1961 - 2018
Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (August 21, 1961 – November 26, 2018) was an American animator, writer, producer, director, and marine science educator. He is known for creating the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, on which he served as the showrunner for the first three seasons of the show, and which has become the fifth-longest-running American animated series. Born in Lawton, Oklahoma and raised in Anaheim, California, Hillenburg became fascinated with the ocean as a child and developed an interest in art. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Hillenburg has received more than 6,242,214 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Stephen Hillenburg is the 61st most popular film director (up from 76th in 2019), the 440th most popular biography from United States (up from 536th in 2019) and the 15th 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 61 out of 1,581. Before him are Roger Vadim, Theo Angelopoulos, Werner Herzog, Isao Takahata, Robert Zemeckis, and Oliver Stone. After him are Yasujirō Ozu, Agnès Varda, Claude Chabrol, Richard Attenborough, Terry Gilliam, and Luc Besson.
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
1959 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 67
Among people born in 1961, Stephen Hillenburg ranks 5. Before him are Barack Obama, Diana, Princess of Wales, Ilham Aliyev, and George Clooney. After him are Lothar Matthäus, Michael J. Fox, Nadia Comăneci, Eddie Murphy, Enya, Bill de Blasio, and Carl Lewis. Among people deceased in 2018, Stephen Hillenburg ranks 18. Before him are Amos Oz, Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark, Philip Roth, John McCain, Paul Bocuse, and Isao Takahata. After him are France Gall, Burt Reynolds, Peter Grünberg, Hubert de Givenchy, Billy Graham, and Ursula K. Le Guin.
1961 - Present
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 1
1961 - 1997
HPI: 74.71
Rank: 2
1961 - Present
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 3
1961 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 4
1961 - 2018
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 5
1961 - Present
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 6
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 7
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 8
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 9
1961 - Present
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 10
1961 - Present
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 11
1961 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 12
1939 - 2018
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 12
1934 - 2018
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 13
1933 - 2018
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 14
1936 - 2018
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 15
1926 - 2018
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 16
1935 - 2018
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 17
1961 - 2018
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 18
1947 - 2018
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 19
1936 - 2018
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 20
1939 - 2018
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 21
1927 - 2018
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 22
1918 - 2018
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 23
1929 - 2018
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 24
Among people born in United States, Stephen Hillenburg ranks 440 out of 18,182. Before him are Katherine Johnson (1918), Kim Basinger (1953), Robert Zemeckis (1952), Babe Ruth (1895), Oliver Stone (1946), and George Clooney (1961). After him are Milton H. Erickson (1901), Joan Crawford (1904), Louisa May Alcott (1832), Gordon Allport (1897), Tennessee Williams (1911), and Cliff Burton (1962).
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
1911 - 1983
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 445
1962 - 1986
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 446
Among film directors born in United States, Stephen Hillenburg ranks 15. Before him are John Ford (1894), Tim Burton (1958), Brian De Palma (1940), Sydney Pollack (1934), Robert Zemeckis (1952), and Oliver Stone (1946). After him are Terry Gilliam (1940), Chuck Jones (1912), John Huston (1906), George A. Romero (1940), William Hanna (1910), and Howard Hawks (1896).
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
1896 - 1977
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 21