1942 - 2013
Roger Joseph Ebert ( EE-burt; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Ebert was known for his intimate, Midwestern writing voice and critical views informed by values of populism and humanism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Ebert has received more than 8,908,120 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 81 in 2019). Roger Ebert is the 5th most popular critic, the 1,727th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,747th in 2019) and the most popular American Critic.
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Among critics, Roger Ebert ranks 5 out of 5. Before him are John Ruskin, Vladimir Propp, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, and Vissarion Belinsky. After him are Vincent Canby and Todd McCarthy.
1819 - 1900
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 1
1895 - 1970
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 2
1804 - 1869
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 3
1811 - 1848
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 4
1942 - 2013
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 5
1924 - 2000
HPI: 36.40
Rank: 6
1950 - Present
HPI: 32.29
Rank: 7
Among people born in 1942, Roger Ebert ranks 124. Before him are Barry Levinson, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, Sixto Rodriguez, Samuel R. Delany, Jim Rogers, and Carlos Monzón. After him are David Bradley, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, Isaac Hayes, Kang Kek Iew, Mirjana Marković, and Janusz Korwin-Mikke. Among people deceased in 2013, Roger Ebert ranks 67. Before him are Robert Fogel, Stéphane Hessel, Kenneth G. Wilson, Kenneth Waltz, Glafcos Clerides, and Bert Trautmann. After him are Sławomir Mrożek, Sung Jae-gi, Pierre Mauroy, Bigas Luna, Ovadia Yosef, and Arthur Danto.
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 118
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 119
1942 - 2023
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 120
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 121
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 122
1942 - 1995
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 123
1942 - 2013
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 124
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 125
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 126
1942 - 2008
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 127
1942 - 2020
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 128
1942 - 2019
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 129
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 130
1926 - 2013
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 61
1917 - 2013
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 62
1936 - 2013
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 63
1924 - 2013
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 64
1919 - 2013
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 65
1923 - 2013
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 66
1942 - 2013
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 67
1930 - 2013
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 68
1967 - 2013
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 69
1928 - 2013
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 70
1946 - 2013
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 71
1920 - 2013
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 72
1924 - 2013
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 73
Among people born in United States, Roger Ebert ranks 1,727 out of 18,182. Before him are Eva Mendes (1974), Norman Mailer (1923), Stephen Jay Gould (1941), Juliet Anderson (1938), Diana Gabaldon (1952), and Patrick Dempsey (1966). After him are Count Basie (1904), Benjamin Spock (1903), Bob Gunton (1945), Alfred Newman (1900), John Turturro (1957), and Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848).
1974 - Present
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 1,721
1923 - 2007
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 1,722
1941 - 2002
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,723
1938 - 2010
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,724
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,725
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 1,726
1942 - 2013
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 1,727
1904 - 1984
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 1,728
1903 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 1,729
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 1,730
1900 - 1970
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 1,731
1957 - Present
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 1,732
1848 - 1933
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 1,733
Among critics born in United States, Roger Ebert ranks 1. After him are Vincent Canby (1924) and Todd McCarthy (1950).
1942 - 2013
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 1
1924 - 2000
HPI: 36.40
Rank: 2
1950 - Present
HPI: 32.29
Rank: 3