1898 - 1976
Alexander Calder (; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his monumental public sculptures. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Calder has received more than 1,804,505 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 47 in 2019). Alexander Calder is the 15th most popular sculptor (up from 16th in 2019), the 421st most popular biography from United States (down from 395th in 2019) and the most popular American Sculptor.
Alexander Calder is most famous for his mobiles, which are sculptures that hang from the ceiling and move with the air currents.
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Among sculptors, Alexander Calder ranks 15 out of 189. Before him are Lysippos, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Antonio Canova, Constantin Brâncuși, Bertel Thorvaldsen, and Scopas. After him are Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Giambologna, Marie Tussaud, Henry Moore, Lars Vilks, and Jacopo Sansovino.
390 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 9
1378 - 1455
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 10
1757 - 1822
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 11
1876 - 1957
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 12
1770 - 1844
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 13
395 BC - 350 BC
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 14
1898 - 1976
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 15
1834 - 1904
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 16
1529 - 1608
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 17
1761 - 1850
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 18
1898 - 1986
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 19
1946 - 2021
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 20
1486 - 1570
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 21
Among people born in 1898, Alexander Calder ranks 19. Before him are William James Sidis, Herbert Marcuse, Liu Shaoqi, C. S. Lewis, Tamara de Lempicka, and Trofim Lysenko. After him are Gunnar Myrdal, Hans Krebs, Rodion Malinovsky, Henry Moore, Leo Szilard, and Isidor Isaac Rabi. Among people deceased in 1976, Alexander Calder ranks 19. Before him are André Malraux, Trofim Lysenko, Man Ray, Benjamin Britten, Henrik Dam, and J. Paul Getty. After him are Ulrike Meinhof, Joachim Peiper, Benjamin Graham, Jacques Monod, Anneliese Michel, and Eyvind Johnson.
1898 - 1944
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 13
1898 - 1979
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 14
1898 - 1969
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 15
1898 - 1963
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 16
1898 - 1980
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 17
1898 - 1976
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 18
1898 - 1976
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 19
1898 - 1987
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 20
1898 - 1945
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 21
1898 - 1967
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 22
1898 - 1986
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 23
1898 - 1964
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 24
1898 - 1988
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 25
1901 - 1976
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 13
1898 - 1976
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 14
1890 - 1976
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 15
1913 - 1976
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 16
1895 - 1976
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 17
1892 - 1976
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 18
1898 - 1976
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 19
1934 - 1976
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 20
1915 - 1976
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 21
1894 - 1976
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 22
1910 - 1976
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 23
1952 - 1976
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 24
1900 - 1976
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 25
Among people born in United States, Alexander Calder ranks 421 out of 18,182. Before him are Millard Fillmore (1800), Black Dahlia (1924), Gertrude Stein (1874), Dwayne Johnson (1972), Harold Ramis (1944), and Colin Powell (1937). After him are John Tyler (1790), Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959), Albert Fish (1870), William G. Morgan (1870), Caitlyn Jenner (1949), and Mike Tyson (1966).
1800 - 1874
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 415
1924 - 1947
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 416
1874 - 1946
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 417
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 418
1944 - 2014
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 419
1937 - 2021
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 420
1898 - 1976
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 421
1790 - 1862
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 422
1959 - 1997
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 423
1870 - 1936
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 424
1870 - 1942
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 425
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 426
1966 - Present
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 427
Among sculptors born in United States, Alexander Calder ranks 1. After him are Isamu Noguchi (1904), Robert Smithson (1938), Dan Flavin (1933), Walter De Maria (1935), Robert Morris (1931), Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), Duane Hanson (1925), Jacob Epstein (1880), Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875), and Audrey Munson (1891).
1898 - 1976
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 1
1904 - 1988
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 2
1938 - 1973
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 3
1933 - 1996
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 4
1935 - 2013
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 5
1931 - 2018
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 6
1938 - 2011
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 7
1878 - 1939
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 8
1925 - 1996
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 9
1880 - 1959
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 10
1875 - 1942
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 11
1891 - 1996
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 12