1946 - Today
William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Stone won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay as writer of Midnight Express (1978), and wrote the gangster movie Scarface (1983). Stone achieved prominence as writer and director of the war drama Platoon (1986), which won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Stone has received more than 5,648,090 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Oliver Stone is the 88th most popular film director (down from 52nd in 2019), the 611th most popular biography from United States (down from 397th in 2019) and the 23rd 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 88 out of 1,580. Before him are Sergei Parajanov, David Lean, David Cronenberg, Joel Schumacher, Carl Theodor Dreyer, and Jim Jarmusch. After him are John Huston, Fred Zinnemann, Victor Fleming, Louis Malle, Manoel de Oliveira, and Robert Bresson.
1924 - 1990
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 82
1908 - 1991
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 83
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 84
1939 - 2020
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 85
1889 - 1968
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 86
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 87
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 88
1906 - 1987
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 89
1907 - 1997
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 90
1889 - 1949
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 91
1932 - 1995
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 92
1908 - 2015
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 93
1901 - 1999
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 94
Among people born in 1946, Oliver Stone ranks 45. Before him are Hassanal Bolkiah, Robert Fripp, Marina Abramović, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Talia Shire, and Dolly Parton. After him are Jang Song-thaek, Arrigo Sacchi, Barry Gibb, Masoud Barzani, Nicos Anastasiades, and Ed O'Neill.
1946 - Present
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 39
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 40
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.76
Rank: 41
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 42
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 43
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 44
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 45
1946 - 2013
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 46
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 47
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 48
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 49
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 50
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 51
Among people born in United States, Oliver Stone ranks 611 out of 15,968. Before him are George Eastman (1854), Clyde Tombaugh (1906), Bill Russell (1934), Dolly Parton (1946), Gwen Stefani (1969), and Ellen Burstyn (1932). After him are Oliver E. Williamson (1932), Owen Chamberlain (1920), Eugene O'Neill (1888), John Huston (1906), Kenny Rogers (1938), and Harold Lasswell (1902).
1854 - 1932
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 605
1906 - 1997
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 606
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 607
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 608
1969 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 609
1932 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 610
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 611
1932 - 2020
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 612
1920 - 2006
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 613
1888 - 1953
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 614
1906 - 1987
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 615
1938 - 2020
HPI: 73.44
Rank: 616
1902 - 1978
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 617
Among film directors born in United States, Oliver Stone ranks 23. Before him are George A. Romero (1940), Howard Hawks (1896), Stephen Hillenburg (1961), William Hanna (1910), Joel Schumacher (1939), and Jim Jarmusch (1953). After him are John Huston (1906), Victor Fleming (1889), Sidney Lumet (1924), Robert Altman (1925), Vincente Minnelli (1903), and John Carpenter (1948).
1940 - 2017
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 17
1896 - 1977
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 18
1961 - 2018
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 19
1910 - 2001
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 20
1939 - 2020
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 21
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 22
1946 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 23
1906 - 1987
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 24
1889 - 1949
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 25
1924 - 2011
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 26
1925 - 2006
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 27
1903 - 1986
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 28
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 29