COMIC ARTIST

Émile Cohl

1857 - 1938

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Émile Eugène Jean Louis Cohl (French: [kol]; né Courtet; 4 January 1857 – 20 January 1938) was a French caricaturist of the Incoherent Movement, cartoonist, and animator, called "The Father of the Animated Cartoon". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Émile Cohl has received more than 260,936 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Émile Cohl is the 53rd most popular comic artist (down from 52nd in 2019), the 2,699th most popular biography from France (down from 2,440th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Comic Artist.

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  • 54.71

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Émile Cohl ranks 53 out of 226. Before him are Masashi Kishimoto, Riyoko Ikeda, Frank Miller, Naoko Takeuchi, Charles M. Schulz, and Masami Kurumada. After him are Guido Crepax, Marjane Satrapi, Enki Bilal, Marco Rota, Saul Steinberg, and Romano Scarpa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Émile Cohl ranks 65. Before him are Gotō Shinpei, Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, Alfred Loisy, Luigi Illica, Fergus Suter, and Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje. After him are Oskar von Hutier, Julius Popper, Hermann Sudermann, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Simon Hollósy, and Léon Charles Thévenin. Among people deceased in 1938, Émile Cohl ranks 96. Before him are Octavian Goga, Hans Litten, Jānis K. Bērziņš, King Oliver, Frigyes Karinthy, and John Flanagan. After him are Otto Warburg, Axel Ljung, Joseph Strauss, Kazimierz Twardowski, Boris Pilnyak, and Hovhannes Kajaznuni.

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In France

Among people born in France, Émile Cohl ranks 2,699 out of 6,770. Before him are Margaret I, Countess of Flanders (1145), Christophe (1945), Louise Colet (1810), Emmeram of Regensburg (600), Roger Chartier (1945), and Léon Brunschvicg (1869). After him are Gabriel Voisin (1880), Ferdinand Hérold (1791), Charles Lecocq (1832), Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (1913), Claude Farrère (1876), and Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In France

Among comic artists born in France, Émile Cohl ranks 7. Before him are René Goscinny (1926), Albert Uderzo (1927), Jean Giraud (1938), Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932), Cabu (1938), and Philippe Honoré (1941). After him are Jacques Tardi (1946), Tignous (1957), Jean-Claude Mézières (1938), Jacques Martin (1921), Gotlib (1934), and Claire Bretécher (1940).

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