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Walt Disney

1901 - 1966

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Walter Elias Disney ( DIZ-nee; December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, 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 (22) and nominations (59) by an individual. He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award, among other honors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walt Disney is the most popular producer, the 48th most popular biography from United States (down from 36th in 2019) and the most popular American 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.

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, Walt Disney ranks 1 out of 140. After him are Harvey Weinstein, Carlo Ponti, Kathleen Kennedy, Robert Evans, Rick Rubin, Dino De Laurentiis, René Angélil, Simon Cowell, Jerry Bruckheimer, Phil Spector, and David O. Selznick.

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Contemporaries

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

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walt Disney ranks 48 out of 20,380. Before him are Emily Dickinson (1830), Michael Jackson (1958), Ernest Hemingway (1899), Al Gore (1948), George W. Bush (1946), and F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896). After him are Maria Callas (1923), George Marshall (1880), Mark Twain (1835), Aretha Franklin (1942), Janis Joplin (1943), and Robert De Niro (1943).

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Among PRODUCERS In United States

Among producers born in United States, Walt Disney ranks 1. After him are Harvey Weinstein (1952), Kathleen Kennedy (1953), Robert Evans (1930), Rick Rubin (1963), Jerry Bruckheimer (1943), Phil Spector (1939), David O. Selznick (1902), Joel Silver (1952), Gene Roddenberry (1921), Aaron Spelling (1923), and Darryl F. Zanuck (1902).

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