1860 - 1935
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was a British inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Kennedy Dickson has received more than 194,042 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). William Kennedy Dickson is the 264th most popular film director (up from 295th in 2019), the 1,621st most popular biography from France (up from 1,767th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Film Director.
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Among film directors, William Kennedy Dickson ranks 264 out of 1,580. Before him are George Roy Hill, Gabriel Axel, Jerome Robbins, Gillo Pontecorvo, John Frankenheimer, and Patrice Chéreau. After him are Marco Bellocchio, Henri Verneuil, Carol Reed, Jim Henson, Robert Benton, and James L. Brooks.
1921 - 2002
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 258
1918 - 2014
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 259
1918 - 1998
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 260
1919 - 2006
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 261
1930 - 2002
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 262
1944 - 2013
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 263
1860 - 1935
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 264
1939 - Present
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 265
1920 - 2002
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 266
1906 - 1976
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 267
1936 - 1990
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 268
1932 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 269
1940 - Present
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 270
Among people born in 1860, William Kennedy Dickson ranks 40. Before him are Gustave Charpentier, Mercedes of Orléans, Annie Oakley, James McKeen Cattell, Marianne von Werefkin, and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia. After him are Jules Laforgue, Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, Michel Zevaco, Lizzie Borden, and Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis. Among people deceased in 1935, William Kennedy Dickson ranks 44. Before him are Anna Ancher, Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, Ali of Hejaz, Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, and Ma Barker. After him are Princess Alice of Parma, Abraham Isaac Kook, Jean Béraud, Valerian Kuybyshev, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, and René Crevel.
1860 - 1956
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 34
1860 - 1878
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 35
1860 - 1926
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 36
1860 - 1944
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 37
1860 - 1938
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 38
1860 - 1917
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 39
1860 - 1935
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 40
1860 - 1887
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 41
1860 - 1933
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 42
1860 - 1929
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 43
1860 - 1918
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 44
1860 - 1927
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 45
1860 - 1881
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 46
1859 - 1935
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 38
1868 - 1935
HPI: 68.45
Rank: 39
1879 - 1935
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 40
1868 - 1935
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 41
1859 - 1935
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 42
1873 - 1935
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 43
1860 - 1935
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 44
1849 - 1935
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 45
1865 - 1935
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 46
1849 - 1935
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 47
1888 - 1935
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 48
1882 - 1935
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 49
1900 - 1935
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 50
Among people born in France, William Kennedy Dickson ranks 1,621 out of 5,234. Before him are Georg Muffat (1653), Alcide d'Orbigny (1802), Marcel Aymé (1902), Jean Tirole (1953), Pierre Auguste Cot (1837), and Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911). After him are Honoré V, Prince of Monaco (1778), Alphonse Borrelly (1842), Georges Delerue (1925), Félix Savart (1791), Georges Bidault (1899), and André Martinet (1908).
1653 - 1704
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 1,615
1802 - 1857
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 1,616
1902 - 1967
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 1,617
1953 - Present
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 1,618
1837 - 1883
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 1,619
1911 - 2003
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 1,620
1860 - 1935
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 1,621
1778 - 1841
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 1,622
1842 - 1926
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 1,623
1925 - 1992
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 1,624
1791 - 1841
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 1,625
1899 - 1983
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 1,626
1908 - 1999
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 1,627
Among film directors born in France, William Kennedy Dickson ranks 34. Before him are Frank Darabont (1959), Chris Marker (1921), Julien Duvivier (1896), Jacques Becker (1906), Bertrand Tavernier (1941), and Patrice Chéreau (1944). After him are Guy Hamilton (1922), Germaine Dulac (1882), Jean Rouch (1917), Jacques Copeau (1879), Philippe de Broca (1933), and Yann Arthus-Bertrand (1946).
1959 - Present
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 28
1921 - 2012
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 29
1896 - 1967
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 30
1906 - 1960
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 31
1941 - Present
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 32
1944 - 2013
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 33
1860 - 1935
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 34
1922 - 2016
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 35
1882 - 1942
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 36
1917 - 2004
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 37
1879 - 1949
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 38
1933 - 2004
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 39
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 40