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William Fox

1879 - 1952

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Wilhelm Fried Fuchs (Hungarian: Fried Vilmos; January 1, 1879 – May 8, 1952), commonly known as William Fox, was a Hungarian-American film industry executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain in the 1920s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Fox has received more than 23,791 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. William Fox is the 19th most popular producer (down from 16th in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 173rd in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Producer.

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  • 24k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, William Fox ranks 19 out of 140. Before him are Gene Roddenberry, Louis B. Mayer, Irving Thalberg, Joel Silver, Branko Lustig, and Albert R. Broccoli. After him are Claude Berri, Alberto Grimaldi, Darryl F. Zanuck, Aurelio De Laurentiis, Raymond Chow, and Samuel Goldwyn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, William Fox ranks 65. Before him are Margaret Sanger, Hans Hahn, William Beveridge, Mark Sykes, Vladko Maček, and Aleksandar Tsankov. After him are Hovannes Adamian, Bernhard Schmidt, Dwight F. Davis, Agrippina Vaganova, Jacques Copeau, and Jane Darwell. Among people deceased in 1952, William Fox ranks 48. Before him are Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, Carlo Sforza, Michael Rostovtzeff, Emilie Louise Flöge, Viktor Chernov, and Hiranuma Kiichirō. After him are Luigi Fagioli, Solomiya Krushelnytska, Henri Winkelman, Sameera Moussa, Efim Bogoljubov, and Jigme Wangchuck.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, William Fox ranks 206 out of 1,077. Before him are Ingenuus (200), Teddy Kollek (1911), Alfréd Hajós (1878), Zoltán of Hungary (896), Dora Pejačević (1885), and Fajsz (900). After him are Mihály Munkácsy (1844), Mihály Zichy (1827), Josef Dobrovský (1753), Viktor Barna (1911), György Konrád (1933), and Miklós Németh (1948).

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Among PRODUCERS In Hungary

Among producers born in Hungary, William Fox ranks 1. After him are Andrew G. Vajna (1944).

Hungarian born Producers

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