1901 - 1971
Ubbe Ert Iwwerks (March 24, 1901 – July 7, 1971), known as Ub Iwerks (), was an American animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor, and special effects technician. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Iwerks grew up with a contentious relationship with his father, who abandoned him as a child. Iwerks met fellow artist Walt Disney while working at a Kansas City art studio in 1919. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ub Iwerks has received more than 1,699,698 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Ub Iwerks is the 351st most popular film director (down from 310th in 2019), the 2,297th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,036th in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Film Director.
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Among film directors, Ub Iwerks ranks 351 out of 1,580. Before him are Maya Deren, Ermanno Olmi, Jack L. Warner, Emilio Fernández, Veit Harlan, and Francis Veber. After him are John Guillermin, Samuel Fuller, Marcel Camus, Paolo Sorrentino, J. Lee Thompson, and Peter Yates.
1917 - 1961
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 345
1931 - 2018
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 346
1892 - 1978
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 347
1904 - 1986
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 348
1899 - 1964
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 349
1937 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 350
1901 - 1971
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 351
1925 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 352
1912 - 1997
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 353
1912 - 1982
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 354
1970 - Present
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 355
1914 - 2002
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 356
1929 - 2011
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 357
Among people born in 1901, Ub Iwerks ranks 92. Before him are Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, Miklós Nyiszli, George Gallup, Margarete Buber-Neumann, Joe Davis, and Maxwell D. Taylor. After him are Jean Prouvé, Marino Marini, Michel Leiris, Melvyn Douglas, Otto Wächter, and Stella Adler. Among people deceased in 1971, Ub Iwerks ranks 56. Before him are Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, Shigeyoshi Suzuki, John Boyd Orr, Leslie White, and Van Heflin. After him are Dean Acheson, Dita Parlo, T. V. Soong, Viktor Patsayev, John W. Campbell, and Paul Lukas.
1901 - 1964
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 86
1901 - 1956
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 87
1901 - 1984
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 88
1901 - 1989
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 89
1901 - 1978
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 90
1901 - 1987
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 91
1901 - 1971
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 92
1901 - 1984
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 93
1901 - 1980
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 94
1901 - 1990
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 95
1901 - 1981
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 96
1901 - 1949
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 97
1901 - 1992
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 98
1928 - 1971
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 50
1935 - 1971
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 51
1902 - 1971
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 52
1880 - 1971
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 53
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 54
1908 - 1971
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 55
1901 - 1971
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 56
1893 - 1971
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 57
1906 - 1971
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 58
1894 - 1971
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 59
1933 - 1971
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 60
1910 - 1971
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 61
1894 - 1971
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 62
Among people born in United States, Ub Iwerks ranks 2,297 out of 15,968. Before him are Carolyn Jones (1930), Olympia Dukakis (1931), Eazy-E (1964), John G. Thompson (1932), Sam Rockwell (1968), and Bernard Malamud (1914). After him are Christa McAuliffe (1948), Larry Scott (1938), Matthew Ridgway (1895), Michael J. Smith (1945), Max Baer (1909), and Joe Pass (1929).
1930 - 1983
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 2,291
1931 - Present
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 2,292
1964 - 1995
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 2,293
1932 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 2,294
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 2,295
1914 - 1986
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 2,296
1901 - 1971
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 2,297
1948 - 1986
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 2,298
1938 - 2014
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 2,299
1895 - 1993
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 2,300
1945 - 1986
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 2,301
1909 - 1959
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 2,302
1929 - 1994
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 2,303
Among film directors born in United States, Ub Iwerks ranks 104. Before him are Merian C. Cooper (1893), Aaron Russo (1943), Irvin Kershner (1923), Peter Bogdanovich (1939), J. J. Abrams (1966), and Delbert Mann (1920). After him are Samuel Fuller (1912), Edward Zwick (1952), Donald P. Bellisario (1935), Richard Thorpe (1896), John McTiernan (1951), and Curtis Hanson (1945).
1893 - 1973
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 98
1943 - 2007
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 99
1923 - 2010
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 100
1939 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 101
1966 - Present
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 102
1920 - 2007
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 103
1901 - 1971
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 104
1912 - 1997
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 105
1952 - Present
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 106
1935 - Present
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 107
1896 - 1991
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 108
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 109
1945 - 2016
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 110