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Adolf Born

1930 - 2016

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Adolf Born (12 June 1930 – 22 May 2016) was a Czech painter, illustrator, filmmaker and caricaturist, "known for his murkily-tinted pictures of bizarre fauna, and Victorian gentlemen in top hats and top coats". In recognition of his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator, Born was a finalist for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolf Born has received more than 53,739 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Born is the 5,041st most popular writer (down from 4,854th in 2019), the 627th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 576th in 2019) and the 71st most popular Czech Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 54k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Adolf Born ranks 5,041 out of 7,302. Before him are Raymond Schwartz, Andrejs Upīts, Vittoria Aganoor, Agapius of Hierapolis, Ahlam Mosteghanemi, and João Cabral de Melo Neto. After him are Steven Pressfield, Karolina Světlá, Han Yong-un, Chris Van Allsburg, René Maran, and Jean Aicard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Adolf Born ranks 418. Before him are Anatoly Kuznetsov, Ora Namir, Zdeněk Mlynář, Andrey Petrov, Ignazio Fabra, and Pat Robertson. After him are Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev, Elmira Minita Gordon, Federico Vairo, Hryhorii Chapkis, Rafael Cadenas, and Eino Tamberg. Among people deceased in 2016, Adolf Born ranks 353. Before him are Terence Bayler, Tom Hayden, Solomon W. Golomb, Whitney Smith, Arthur Harnden, and Raúl Cárdenas. After him are Eliseo Prado, Bobby Vee, Hermann Kant, Mark Dvoretsky, Alfred G. Knudson, and Ottavio Bugatti.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Adolf Born ranks 627 out of 1,200. Before him are Pavel Kuka (1968), Jaromír Nohavica (1953), Zdeněk Mlynář (1930), Jan Kaplický (1937), Zdeněk Pecka (1954), and Jan Kotěra (1871). After him are Karolina Světlá (1830), Jan Brzák-Felix (1912), Václav Hovorka (1931), Miloslava Rezková (1950), Karel Halíř (1859), and František Čelakovský (1799).

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Among WRITERS In Czechia

Among writers born in Czechia, Adolf Born ranks 71. Before him are Bohuslav Balbín (1621), Svatopluk Čech (1846), Patrik Ouředník (1957), Karel Sabina (1813), František Halas (1901), and Hellmuth Karasek (1934). After him are Karolina Světlá (1830), František Čelakovský (1799), Emil František Burian (1904), Petr Bezruč (1867), Jakub Arbes (1840), and Otokar Březina (1868).

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