1934 - Today
Pierre Richard (born Pierre-Richard Maurice Charles Léopold Defays; 16 August 1934) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, best known for the roles of a clumsy daydreamer in comedy films. Richard is considered by many, such as Louis de Funès and Gérard Depardieu, to be one of the greatest and most talented French comedians in the last 50 years. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Richard has received more than 320,512 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Pierre Richard is the 293rd most popular actor (down from 275th in 2019), the 631st most popular biography from France (up from 650th in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Actor.
Pierre Richard is most famous for his role in the French comedy films La Grande Vadrouille and Les Tontons Flingueurs.
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Among actors, Pierre Richard ranks 293 out of 10,030. Before him are Bibi Andersson, Martin Landau, Michael Keaton, Hugh Grant, Albert Finney, and Isabelle Huppert. After him are Ralph Fiennes, Willem Dafoe, Nancy Reagan, Rod Steiger, Carrie Fisher, and Sylvia Kristel.
1935 - 2019
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 287
1928 - 2017
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 288
1951 - Present
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 289
1960 - Present
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 290
1936 - 2019
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 291
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 292
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 293
1962 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 294
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 295
1921 - 2016
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 296
1925 - 2002
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 297
1956 - 2016
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 298
1952 - 2012
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 299
Among people born in 1934, Pierre Richard ranks 26. Before him are Sydney Pollack, Paul Ekman, Vavá, Stjepan Mesić, Richard Chamberlain, and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. After him are Empress Michiko, Richard Meier, Bill Russell, Alan Arkin, Jacques Anquetil, and Paco Rabanne.
1934 - 2008
HPI: 75.61
Rank: 20
1934 - Present
HPI: 75.50
Rank: 21
1934 - 2002
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 22
1934 - Present
HPI: 75.25
Rank: 23
1934 - Present
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 24
1934 - 2017
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 25
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 26
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 27
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 28
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 29
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 30
1934 - 1987
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 31
1934 - Present
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 32
Among people born in France, Pierre Richard ranks 631 out of 5,234. Before him are Gabriel Tarde (1843), Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922), Isabelle Huppert (1953), Antoine-Jean Gros (1771), Luigi Lucheni (1873), and Richard Clayderman (1953). After him are Léonin (1135), François Guizot (1787), Nicole Oresme (1323), Jean Dubuffet (1901), Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646), and Lucien Febvre (1878).
1843 - 1904
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 625
1922 - 2008
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 626
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 627
1771 - 1835
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 628
1873 - 1910
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 629
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 630
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 631
1135 - 1201
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 632
1787 - 1874
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 633
1323 - 1382
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 634
1901 - 1985
HPI: 73.83
Rank: 635
1646 - 1708
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 636
1878 - 1956
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 637
Among actors born in France, Pierre Richard ranks 21. Before him are Gérard Philipe (1922), Michel Piccoli (1925), Fernandel (1903), Marcel Marceau (1923), Mireille Darc (1938), and Isabelle Huppert (1953). After him are Isabelle Adjani (1955), Sophie Marceau (1966), Annie Girardot (1931), Juliette Binoche (1964), Juliette Gréco (1927), and Maurice Chevalier (1888).
1922 - 1959
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 15
1925 - 2020
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 16
1903 - 1971
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 17
1923 - 2007
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 18
1938 - 2017
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 19
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 20
1934 - Present
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 21
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.65
Rank: 22
1966 - Present
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 23
1931 - 2011
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 24
1964 - Present
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 25
1927 - 2020
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 26
1888 - 1972
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 27