1937 - 1984
Yılmaz Güney (né Pütün; 1 April 1937 – 9 September 1984) was a Kurdish film director, screenwriter, novelist, actor and communist political activist. He quickly rose to prominence in the Turkish film industry. Many of his works were made from a far-left perspective and devoted to the plight of working-class people in Turkey. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yılmaz Güney has received more than 354,707 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Yılmaz Güney is the 232nd most popular film director (down from 189th in 2019), the 449th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 380th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Turkish Film Director.
Yılmaz Güney is most famous for his role in the film Yol.
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Among film directors, Yılmaz Güney ranks 232 out of 1,581. Before him are Frank Darabont, Miklós Jancsó, Richard Fleischer, Margarethe von Trotta, Barbet Schroeder, and Lucio Fulci. After him are Stephen Frears, Chris Marker, Arthur Penn, Raoul Walsh, Julien Duvivier, and Youssef Chahine.
1959 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 226
1921 - 2014
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 227
1916 - 2006
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 228
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 229
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 230
1927 - 1996
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 231
1937 - 1984
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 232
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 233
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 234
1922 - 2010
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 235
1887 - 1980
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 236
1896 - 1967
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 237
1926 - 2008
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 238
Among people born in 1937, Yılmaz Güney ranks 70. Before him are Vladimir Arnold, George Takei, Mario Capecchi, Angelo Badalamenti, Valentin Pavlov, and Robert B. Wilson. After him are Joseph Nye, Fernando de la Rúa, Tamara Press, John Horton Conway, Cüneyt Arkın, and Rafael Moneo. Among people deceased in 1984, Yılmaz Güney ranks 44. Before him are Oskar Werner, Joseph Losey, Tito Gobbi, Brassaï, Janet Gaynor, and James Mason. After him are Enrico Berlinguer, Pavel Batitsky, Walter Rauff, Jiro Miyake, Count Basie, and Hans Speidel.
1937 - 2010
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 64
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 65
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 66
1937 - 2022
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 67
1937 - 2003
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 68
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 69
1937 - 1984
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 70
1937 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 71
1937 - 2019
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 72
1937 - 2021
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 73
1937 - 2020
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 74
1937 - 2022
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 75
1937 - Present
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 76
1922 - 1984
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 38
1909 - 1984
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 39
1913 - 1984
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 40
1899 - 1984
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 41
1906 - 1984
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 42
1909 - 1984
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 43
1937 - 1984
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 44
1922 - 1984
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 45
1910 - 1984
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 46
1906 - 1984
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 47
1900 - 1984
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 48
1904 - 1984
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 49
1897 - 1984
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 50
Among people born in Turkey, Yılmaz Güney ranks 449 out of 1,301. Before him are Paul of Samosata (200), Stephanus of Byzantium (501), Eutropius (400), Ignatios of Constantinople (797), Artemisia II of Caria (null), and Irene Doukaina (1066). After him are Parrhasius (-500), Fan Noli (1882), Leo I, King of Armenia (1150), Theodore of Mopsuestia (350), Eutyches (380), and Türkan Şoray (1945).
200 - 275
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 443
501 - 600
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 444
400 - 399
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 445
797 - 877
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 446
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 447
1066 - 1138
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 448
1937 - 1984
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 449
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 450
1882 - 1965
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 451
1150 - 1219
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 452
350 - 428
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 453
380 - 454
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 454
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 455
Among film directors born in Turkey, Yılmaz Güney ranks 2. Before him are Elia Kazan (1909). After him are Henri Verneuil (1920), Nuri Bilge Ceylan (1959), Ferzan Özpetek (1959), Yılmaz Erdoğan (1967), Semih Kaplanoğlu (1963), Yeşim Ustaoğlu (1960), Deniz Gamze Ergüven (1978), Sırrı Süreyya Önder (1962), and Zeki Demirkubuz (1964).
1909 - 2003
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 1
1937 - 1984
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 2
1920 - 2002
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 3
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 4
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 5
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 6
1963 - Present
HPI: 41.38
Rank: 7
1960 - Present
HPI: 39.85
Rank: 8
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.77
Rank: 9
1962 - Present
HPI: 38.22
Rank: 10
1964 - Present
HPI: 36.15
Rank: 11