PHOTOGRAPHER

Alberto Korda

1928 - 2001

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Alberto Díaz Gutiérrez (September 14, 1928 – May 25, 2001), better known as Alberto Korda or simply Korda, was a Cuban photographer, remembered for his famous image Guerrillero Heroico of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alberto Korda has received more than 464,692 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Alberto Korda is the 4th most popular photographer (up from 6th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Cuban Photographer.

Alberto Korda is most famous for his iconic photograph of Che Guevara.

Memorability Metrics

  • 460k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 70.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Alberto Korda ranks 4 out of 148. Before him are Nadar, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Helmut Newton. After him are Robert Doisneau, Alexander Rodchenko, Eadweard Muybridge, Dora Maar, Heinrich Hoffmann, Vivian Maier, Elliott Erwitt, and Julia Margaret Cameron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Alberto Korda ranks 34. Before him are Kim Yong-nam, Alvin Toffler, Elie Wiesel, Martin Cooper, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, and Martin Landau. After him are Domenico Modugno, Peyo, Hans Küng, George Peppard, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, and Manfred Gerlach. Among people deceased in 2001, Alberto Korda ranks 20. Before him are Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Christiaan Barnard, Fred Hoyle, Wilhelm Mohnke, Iannis Xenakis, and Gilbert Bécaud. After him are Ernst Gombrich, Douglas Adams, Nikolay Basov, Marie José of Belgium, Clifford Shull, and Robert Ludlum.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Alberto Korda ranks 9 out of 300. Before him are Fulgencio Batista (1901), José Raúl Capablanca (1888), Italo Calvino (1923), José Martí (1853), Paul Lafargue (1842), and Camilo Cienfuegos (1932). After him are Andy García (1956), Gloria Estefan (1957), Compay Segundo (1907), Emilio Mola (1887), Celia Cruz (1925), and Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado (1919).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Cuba

Among photographers born in Cuba, Alberto Korda ranks 1. 

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