1946 - Today
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films, including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Waters has received more than 5,833,694 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). John Waters is the 480th most popular film director (down from 440th in 2019), the 3,071st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,862nd in 2019) and the 125th most popular American Film Director.
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Among film directors, John Waters ranks 480 out of 1,581. Before him are Dadasaheb Phalke, Marcel L'Herbier, Gérard Oury, John Hughes, Alexander Kluge, and Nuri Bilge Ceylan. After him are Patrice Leconte, Aleksandar Petrović, Yves Allégret, Asghar Farhadi, Walter Ruttmann, and Václav Vorlíček.
1870 - 1944
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 474
1888 - 1979
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 475
1919 - 2006
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 476
1950 - 2009
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 477
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 478
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 479
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 480
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 481
1929 - 1994
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 482
1907 - 1987
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 483
1972 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 484
1887 - 1941
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 485
1930 - 2019
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 486
Among people born in 1946, John Waters ranks 206. Before him are Jean-Luc Marion, Ahmad Zahir, Jim Hines, Toquinho, Irena Szewińska, and Lucien Van Impe. After him are Ti Lung, Shlomo Sand, Ahmad al-Tayyeb, Eugene Levy, John C. Mather, and Maria Bethânia.
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 200
1946 - 1979
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 201
1946 - 2023
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 202
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 203
1946 - 2018
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 204
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 205
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 206
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 207
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 208
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 209
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 210
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 211
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 212
Among people born in United States, John Waters ranks 3,071 out of 18,182. Before him are James J. Gibson (1904), Dwight F. Davis (1879), Jennifer Beals (1963), Alex North (1910), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), and Michelle Monaghan (1976). After him are Calista Flockhart (1964), Geoffrey Lewis (1935), Robert James Waller (1939), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), Elizabeth Banks (1974), and Barbara O'Neil (1910).
1904 - 1979
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 3,065
1879 - 1945
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 3,066
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 3,067
1910 - 1991
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 3,068
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 3,069
1976 - Present
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 3,070
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 3,071
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 3,072
1935 - 2015
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 3,073
1939 - 2017
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 3,074
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 3,075
1974 - Present
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 3,076
1910 - 1980
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 3,077
Among film directors born in United States, John Waters ranks 125. Before him are Robert Rossen (1908), Delbert Mann (1920), Aaron Russo (1943), Clarence Brown (1890), John Lasseter (1957), and John Hughes (1950). After him are Hal Ashby (1929), Adam McKay (1968), Richard Lester (1932), Abel Ferrara (1951), Martin Ritt (1914), and Taylor Hackford (1944).
1908 - 1966
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 119
1920 - 2007
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 120
1943 - 2007
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 121
1890 - 1987
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 122
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 123
1950 - 2009
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 124
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 125
1929 - 1988
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 126
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 127
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 128
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 129
1914 - 1990
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 130
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 131