1946 - Today
William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Stone is known as a controversial but acclaimed director, tackling subjects ranging from the Vietnam war, and American politics to musical biopics and crime dramas. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Stone has received more than 9,059,876 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Oliver Stone is the 60th most popular film director (up from 89th in 2019), the 438th most popular biography from United States (up from 611th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Film Director.
Oliver Stone is most famous for his films. He has made films about the Vietnam War, the Kennedy assassination, and the George W. Bush presidency.
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Among film directors, Oliver Stone ranks 60 out of 1,581. Before him are Sydney Pollack, Roger Vadim, Theo Angelopoulos, Werner Herzog, Isao Takahata, and Robert Zemeckis. After him are Stephen Hillenburg, Yasujirō Ozu, Agnès Varda, Claude Chabrol, Richard Attenborough, and Terry Gilliam.
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 54
1928 - 2000
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 55
1935 - 2012
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 56
1942 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 57
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 58
1952 - Present
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 59
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 60
1961 - 2018
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 61
1903 - 1963
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 62
1928 - 2019
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 63
1930 - 2010
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 64
1923 - 2014
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 65
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 66
Among people born in 1946, Oliver Stone ranks 39. Before him are Emerson Fittipaldi, David Suchet, Fabio Capello, Dianne Wiest, Marina Abramović, and Syd Barrett. After him are Hassanal Bolkiah, Nicos Anastasiades, Marianne Faithfull, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Barry Gibb, and Liza Minnelli.
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 33
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 34
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 35
1946 - Present
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 36
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 37
1946 - 2006
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 38
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 39
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 40
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 41
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 42
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 43
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 44
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 45
Among people born in United States, Oliver Stone ranks 438 out of 18,182. Before him are Jessica Lange (1949), Viggo Mortensen (1958), Katherine Johnson (1918), Kim Basinger (1953), Robert Zemeckis (1952), and Babe Ruth (1895). After him are George Clooney (1961), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Milton H. Erickson (1901), Joan Crawford (1904), Louisa May Alcott (1832), and Gordon Allport (1897).
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 432
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 433
1918 - 2020
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 434
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 435
1952 - Present
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 436
1895 - 1948
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 437
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 438
1961 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 439
1961 - 2018
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 440
1901 - 1980
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 441
1904 - 1977
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 442
1832 - 1888
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 443
1897 - 1967
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 444
Among film directors born in United States, Oliver Stone ranks 14. Before him are Quentin Tarantino (1963), John Ford (1894), Tim Burton (1958), Brian De Palma (1940), Sydney Pollack (1934), and Robert Zemeckis (1952). After him are Stephen Hillenburg (1961), Terry Gilliam (1940), Chuck Jones (1912), John Huston (1906), George A. Romero (1940), and William Hanna (1910).
1963 - Present
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 8
1894 - 1973
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 9
1958 - Present
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 10
1940 - Present
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 11
1934 - 2008
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 12
1952 - Present
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 13
1946 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 14
1961 - 2018
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 15
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 16
1912 - 2002
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 17
1906 - 1987
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 18
1940 - 2017
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 19
1910 - 2001
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 20