1944 - 2012
Anthony David Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director and producer. He was known for directing highly successful action and thriller films such as Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Days of Thunder (1990), The Last Boy Scout (1991), True Romance (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Man on Fire (2004), Déjà Vu (2006), and Unstoppable (2010). Scott was the younger brother of film director Sir Ridley Scott. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Scott has received more than 4,468,046 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Tony Scott is the 110th most popular film director (down from 103rd in 2019), the 536th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 525th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Film Director.
Tony Scott is most famous for his films, Top Gun, Days of Thunder, and True Romance.
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Among film directors, Tony Scott ranks 110 out of 1,580. Before him are Robert Altman, Claude Lelouch, Christopher Nolan, Vincente Minnelli, John Carpenter, and Sam Peckinpah. After him are Jules Dassin, Wes Craven, Jerzy Grotowski, Erich von Stroheim, Mel Brooks, and Peter Jackson.
1925 - 2006
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 104
1937 - Present
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 105
1970 - Present
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 106
1903 - 1986
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 107
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 108
1925 - 1984
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 109
1944 - 2012
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 110
1911 - 2008
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 111
1939 - 2015
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 112
1933 - 1999
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 113
1885 - 1957
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 114
1926 - Present
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 115
1961 - Present
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 116
Among people born in 1944, Tony Scott ranks 38. Before him are Françoise Hardy, Ibrahim Rugova, Dietrich Mateschitz, Sebastião Salgado, Princess Benedikte of Denmark, and Sali Berisha. After him are Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Vojislav Koštunica, Helmut Berger, Nick Mason, Sylvie Vartan, and Rajiv Gandhi. Among people deceased in 2012, Tony Scott ranks 28. Before him are Robin Gibb, Larry Hagman, Ravi Shankar, Sven Hassel, Jean Giraud, and Stephen Covey. After him are Matilde Camus, Carlos Fuentes, Hebe Camargo, Rodney King, Dave Brubeck, and Antoni Tàpies.
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 32
1944 - 2006
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 33
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.85
Rank: 34
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 35
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 36
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 37
1944 - 2012
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 38
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 39
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 40
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 41
1944 - Present
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 42
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 43
1944 - 1991
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 44
1949 - 2012
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 22
1931 - 2012
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 23
1920 - 2012
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 24
1917 - 2012
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 25
1938 - 2012
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 26
1932 - 2012
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 27
1944 - 2012
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 28
1919 - 2012
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 29
1928 - 2012
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 30
1929 - 2012
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 31
1965 - 2012
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 32
1920 - 2012
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 33
1923 - 2012
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 34
Among people born in United Kingdom, Tony Scott ranks 536 out of 6,924. Before him are Gordon Banks (1937), James III of Scotland (1451), Edmund Ironside (993), A. S. Neill (1883), Bob Hoskins (1942), and Alice Liddell (1852). After him are Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), John Bunyan (1628), Charles Laughton (1899), Richard Branson (1950), Thomas Chippendale (1718), and John Wallis (1616).
1937 - 2019
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 530
1451 - 1488
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 531
993 - 1016
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 532
1883 - 1973
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 533
1942 - 2014
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 534
1852 - 1934
HPI: 72.43
Rank: 535
1944 - 2012
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 536
1844 - 1900
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 537
1628 - 1688
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 538
1899 - 1962
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 539
1950 - Present
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 540
1718 - 1779
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 541
1616 - 1703
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 542
Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Tony Scott ranks 9. Before him are Ken Loach (1936), Alan Parker (1944), Richard Attenborough (1923), David Lean (1908), Peter Brook (1925), and Christopher Nolan (1970). After him are Peter Greenaway (1942), Guy Ritchie (1968), Danny Boyle (1956), Tony Richardson (1928), John Schlesinger (1926), and Stephen Frears (1941).
1936 - Present
HPI: 78.11
Rank: 3
1944 - 2020
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 4
1923 - 2014
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 5
1908 - 1991
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 6
1925 - Present
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 7
1970 - Present
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 8
1944 - 2012
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 9
1942 - Present
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 10
1968 - Present
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 11
1956 - Present
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 12
1928 - 1991
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 13
1926 - 2003
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 14
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 15