FILM DIRECTOR

Michael Verhoeven

1938 - 2024

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Michael Alexander Verhoeven (13 July 1938 – 22 April 2024) was a German film director, screenwriter, film and television producer, and actor. He was also a qualified Doctor of Medicine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Verhoeven has received more than 245,288 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Michael Verhoeven is the 788th most popular film director (down from 753rd in 2019), the 3,873rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,512th in 2019) and the 40th most popular German Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Michael Verhoeven ranks 788 out of 2,041. Before him are Joseph Vilsmaier, George Pal, Emil Loteanu, Masoud Kimiai, Kevin Smith, and Revaz Chkheidze. After him are Sally Potter, Baltasar Kormákur, Martin Brest, Michel Audiard, Aleksei Balabanov, and Uwe Boll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Michael Verhoeven ranks 302. Before him are Mahmoud El-Gohary, Torgny Lindgren, Scilla Gabel, Antonio Maria Vegliò, Marita Lindahl, and James W. Christy. After him are Teresa de Lauretis, Bruno Bozzetto, Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi, Jaki Liebezeit, Stephen Breyer, and Shi Pei Pu. Among people deceased in 2024, Michael Verhoeven ranks 223. Before him are Yukio Kasaya, Damo Suzuki, Jorge Griffa, Edna O'Brien, Mihaela Peneș, and Helen Fisher. After him are Mísia, Albert S. Ruddy, Janusz Majewski, David Sanborn, Willie Mays, and Wolfgang Rihm.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michael Verhoeven ranks 3,873 out of 7,253. Before him are Oscar Hertwig (1849), August Heinrich Petermann (1822), Herluf Bidstrup (1912), Peer Steinbrück (1947), Dora Gerson (1899), and Günther Schwägermann (1915). After him are Tatjana Patitz (1966), Johann Baptist Allgaier (1763), Louis IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Marburg (1537), Uwe Boll (1965), Friedrich Kittler (1943), and Gerhard Friedrich Müller (1705).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Germany

Among film directors born in Germany, Michael Verhoeven ranks 40. Before him are Arnold Fanck (1889), Konrad Wolf (1925), Gustav von Wangenheim (1895), Marc Forster (1969), Hans-Jürgen Syberberg (1935), and Joseph Vilsmaier (1939). After him are Uwe Boll (1965), Edgar Reitz (1932), Wolfgang Becker (1954), Percy Adlon (1935), Wolfgang Staudte (1906), and Ludwig Berger (1892).

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