Brass.
1941 - 1996
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 29
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 30
1890 - 1976
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 31
1963 - Present
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 32
1906 - 2002
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 33
1906 - 1977
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 34
1894 - 1973
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 35
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 36
1901 - 1974
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 37
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 38
1926 - 2016
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 39
1936 - Present
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 40
1933 - Present
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 41
Among people born in 1894, John Ford ranks 10. Before him are Edward VIII, Aldous Huxley, Maximilian Kolbe, Georges Lemaître, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, and Boris III of Bulgaria. After him are Jean Renoir, Norbert Wiener, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Joseph Roth, Harold Macmillan, and Fritz Sauckel. Among people deceased in 1973, John Ford ranks 17. Before him are Pearl S. Buck, Ivan Konev, Hans Kelsen, İsmet İnönü, Walter Ulbricht, and Ludwig von Mises. After him are Abebe Bikila, Paavo Nurmi, Max Horkheimer, Anna Magnani, Henri Charrière, and Pablo Casals.
1894 - 1972
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 4
1894 - 1963
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 5
1894 - 1941
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 6
1894 - 1966
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 7
1894 - 1961
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 8
1894 - 1943
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 9
1894 - 1973
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 10
1894 - 1979
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 11
1894 - 1964
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 12
1894 - 1972
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 13
1894 - 1939
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 14
1894 - 1986
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 15
1894 - 1946
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 16
1892 - 1973
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 11
1897 - 1973
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 12
1881 - 1973
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 13
1884 - 1973
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 14
1893 - 1973
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 15
1881 - 1973
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 16
1894 - 1973
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 17
1932 - 1973
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 18
1897 - 1973
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 19
1895 - 1973
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 20
1908 - 1973
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 21
1906 - 1973
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 22
1876 - 1973
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 23
Among people born in United States, John Ford ranks 241 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert F. Kennedy (1925), J. Edgar Hoover (1895), Philip Kotler (1931), Rita Hayworth (1918), Brigham Young (1801), and Ted Kaczynski (1942). After him are Ronnie James Dio (1942), Burt Lancaster (1913), Tony Curtis (1925), Desmond Doss (1919), Robert Duvall (1931), and Steve Wozniak (1950).
1925 - 1968
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 235
1895 - 1972
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 236
1931 - Present
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 237
1918 - 1987
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 238
1801 - 1877
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 239
1942 - 2023
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 240
1894 - 1973
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 241
1942 - 2010
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 242
1913 - 1994
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 243
1925 - 2010
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 244
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 245
1931 - Present
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 246
1950 - Present
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 247
Among film directors born in United States, John Ford ranks 9. Before him are Stanley Kubrick (1928), Woody Allen (1935), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), David Lynch (1946), George Lucas (1944), and Quentin Tarantino (1963). After him are Tim Burton (1958), Brian De Palma (1940), Sydney Pollack (1934), Robert Zemeckis (1952), Oliver Stone (1946), and Stephen Hillenburg (1961).
1928 - 1999
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 3
1935 - Present
HPI: 76.92
Rank: 4
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 5
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 6
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 7
1963 - Present
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 8
1894 - 1973
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 9
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 10
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 11
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 12
1952 - Present
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 13
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 14
1961 - 2018
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 15