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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. Although he lost control of his film businesses in 1930, his name was used by 20th Century Fox (now part of the Walt Disney Company) and continues to be used in the trademarks of the present-day Fox Corporation, including the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News, Fox Sports and Foxtel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Fox is the 24th most popular producer (down from 19th in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 206th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Producer.

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Among PRODUCERS

Among producers, William Fox ranks 24 out of 140. Before him are Samuel Goldwyn, Aaron Spelling, Raymond Chow, Branko Lustig, Darryl F. Zanuck, and Albert R. Broccoli. After him are Irving Thalberg, Aurelio De Laurentiis, John de Mol Jr., Claude Berri, Franco Cristaldi, and Don Simpson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, William Fox ranks 72. Before him are Agrippina Vaganova, Samuel Goldwyn, Ethel Barrymore, Frederick Schule, Alfred Korzybski, and Dwight F. Davis. After him are René Pottier, Bernhard Schmidt, Henri Wallon, Aleksandar Tsankov, Eli Heckscher, and Jacques Copeau. Among people deceased in 1952, William Fox ranks 60. Before him are Michael von Faulhaber, Takenoshin Nakai, Otto Dietrich, Carlo Sforza, Paul Neményi, and Keisuke Okada. After him are Clark L. Hull, Waldemar Bonsels, Henri Winkelman, Eli Heckscher, Albert Forster, and Kenwa Mabuni.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, William Fox ranks 235 out of 1,077. Before him are László Bárdossy (1890), Chaka of Bulgaria (1210), László Krasznahorkai (1954), Eva Klein (1925), Mihály Lantos (1928), and Andrew Grove (1936). After him are Jenő Buzánszky (1925), Eugene Ormandy (1899), Ödön Lechner (1845), Péter Esterházy (1950), Fajsz (900), and Tommy Ramone (1949).

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Among PRODUCERS In Hungary

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

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