1894 - 1973
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and naval officer. He is renowned both for Westerns such as Stagecoach (1939), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), as well as adaptations of classic 20th-century American novels such as The Grapes of Wrath (1940). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Ford has received more than 2,439,972 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). John Ford is the 42nd most popular film director (down from 29th in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from United States (down from 197th in 2019) and the 10th 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 42 out of 1,580. Before him are Vittorio De Sica, Isao Takahata, Brian De Palma, Andrzej Wajda, Michael Haneke, and James Cameron. After him are Alan Parker, Jacques Tati, Tinto Brass, Lars von Trier, Éric Rohmer, and Sydney Pollack.
1901 - 1974
HPI: 76.86
Rank: 36
1935 - 2018
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 37
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 38
1926 - 2016
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 39
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 40
1954 - Present
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 41
1894 - 1973
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 42
1944 - 2020
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 43
1907 - 1982
HPI: 75.93
Rank: 44
1933 - Present
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 45
1956 - Present
HPI: 75.65
Rank: 46
1920 - 2010
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 47
1934 - 2008
HPI: 75.61
Rank: 48
Among people born in 1894, John Ford ranks 13. Before him are Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Georges Lemaître, Boris III of Bulgaria, Jean Renoir, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, and Norbert Wiener. After him are Joseph Roth, Harold Macmillan, Fritz Sauckel, Alfred Kinsey, Gala Dalí, and Moshe Sharett. Among people deceased in 1973, John Ford ranks 20. Before him are Abebe Bikila, Walter Ulbricht, Max Horkheimer, Ludwig von Mises, İsmet İnönü, and Paavo Nurmi. After him are Hans Kelsen, Pablo Casals, Ferdinand Schörner, Semyon Budyonny, Gabriel Marcel, and Anna Magnani.
1894 - 1961
HPI: 78.53
Rank: 7
1894 - 1966
HPI: 78.33
Rank: 8
1894 - 1943
HPI: 78.03
Rank: 9
1894 - 1979
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 10
1894 - 1972
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 11
1894 - 1964
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 12
1894 - 1973
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 13
1894 - 1939
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 14
1894 - 1986
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 15
1894 - 1946
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 16
1894 - 1956
HPI: 75.06
Rank: 17
1894 - 1982
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 18
1894 - 1965
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 19
1932 - 1973
HPI: 77.69
Rank: 14
1893 - 1973
HPI: 77.44
Rank: 15
1895 - 1973
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 16
1881 - 1973
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 17
1884 - 1973
HPI: 77.22
Rank: 18
1897 - 1973
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 19
1894 - 1973
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 20
1881 - 1973
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 21
1876 - 1973
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 22
1892 - 1973
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 23
1883 - 1973
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 24
1889 - 1973
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 25
1908 - 1973
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 26
Among people born in United States, John Ford ranks 296 out of 15,968. Before him are Paul Samuelson (1915), George Herbert Mead (1863), Audie Murphy (1925), William Henry Harrison (1773), Ed Gein (1906), and William G. Morgan (1870). After him are John R. Bolton (1948), Liza Minnelli (1946), Cameron Diaz (1972), Truman Capote (1924), Robert Peary (1856), and Margaret Mitchell (1900).
1915 - 2009
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 290
1863 - 1931
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 291
1925 - 1971
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 292
1773 - 1841
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 293
1906 - 1984
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 294
1870 - 1942
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 295
1894 - 1973
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 296
1948 - Present
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 297
1946 - Present
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 298
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 299
1924 - 1984
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 300
1856 - 1920
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 301
1900 - 1949
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 302
Among film directors born in United States, John Ford ranks 10. Before him are Woody Allen (1935), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), David Lynch (1946), Quentin Tarantino (1963), George Lucas (1944), and Brian De Palma (1940). After him are Sydney Pollack (1934), Tim Burton (1958), Chuck Jones (1912), Terry Gilliam (1940), Robert Zemeckis (1952), and Terrence Malick (1943).
1935 - Present
HPI: 82.76
Rank: 4
1939 - Present
HPI: 81.12
Rank: 5
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.55
Rank: 6
1963 - Present
HPI: 78.46
Rank: 7
1944 - Present
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 8
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 9
1894 - 1973
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 10
1934 - 2008
HPI: 75.61
Rank: 11
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