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 27,436,718 page views. His biography is available in 158 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 150 in 2019). Walt Disney is the most popular producer, the 28th most popular biography from United States (down from 27th in 2019) and the most popular 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

27M
Page Views (PV)
81.85
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
158
Languages Editions (L)
8.54
Effective Languages (L*)
6.36
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, Phil Spector, René Angélil, Rick Rubin, Jerry Bruckheimer, David O. Selznick, Simon Cowell, Louis B. Mayer, and Albert R. Broccoli.

Most Popular Producers in Wikipedia

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Walt Disney
1901 - 1966
HPI: 81.85
Rank: 1
Harvey Weinstein
1952 - Present
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 2
Carlo Ponti
1912 - 2007
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 3
Dino De Laurentiis
1919 - 2010
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 4
Phil Spector
1939 - 2021
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 5
René Angélil
1942 - 2016
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 6
Rick Rubin
1963 - Present
HPI: 62.46
Rank: 7
Jerry Bruckheimer
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 8
David O. Selznick
1902 - 1965
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 9
Simon Cowell
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 10
Louis B. Mayer
1884 - 1957
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 11
Albert R. Broccoli
1909 - 1996
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Walt Disney ranks 2. Before him is Hirohito. After him are Marlene Dietrich, Werner Heisenberg, Louis Armstrong, Enrico Fermi, Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, Jacques Lacan, Linus Pauling, Clark Gable, Rudolf Höss, and Sukarno. Among people deceased in 1966, Walt Disney ranks 1. After him are André Breton, Georges Lemaître, Alberto Giacometti, Anna Akhmatova, Buster Keaton, Ken Miles, Sergei Korolev, Peter Debye, Jean Arp, Sepp Dietrich, and Sayyid Qutb.

Others Born in 1901

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Hirohito
1901 - 1989
HPI: 82.41
Rank: 1
Walt Disney
1901 - 1966
HPI: 81.85
Rank: 2
Marlene Dietrich
1901 - 1992
HPI: 79.35
Rank: 3
Werner Heisenberg
1901 - 1976
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 4
Louis Armstrong
1901 - 1971
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 5
Enrico Fermi
1901 - 1954
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 6
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
1901 - 1918
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 7
Jacques Lacan
1901 - 1981
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 8
Linus Pauling
1901 - 1994
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 9
Clark Gable
1901 - 1960
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 10
Rudolf Höss
1901 - 1947
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 11
Sukarno
1901 - 1970
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 12