1914 - 1987
William Norman McLaren, LL. D. (11 April 1914 – 27 January 1987) was a Scottish Canadian animator, director and producer known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). He was a pioneer in a number of areas of animation and filmmaking, including hand-drawn animation, drawn-on-film animation, visual music, abstract film, pixilation and graphical sound. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman McLaren has received more than 337,535 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Norman McLaren is the 576th most popular film director (down from 517th in 2019), the 2,176th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,966th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Film Director.
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Among film directors, Norman McLaren ranks 576 out of 1,581. Before him are Jean-Daniel Cadinot, Ken Annakin, Thelma Schoonmaker, Sergei Solovyov, John Glen, and Carlo Lizzani. After him are Zoltán Fábri, Lewis Gilbert, Jean-Marc Vallée, Artavazd Peleshyan, Grigori Kozintsev, and Henry Koster.
1944 - 2008
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 570
1914 - 2009
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 571
1940 - Present
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 572
1944 - 2021
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 573
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 574
1922 - 2013
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 575
1914 - 1987
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 576
1917 - 1994
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 577
1920 - 2018
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 578
1963 - 2021
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 579
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 580
1905 - 1973
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 581
1905 - 1988
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 582
Among people born in 1914, Norman McLaren ranks 151. Before him are Domènec Balmanya, Felice Borel, Dorival Caymmi, Yuri Levitan, Gino Colaussi, and Ken Annakin. After him are Poul Hartling, Henri Langlois, Jorge Bolet, Gyula Cseszneky, Albert Soboul, and Andrzej Panufnik. Among people deceased in 1987, Norman McLaren ranks 112. Before him are Alessandro Blasetti, R. Budd Dwyer, Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, Jackie Gleason, Adile Naşit, and Bernhard Grzimek. After him are Kishore Kumar, James Jesus Angleton, Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Vicente Calderón, Sachchidananda Vatsyayan, and Bengt Strömgren.
1914 - 2002
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 145
1914 - 1993
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 146
1914 - 2008
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 147
1914 - 1983
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 148
1914 - 1991
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 149
1914 - 2009
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 150
1914 - 1987
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 151
1914 - 2000
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 152
1914 - 1977
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 153
1914 - 1990
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 154
1914 - 1970
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 155
1914 - 1982
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 156
1914 - 1991
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 157
1900 - 1987
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 106
1939 - 1987
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 107
1926 - 1987
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 108
1916 - 1987
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 109
1930 - 1987
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 110
1909 - 1987
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 111
1914 - 1987
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 112
1929 - 1987
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 113
1917 - 1987
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 114
1929 - 1987
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 115
1913 - 1987
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 116
1911 - 1987
HPI: 51.62
Rank: 117
1908 - 1987
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 118
Among people born in United Kingdom, Norman McLaren ranks 2,176 out of 7,765. Before him are Ruth Belville (1854), Shane MacGowan (1957), Christine McVie (1943), Reginald Doherty (1872), William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768), and Joseph Larmor (1857). After him are Lewis Gilbert (1920), Edward Cave (1691), John Ford (1586), Nassau William Senior (1790), Ian Khama (1953), and Joan of England, Queen of Scotland (1210).
1854 - 1943
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 2,170
1957 - 2023
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 2,171
1943 - 2022
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 2,172
1872 - 1910
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 2,173
1768 - 1854
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 2,174
1857 - 1942
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 2,175
1914 - 1987
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 2,176
1920 - 2018
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 2,177
1691 - 1754
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 2,178
1586 - 1639
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 2,179
1790 - 1864
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 2,180
1953 - Present
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 2,181
1210 - 1238
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 2,182
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Norman McLaren ranks 43. Before him are John Badham (1939), Anthony Asquith (1902), Michael Powell (1905), Paul Greengrass (1955), Ken Annakin (1914), and John Glen (1932). After him are Lewis Gilbert (1920), George Albert Smith (1864), Hugh Hudson (1936), Matthew Vaughn (1971), Robert Stevenson (1905), and Steven Knight (1959).
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 37
1902 - 1968
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 38
1905 - 1990
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 39
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 40
1914 - 2009
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 41
1932 - Present
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 42
1914 - 1987
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 43
1920 - 2018
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 44
1864 - 1959
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 45
1936 - 2023
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 46
1971 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 47
1905 - 1986
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 48
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 49