1936 - 2019
Lawrence George Cohen (July 15, 1936 – March 23, 2019) was an American screenwriter, producer, and director of film and television, best known as an author of horror and science fiction films — often containing police procedural and satirical elements — during the 1970s and 1980s, such as It's Alive (1974), God Told Me To (1976), It Lives Again (1978), The Stuff (1985) and A Return to Salem's Lot (1987). He originally emerged as the writer of blaxploitation films such as Bone (1972), Black Caesar, and Hell Up in Harlem (both 1973). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Larry Cohen has received more than 797,170 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Larry Cohen is the 985th most popular film director (down from 821st in 2019), the 6,609th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,323rd in 2019) and the 255th most popular American Film Director.
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Among film directors, Larry Cohen ranks 985 out of 1,581. Before him are Gabriele Salvatores, Gianfranco Parolini, David Twohy, Štefan Uher, Luis Llosa, and Sergey Urusevsky. After him are Kjell Grede, Vladimir Bortko, Frank Beyer, Jonas Åkerlund, Joe Wright, and Lee Tamahori.
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 979
1930 - 2018
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 980
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 981
1930 - 1993
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 982
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 983
1908 - 1974
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 984
1936 - 2019
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 985
1936 - 2017
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 986
1946 - Present
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 987
1932 - 2006
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 988
1965 - Present
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 989
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 990
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 991
Among people born in 1936, Larry Cohen ranks 357. Before him are Henck Arron, László Szabó, Eddie Colman, Iya Savvina, Néstor Gonçalves, and Edward Gibson. After him are Kjell Grede, Théodore-Adrien Sarr, Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, Trevor Taylor, Marin Sorescu, and Jack Lousma. Among people deceased in 2019, Larry Cohen ranks 311. Before him are Owen Garriott, Verna Bloom, Cameron Boyce, Pedro Morales, Ron Leibman, and Bernard Binlin Dadié. After him are Judith Krantz, Gjermund Eggen, Dinko Dermendzhiev, Michael D. Coe, Ellen Schwiers, and Fred Bongusto.
1936 - 2000
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 351
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 352
1936 - 1958
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 353
1936 - 2011
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 354
1936 - 2016
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 355
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 356
1936 - 2019
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 357
1936 - 2017
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 358
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 359
1936 - 2021
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 360
1936 - 2010
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 361
1936 - 1996
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 362
1936 - Present
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 363
1930 - 2019
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 305
1938 - 2019
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 306
1999 - 2019
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 307
1942 - 2019
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 308
1937 - 2019
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 309
1916 - 2019
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 310
1936 - 2019
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 311
1928 - 2019
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 312
1941 - 2019
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 313
1941 - 2019
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 314
1929 - 2019
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 315
1930 - 2019
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 316
1935 - 2019
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 317
Among people born in United States, Larry Cohen ranks 6,609 out of 18,182. Before him are Mark Cuban (1958), Will Keith Kellogg (1860), Philip Ahn (1905), Barry Van Dyke (1951), Loretta Devine (1949), and Frank Norris (1870). After him are Norbert Schemansky (1924), Yokozuna (1966), Tom Byron (1961), Judith Krantz (1928), Nicholas Metropolis (1915), and Russell Westbrook (1988).
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 6,603
1860 - 1951
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 6,604
1905 - 1978
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 6,605
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 6,606
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 6,607
1870 - 1902
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 6,608
1936 - 2019
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 6,609
1924 - 2016
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 6,610
1966 - 2000
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 6,611
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 6,612
1928 - 2019
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 6,613
1915 - 1999
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 6,614
1988 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 6,615
Among film directors born in United States, Larry Cohen ranks 255. Before him are Andrew Stanton (1965), Iwao Takamoto (1925), Spike Jonze (1969), Walter Lang (1896), Harold Becker (1928), and David Twohy (1955). After him are Busby Berkeley (1895), Byron Haskin (1899), Bennett Miller (1966), Zalman King (1941), Tay Garnett (1894), and Tom McCarthy (1966).
1965 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 249
1925 - 2007
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 250
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 251
1896 - 1972
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 252
1928 - Present
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 253
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 254
1936 - 2019
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 255
1895 - 1976
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 256
1899 - 1984
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 257
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 258
1941 - 2012
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 259
1894 - 1977
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 260
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 261