PRODUCER

Walt Disney

1901 - 1966

Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, he holds the record for most Academy Awards earned and nominations by an individual, having won 22 Oscars from 59 nominations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walt Disney has received more than 26,211,992 page views. His biography is available in 150 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 149 in 2019). Walt Disney is the most popular producer, the 27th most popular biography from United States (down from 26th in 2019) and the most popular American Producer.

Walt Disney is most famous for founding the Walt Disney Company and being the creative force behind films like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, and Fantasia.

Memorability Metrics

26M
Page Views (PV)
86.39
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
150
Languages Editions (L)
8.60
Effective Languages (L*)
6.25
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Walt Disneys by language

Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Walt Disney ranks 1 out of 89. After him are Harvey Weinstein, Carlo Ponti, Dino De Laurentiis, Simon Cowell, Jerry Bruckheimer, Phil Spector, Rick Rubin, Aaron Spelling, David O. Selznick, Gene Roddenberry, and René Angélil.

Most Popular Producers in Wikipedia

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Walt Disney
1901 - 1966
HPI: 86.39
Rank: 1
Harvey Weinstein
1952 - Present
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 2
Carlo Ponti
1912 - 2007
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 3
Dino De Laurentiis
1919 - 2010
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 4
Simon Cowell
1959 - Present
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 5
Jerry Bruckheimer
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 6
Phil Spector
1939 - 2021
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 7
Rick Rubin
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 8
Aaron Spelling
1923 - 2006
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 9
David O. Selznick
1902 - 1965
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 10
Gene Roddenberry
1921 - 1991
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 11
René Angélil
1942 - 2016
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Walt Disney ranks 1. After him are Hirohito, Werner Heisenberg, Louis Armstrong, Marlene Dietrich, Enrico Fermi, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Jacques Lacan, Linus Pauling, Sukarno, Rudolf Höss, and Clark Gable. Among people deceased in 1966, Walt Disney ranks 1. After him are André Breton, Buster Keaton, Alberto Giacometti, Georges Lemaître, Anna Akhmatova, Sergei Korolev, Jean Arp, Sepp Dietrich, Chester W. Nimitz, Montgomery Clift, and Giuseppe Farina.

Others Born in 1901

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Walt Disney
1901 - 1966
HPI: 86.39
Rank: 1
Hirohito
1901 - 1989
HPI: 85.39
Rank: 2
Werner Heisenberg
1901 - 1976
HPI: 84.24
Rank: 3
Louis Armstrong
1901 - 1971
HPI: 83.90
Rank: 4
Marlene Dietrich
1901 - 1992
HPI: 83.87
Rank: 5
Enrico Fermi
1901 - 1954
HPI: 82.49
Rank: 6
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
1901 - 1918
HPI: 82.16
Rank: 7
Jacques Lacan
1901 - 1981
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 8
Linus Pauling
1901 - 1994
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 9
Sukarno
1901 - 1970
HPI: 80.11
Rank: 10
Rudolf Höss
1901 - 1947
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 11
Clark Gable
1901 - 1960
HPI: 79.54
Rank: 12