1893 - 1972
William Dieterle (July 15, 1893 – December 9, 1972) was a German-born actor and film director who emigrated to the United States in 1930 to leave a worsening political situation. He worked in Hollywood primarily as a director for much of his career, becoming a United States citizen in 1937. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Dieterle has received more than 112,655 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). William Dieterle is the 1,020th most popular actor (down from 875th in 2019), the 1,536th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,366th in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Actor.
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Among actors, William Dieterle ranks 1,020 out of 10,030. Before him are Emily Watson, Edward James Olmos, John Turturro, Michael Biehn, Capucine, and Drew Barrymore. After him are Billy Zane, Dorothy Malone, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Linda Lee Cadwell, Andy Lau, and Djimon Hounsou.
1967 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 1,014
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 1,015
1957 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 1,016
1956 - Present
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 1,017
1928 - 1990
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 1,018
1975 - Present
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 1,019
1893 - 1972
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 1,020
1966 - Present
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 1,021
1924 - 2018
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 1,022
1966 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 1,023
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 1,024
1961 - Present
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 1,025
1964 - Present
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 1,026
Among people born in 1893, William Dieterle ranks 61. Before him are Roy O. Disney, Hans Scharoun, Ivan Panfilov, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Mário de Andrade, and Kurt Huber. After him are Ernst Öpik, Clemens Krauss, Federico Mompou, Dorothy L. Sayers, Carl Værnet, and Wilhelm Zaisser. Among people deceased in 1972, William Dieterle ranks 52. Before him are Harlow Shapley, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Henry de Montherlant, Natalie Clifford Barney, Bronislava Nijinska, and Jules Romains. After him are Watchman Nee, Martiros Saryan, Ghassan Kanafani, Mahalia Jackson, Lester B. Pearson, and Eugène Tisserant.
1893 - 1971
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 55
1893 - 1972
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 56
1893 - 1941
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 57
1893 - 1945
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 58
1893 - 1945
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 59
1893 - 1943
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 60
1893 - 1972
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 61
1893 - 1985
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 62
1893 - 1954
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 63
1893 - 1987
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 64
1893 - 1957
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 65
1893 - 1965
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 66
1893 - 1958
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 67
1885 - 1972
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 46
1929 - 1972
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 47
1895 - 1972
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 48
1876 - 1972
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 49
1891 - 1972
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 50
1885 - 1972
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 51
1893 - 1972
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 52
1903 - 1972
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 53
1880 - 1972
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 54
1936 - 1972
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 55
1911 - 1972
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 56
1897 - 1972
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 57
1884 - 1972
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 58
Among people born in Germany, William Dieterle ranks 1,536 out of 5,289. Before him are Carl Loewe (1796), Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736), Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772), Wolf Biermann (1936), George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484), and Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg (1744). After him are John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455), Princess Elisabeth of Prussia (1815), Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1818), Lothar-Günther Buchheim (1918), Heinrich Geißler (1814), and Adolf Heusinger (1897).
1796 - 1869
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 1,530
1736 - 1783
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 1,531
1772 - 1838
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 1,532
1936 - Present
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 1,533
1484 - 1543
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 1,534
1744 - 1817
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 1,535
1893 - 1972
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 1,536
1455 - 1499
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 1,537
1815 - 1885
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 1,538
1818 - 1901
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 1,539
1918 - 2007
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 1,540
1814 - 1879
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 1,541
1897 - 1982
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 1,542
Among actors born in Germany, William Dieterle ranks 25. Before him are Elke Sommer (1940), Kurt Gerron (1897), Til Schweiger (1963), Michael Fassbender (1977), Gottfried John (1942), and Brigitte Helm (1906). After him are Karin Dor (1938), Max Schreck (1879), Christiane F. (1962), Karin Schubert (1944), Lilli Palmer (1914), and Anne Wiazemsky (1947).
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 19
1897 - 1944
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 20
1963 - Present
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 21
1977 - Present
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 22
1942 - 2014
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 23
1906 - 1996
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 24
1893 - 1972
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 25
1938 - 2017
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 26
1879 - 1936
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 27
1962 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 28
1944 - Present
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 29
1914 - 1986
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 30
1947 - 2017
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 31