1901 - 1966
Walter Elias Disney (; December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor and film producer. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned 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 22,239,045 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.
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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.
1901 - 1966
HPI: 86.39
Rank: 1
1952 - Present
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 2
1912 - 2007
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 3
1919 - 2010
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 4
1959 - Present
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 5
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 6
1939 - 2021
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 7
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 8
1923 - 2006
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 9
1902 - 1965
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 10
1921 - 1991
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 11
1942 - 2016
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 12
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.
1901 - 1966
HPI: 86.39
Rank: 1
1901 - 1989
HPI: 85.39
Rank: 2
1901 - 1976
HPI: 84.24
Rank: 3
1901 - 1971
HPI: 83.90
Rank: 4
1901 - 1992
HPI: 83.87
Rank: 5
1901 - 1954
HPI: 82.49
Rank: 6
1901 - 1918
HPI: 82.16
Rank: 7
1901 - 1981
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 8
1901 - 1994
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 9
1901 - 1970
HPI: 80.11
Rank: 10
1901 - 1947
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 11
1901 - 1960
HPI: 79.54
Rank: 12
1901 - 1966
HPI: 86.39
Rank: 1
1896 - 1966
HPI: 80.47
Rank: 2
1895 - 1966
HPI: 78.71
Rank: 3
1901 - 1966
HPI: 78.52
Rank: 4
1894 - 1966
HPI: 78.33
Rank: 5
1889 - 1966
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 6
1906 - 1966
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 7
1886 - 1966
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 8
1892 - 1966
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 9
1885 - 1966
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 10
1920 - 1966
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 11
1906 - 1966
HPI: 75.62
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Walt Disney ranks 27 out of 15,968. Before him are Mark Twain (1835), Pocahontas (1595), Ronald Reagan (1911), Bruce Lee (1940), Martin Scorsese (1942), and Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882). After him are James K. Polk (1795), Michael Jackson (1958), Clint Eastwood (1930), F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896), Charles Lindbergh (1902), and Al Pacino (1940).
1835 - 1910
HPI: 87.04
Rank: 21
1595 - 1617
HPI: 86.82
Rank: 22
1911 - 2004
HPI: 86.80
Rank: 23
1940 - 1973
HPI: 86.73
Rank: 24
1942 - Present
HPI: 86.49
Rank: 25
1882 - 1945
HPI: 86.43
Rank: 26
1901 - 1966
HPI: 86.39
Rank: 27
1795 - 1849
HPI: 86.14
Rank: 28
1958 - 2009
HPI: 85.73
Rank: 29
1930 - Present
HPI: 85.69
Rank: 30
1896 - 1940
HPI: 85.69
Rank: 31
1902 - 1974
HPI: 85.64
Rank: 32
1940 - Present
HPI: 85.60
Rank: 33
Among producers born in United States, Walt Disney ranks 1. After him are Harvey Weinstein (1952), Jerry Bruckheimer (1943), Phil Spector (1939), Rick Rubin (1963), Aaron Spelling (1923), David O. Selznick (1902), Gene Roddenberry (1921), Albert R. Broccoli (1909), Joel Silver (1952), Darryl F. Zanuck (1902), and Irving Thalberg (1899).
1901 - 1966
HPI: 86.39
Rank: 1
1952 - Present
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 2
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 3
1939 - 2021
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 4
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 5
1923 - 2006
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 6
1902 - 1965
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 7
1921 - 1991
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 8
1909 - 1996
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 9
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 10
1902 - 1979
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 11
1899 - 1936
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 12