1961 - 2018
Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (August 21, 1961 – November 26, 2018) was an American animator and marine science educator. He is best remembered for creating the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Hillenburg has received more than 4,737,809 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 73 in 2019). Stephen Hillenburg is the 75th most popular film director (up from 81st in 2019), the 536th most popular biography from United States (up from 568th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Film Director.
Stephen Hillenburg is most famous for creating the popular Nickelodeon cartoon series SpongeBob SquarePants.
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Among film directors, Stephen Hillenburg ranks 75 out of 1,580. Before him are Luc Besson, Terrence Malick, George A. Romero, Ernst Lubitsch, Howard Hawks, and Takeshi Kitano. After him are Dario Argento, Costa-Gavras, Richard Attenborough, Dziga Vertov, William Hanna, and Jean-Jacques Annaud.
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 69
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 70
1940 - 2017
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 71
1892 - 1947
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 72
1896 - 1977
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 73
1947 - Present
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 74
1961 - 2018
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 75
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 76
1933 - Present
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 77
1923 - 2014
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 78
1896 - 1954
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 79
1910 - 2001
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 80
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 81
Among people born in 1961, Stephen Hillenburg ranks 6. Before him are Barack Obama, Diana, Princess of Wales, George Clooney, Michael J. Fox, and Lothar Matthäus. After him are Bill de Blasio, Eddie Murphy, Ilham Aliyev, Nadia Comăneci, Enya, and Peter Jackson. Among people deceased in 2018, Stephen Hillenburg ranks 17. Before him are Amos Oz, Isao Takahata, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, John McCain, Philip Roth, and Paul Bocuse. After him are Peter Grünberg, Burt Reynolds, Lys Assia, Paul Allen, France Gall, and Billy Graham.
1961 - Present
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 1
1961 - 1997
HPI: 80.19
Rank: 2
1961 - Present
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 3
1961 - Present
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 4
1961 - Present
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 5
1961 - 2018
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 6
1961 - Present
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 7
1961 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 8
1961 - Present
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 9
1961 - Present
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 10
1961 - Present
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 11
1961 - Present
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 12
1939 - 2018
HPI: 77.52
Rank: 11
1935 - 2018
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 12
1934 - 2018
HPI: 76.72
Rank: 13
1936 - 2018
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 14
1933 - 2018
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 15
1926 - 2018
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 16
1961 - 2018
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 17
1939 - 2018
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 18
1936 - 2018
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 19
1924 - 2018
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 20
1953 - 2018
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 21
1947 - 2018
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 22
1918 - 2018
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 23
Among people born in United States, Stephen Hillenburg ranks 536 out of 15,968. Before him are Johns Hopkins (1795), Nancy Pelosi (1940), Billie Holiday (1915), Madam C. J. Walker (1867), Harper Lee (1926), and Dwayne Johnson (1972). After him are Howard Gardner (1943), Ed Harris (1950), Chester A. Arthur (1829), Bill de Blasio (1961), Ryan O'Neal (1941), and Florence Foster Jenkins (1868).
1795 - 1873
HPI: 74.25
Rank: 530
1940 - Present
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 531
1915 - 1959
HPI: 74.23
Rank: 532
1867 - 1919
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 533
1926 - 2016
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 534
1972 - Present
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 535
1961 - 2018
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 536
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.20
Rank: 537
1950 - Present
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 538
1829 - 1886
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 539
1961 - Present
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 540
1941 - Present
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 541
1868 - 1944
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 542
Among film directors born in United States, Stephen Hillenburg ranks 19. Before him are Chuck Jones (1912), Terry Gilliam (1940), Robert Zemeckis (1952), Terrence Malick (1943), George A. Romero (1940), and Howard Hawks (1896). After him are William Hanna (1910), Joel Schumacher (1939), Jim Jarmusch (1953), Oliver Stone (1946), John Huston (1906), and Victor Fleming (1889).
1912 - 2002
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 13
1940 - Present
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 14
1952 - Present
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 15
1943 - Present
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 16
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