1879 - 1947
Peter Urban Bruun Gad (12 February 1879 – 26 December 1947) was a Danish film director, stage actor, screenwriter, and author. He directed 40 films between 1910 and 1927. His wife Asta Nielsen starred in 30 of his films, also in his début film Afgrunden (The Abyss) from 1910. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Urban Gad has received more than 33,775 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Urban Gad is the 945th most popular film director (down from 685th in 2019), the 436th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 333rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Danish Film Director.
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Among film directors, Urban Gad ranks 945 out of 1,581. Before him are Preston Sturges, Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Kote Marjanishvili, Stanislav Rostotsky, Luise Fleck, and Gleb Panfilov. After him are Jon Turteltaub, Nanni Loy, Dara Singh, Harry Beaumont, Pierre Tchernia, and Ben Sharpsteen.
1898 - 1959
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 939
1934 - Present
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 940
1872 - 1933
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 941
1922 - 2001
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 942
1873 - 1950
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 943
1934 - 2023
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 944
1879 - 1947
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 945
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 946
1925 - 1995
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 947
1928 - 2012
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 948
1888 - 1966
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 949
1928 - 2016
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 950
1895 - 1980
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 951
Among people born in 1879, Urban Gad ranks 153. Before him are Agnes Miegel, Beals Wright, Grzegorz Fitelberg, Alfrēds Kalniņš, Sydney Greenstreet, and Laura Hope Crews. After him are Aeneas Mackintosh, Billy Mitchell, Bagha Jatin, Lucile Watson, E. H. Shepard, and Othmar Ammann. Among people deceased in 1947, Urban Gad ranks 145. Before him are Petras Cvirka, Rudolf Noack, Jean-Richard Bloch, Max Berg, August Blom, and Georg Schnéevoigt. After him are Anna von Mildenburg, R. B. Bennett, Riichi Yokomitsu, José Pardo y Barreda, Tefta Tashko-Koço, and Frederick Russell Burnham.
1879 - 1964
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 147
1879 - 1961
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 148
1879 - 1953
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 149
1879 - 1951
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 150
1879 - 1954
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 151
1879 - 1942
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 152
1879 - 1947
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 153
1879 - 1916
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 154
1879 - 1936
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 155
1879 - 1915
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 156
1879 - 1962
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 157
1879 - 1976
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 158
1879 - 1965
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 159
1909 - 1947
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 139
1913 - 1947
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 140
1884 - 1947
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 141
1870 - 1947
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 142
1869 - 1947
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 143
1872 - 1947
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 144
1879 - 1947
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 145
1872 - 1947
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 146
1870 - 1947
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 147
1898 - 1947
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 148
1864 - 1947
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 149
1910 - 1947
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 150
1861 - 1947
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 151
Among people born in Denmark, Urban Gad ranks 436 out of 893. Before him are Johan Lange (1818), Vivi Bach (1939), Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685), Willy Hansen (1906), Klaus Rifbjerg (1931), and Karen Hoff (1921). After him are Christian Poulsen (1980), Lauge Koch (1892), Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (1817), Else Alfelt (1910), John Eriksen (1957), and Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark (1677).
1818 - 1898
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 430
1939 - 2013
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 431
1685 - 1761
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 432
1906 - 1978
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 433
1931 - 2015
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 434
1921 - 2000
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 435
1879 - 1947
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 436
1980 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 437
1892 - 1964
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 438
1817 - 1896
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 439
1910 - 1974
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 440
1957 - 2002
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 441
1677 - 1735
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 442
Among film directors born in Denmark, Urban Gad ranks 14. Before him are Nicolas Winding Refn (1970), Benjamin Christensen (1879), Erik Balling (1924), Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (1947), Jørgen Leth (1937), and August Blom (1869). After him are Lone Scherfig (1959), Anders Thomas Jensen (1972), Astrid Henning-Jensen (1914), Niels Arden Oplev (1961), Ole Bornedal (1959), and Nikolaj Arcel (1972).
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 8
1879 - 1959
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 9
1924 - 2005
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 10
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 11
1937 - Present
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 12
1869 - 1947
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 13
1879 - 1947
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 14
1959 - Present
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 15
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 16
1914 - 2002
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 17
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 18
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 19
1972 - Present
HPI: 39.23
Rank: 20