1946 - Today
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and artist. Born and raised in Baltimore, Waters 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 3,186,695 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). John Waters is the 439th most popular film director (up from 523rd in 2019), the 2,863rd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,333rd in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Film Director.
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Among film directors, John Waters ranks 439 out of 1,580. Before him are John Landis, Joe Dante, Alexander Kluge, Veljko Bulajić, Chuck Lorre, and Michel Gondry. After him are Taylor Hackford, Lindsay Anderson, Delmer Daves, George P. Cosmatos, Olivier Assayas, and Patricio Guzmán.
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 433
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 434
1932 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 435
1928 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 436
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 437
1963 - Present
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 438
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 439
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 440
1923 - 1994
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 441
1904 - 1977
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 442
1941 - 2005
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 443
1955 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 444
1941 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 445
Among people born in 1946, John Waters ranks 174. Before him are Dick Wolf, Norio Yoshimizu, Stig Blomqvist, Joe Dante, Alpha Oumar Konaré, and Sue Lyon. After him are Matthieu Ricard, Wim Jansen, Ahmad Zahir, John Watson, Héctor Babenco, and Jean-Pierre Jarier.
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 168
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 169
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 170
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 171
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 172
1946 - 2019
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 173
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 174
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 175
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 176
1946 - 1979
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 177
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 178
1946 - 2016
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 179
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 180
Among people born in United States, John Waters ranks 2,863 out of 15,968. Before him are Barbara O'Neil (1910), Thomas Curtis (1873), Sue Lyon (1946), Denise Richards (1971), Billie Eilish (2001), and Robert Davi (1953). After him are Edgar Lee Masters (1868), Judy Chicago (1939), Alan Menken (1949), Charles Bachman (1924), Marty Friedman (1962), and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (1958).
1910 - 1980
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 2,857
1873 - 1944
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 2,858
1946 - 2019
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 2,859
1971 - Present
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 2,860
2001 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 2,861
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 2,862
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 2,863
1868 - 1950
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 2,864
1939 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 2,865
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 2,866
1924 - 2017
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 2,867
1962 - Present
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 2,868
1958 - Present
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 2,869
Among film directors born in United States, John Waters ranks 121. Before him are Paul Schrader (1946), Robert Rossen (1908), Philip Kaufman (1936), John Landis (1950), Joe Dante (1946), and Chuck Lorre (1952). After him are Taylor Hackford (1944), Delmer Daves (1904), Robert Mulligan (1925), Martin Ritt (1914), Zack Snyder (1966), and Nick Castle (1947).
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 115
1908 - 1966
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 116
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 117
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 118
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 119
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 120
1946 - Present
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 121
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 122
1904 - 1977
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 123
1925 - 2008
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 124
1914 - 1990
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 125
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 126
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 127