1888 - 1954
Thea Gabriele von Harbou (27 December 1888 – 1 July 1954) was a German screenwriter, novelist, film director, and actress. She is remembered as the screenwriter of the science fiction film classic Metropolis (1927) and for the 1925 novel on which it was based. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thea von Harbou has received more than 499,121 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Thea von Harbou is the 213th most popular film director (down from 200th in 2019), the 1,158th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,114th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Film Director.
Thea von Harbou was a German author and film director who is most famous for her work in the film Metropolis.
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Among film directors, Thea von Harbou ranks 213 out of 1,581. Before her are Liliana Cavani, Bertrand Tavernier, Robert Siodmak, John Sturges, Wes Anderson, and Cecil B. DeMille. After her are Alfonso Cuarón, Theo van Gogh, Mario Bava, Marco Ferreri, Robert J. Flaherty, and Spike Lee.
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 207
1941 - 2021
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 208
1900 - 1973
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 209
1910 - 1992
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 210
1969 - Present
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 211
1881 - 1959
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 212
1888 - 1954
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 213
1961 - Present
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 214
1957 - 2004
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 215
1914 - 1980
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 216
1928 - 1997
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 217
1884 - 1951
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 218
1957 - Present
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 219
Among people born in 1888, Thea von Harbou ranks 54. Before her are W. O. Bentley, John Foster Dulles, Vladimir K. Zworykin, Abul Kalam Azad, August Kubizek, and Inayatullah Khan. After her are Heinrich Neuhaus, Georgios Papandreou, Nikolay Shvernik, Antonio Sant'Elia, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, and Prince Oskar of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1954, Thea von Harbou ranks 29. Before her are Auguste Perret, Hannes Meyer, Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Martin Andersen Nexø, Charles Ives, and Léon Jouhaux. After her are Clemens Krauss, Franco Alfano, Gideon Sundback, Archduke Eugen of Austria, Stig Dagerman, and Aristides de Sousa Mendes.
1888 - 1971
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 48
1888 - 1959
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 49
1888 - 1982
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 50
1888 - 1958
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 51
1888 - 1956
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 52
1888 - 1946
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 53
1888 - 1954
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 54
1888 - 1964
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 55
1888 - 1968
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 56
1888 - 1970
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 57
1888 - 1916
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 58
1888 - 1976
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 59
1888 - 1958
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 60
1874 - 1954
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 23
1889 - 1954
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 24
1884 - 1954
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 25
1869 - 1954
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 26
1874 - 1954
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 27
1879 - 1954
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 28
1888 - 1954
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 29
1893 - 1954
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 30
1875 - 1954
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 31
1880 - 1954
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 32
1863 - 1954
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 33
1923 - 1954
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 34
1885 - 1954
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 35
Among people born in Germany, Thea von Harbou ranks 1,158 out of 6,142. Before her are David Fabricius (1564), Alfred Weber (1868), Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800), Amalia of Oldenburg (1818), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (1227), and Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617). After her are Johann Christoph Adelung (1732), Johann Elert Bode (1747), Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698), Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748), Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709), and Maria Reiche (1903).
1564 - 1617
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 1,152
1868 - 1958
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 1,153
1800 - 1842
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 1,154
1818 - 1875
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 1,155
1227 - 1273
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 1,156
1617 - 1680
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 1,157
1888 - 1954
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 1,158
1732 - 1806
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 1,159
1747 - 1826
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 1,160
1698 - 1738
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 1,161
1748 - 1798
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 1,162
1709 - 1759
HPI: 59.82
Rank: 1,163
1903 - 1998
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 1,164
Among film directors born in Germany, Thea von Harbou ranks 13. Before her are Ernst Lubitsch (1892), Wolfgang Petersen (1941), Roland Emmerich (1955), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), Max Ophüls (1902), and Robert Siodmak (1900). After her are Douglas Sirk (1897), Margarethe von Trotta (1942), Mike Nichols (1931), Veit Harlan (1899), Lotte Reiniger (1899), and Gustaf Gründgens (1899).
1892 - 1947
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 7
1941 - 2022
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 8
1955 - Present
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 9
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 10
1902 - 1957
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 11
1900 - 1973
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 12
1888 - 1954
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 13
1897 - 1987
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 14
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 15
1931 - 2014
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 16
1899 - 1964
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 17
1899 - 1981
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 18
1899 - 1963
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 19