1926 - 2003
John Richard Schlesinger (; 16 February 1926 – 25 July 2003) was an English film and stage director, and actor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Schlesinger has received more than 810,888 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). John Schlesinger is the 211th most popular film director (up from 226th in 2019), the 942nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 994th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Film Director.
John Schlesinger is most famous for directing the films Midnight Cowboy, Sunday Bloody Sunday, and Marathon Man.
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Among film directors, John Schlesinger ranks 211 out of 1,580. Before him are Jerzy Skolimowski, Mike Nichols, Michael Cacoyannis, John Sturges, Miklós Jancsó, and Arthur Penn. After him are Vsevolod Pudovkin, Lucio Fulci, Stephen Frears, Alan J. Pakula, Barry Levinson, and Mario Bava.
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 205
1931 - 2014
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 206
1922 - 2011
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 207
1910 - 1992
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 208
1921 - 2014
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 209
1922 - 2010
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 210
1926 - 2003
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 211
1893 - 1953
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 212
1927 - 1996
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 213
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 214
1928 - 1998
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 215
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 216
1914 - 1980
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 217
Among people born in 1926, John Schlesinger ranks 83. Before him are Alan Greenspan, Michel Butor, Shigeo Sugimoto, James Stirling, Paul Berg, and Karl Richter. After him are Henry Way Kendall, Masatoshi Koshiba, John Berger, Andrew Schally, Siegfried Lenz, and Joachim Fest. Among people deceased in 2003, John Schlesinger ranks 44. Before him are David Dacko, Edgar F. Codd, Frederick Chapman Robbins, Franco Corelli, Leslie Cheung, and Mario Beccaria. After him are Nǃxau ǂToma, Roberto Bolaño, Bob Hope, Rasul Gamzatov, Lee Yoo-hyung, and Annemarie Schimmel.
1926 - Present
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 77
1926 - 2016
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 78
1926 - 2002
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 79
1926 - 1992
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 80
1926 - Present
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 81
1926 - 1981
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 82
1926 - 2003
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 83
1926 - 1999
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 84
1926 - 2020
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 85
1926 - 2017
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 86
1926 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 87
1926 - 2014
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 88
1926 - 2006
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 89
1930 - 2003
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 38
1923 - 2003
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 39
1916 - 2003
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 40
1921 - 2003
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 41
1956 - 2003
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 42
1920 - 2003
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 43
1926 - 2003
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 44
1944 - 2003
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 45
1953 - 2003
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 46
1903 - 2003
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 47
1923 - 2003
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 48
1911 - 2003
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 49
1922 - 2003
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 50
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Schlesinger ranks 942 out of 6,924. Before him are Mary Ann Nichols (1845), Sebastian Shaw (1905), Alan Parsons (1948), Richard Stone (1913), Isabella of England (1214), and William Henry Perkin (1838). After him are Philip Noel-Baker (1889), James Mason (1909), Samuel Butler (1612), Roger Scruton (1944), Michael Smith (1932), and Stephen Frears (1941).
1845 - 1888
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 936
1905 - 1994
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 937
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 938
1913 - 1991
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 939
1214 - 1241
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 940
1838 - 1907
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 941
1926 - 2003
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 942
1889 - 1982
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 943
1909 - 1984
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 944
1612 - 1680
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 945
1944 - 2020
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 946
1932 - 2000
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 947
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 948
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, John Schlesinger ranks 14. Before him are Christopher Nolan (1970), Tony Scott (1944), Peter Greenaway (1942), Guy Ritchie (1968), Danny Boyle (1956), and Tony Richardson (1928). After him are Stephen Frears (1941), David Hamilton (1933), Mike Newell (1942), Sam Mendes (1965), Frank Lloyd (1886), and Carol Reed (1906).
1970 - Present
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 8
1944 - 2012
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 9
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 10
1968 - Present
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 11
1956 - Present
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 12
1928 - 1991
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 13
1926 - 2003
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 14
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 15
1933 - 2016
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 16
1942 - Present
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 17
1965 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 18
1886 - 1960
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 19
1906 - 1976
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 20