1924 - 1997
André Franquin (French: [fʁɑ̃kɛ̃]; 3 January 1924 – 5 January 1997) was an influential Belgian comics artist, whose best-known creations are Gaston and Marsupilami. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Franquin has received more than 204,543 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). André Franquin is the 21st most popular comic artist (up from 26th in 2019), the 161st most popular biography from Belgium (up from 182nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, André Franquin ranks 21 out of 174. Before him are Bob Kane, Morris, Tsugumi Ohba, Rumiko Takahashi, Go Nagai, and Steve Ditko. After him are Quino, Leiji Matsumoto, Milo Manara, Alan Moore, Winsor McCay, and Will Eisner.
1915 - 1998
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 15
1923 - 2001
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 16
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 17
1957 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 18
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 19
1927 - 2018
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 20
1924 - 1997
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 21
1932 - 2020
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 22
1938 - 2023
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 23
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 24
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 25
1867 - 1934
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 26
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 27
Among people born in 1924, André Franquin ranks 68. Before him are Ephraim Kishon, Antony Hewish, Michel Tournier, Raj Kapoor, Ante Marković, and Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq. After him are Dorothy Malone, Alexandre José Maria dos Santos, Leonid Kogan, Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Rauf Denktaş, and Tomiichi Murayama. Among people deceased in 1997, André Franquin ranks 63. Before him are Yuri Nikulin, Miguel Najdorf, Narciso Yepes, Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, Marco Ferreri, and Masaru Ibuka. After him are Roland Topor, Friedrich Hund, Barbara, Stig Anderson, Fela Kuti, and Yevgeny Khaldei.
1924 - 2005
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 62
1924 - 2021
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 63
1924 - 2016
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 64
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 65
1924 - 2011
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 66
1924 - 1988
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 67
1924 - 1997
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 68
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 69
1924 - 2021
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 70
1924 - 1982
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 71
1924 - 2018
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 72
1924 - 2012
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 73
1924 - Present
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 74
1921 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 57
1910 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 58
1927 - 1997
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 59
1903 - 1997
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 60
1928 - 1997
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 61
1908 - 1997
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 62
1924 - 1997
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 63
1938 - 1997
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 64
1896 - 1997
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 65
1930 - 1997
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 66
1931 - 1997
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 67
1938 - 1997
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 68
1917 - 1997
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 69
Among people born in Belgium, André Franquin ranks 161 out of 1,019. Before him are Leo Baekeland (1863), Charles Michel (1975), John I, Duke of Brabant (1252), Bavo of Ghent (589), Blanche of Namur (1320), and Princess Louise of Belgium (1858). After him are Pierre De Geyter (1848), Silvio Gesell (1862), Zénobe Gramme (1826), Bernard van Orley (1487), Laura Marx (1845), and Heinrich Isaac (1450).
1863 - 1944
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 155
1975 - Present
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 156
1252 - 1294
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 157
589 - 654
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 158
1320 - 1363
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 159
1858 - 1924
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 160
1924 - 1997
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 161
1848 - 1932
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 162
1862 - 1930
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 163
1826 - 1901
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 164
1487 - 1541
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 165
1845 - 1911
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 166
1450 - 1517
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 167
Among comic artists born in Belgium, André Franquin ranks 4. Before him are Hergé (1907), Peyo (1928), and Morris (1923). After him are Benoît Sokal (1954), Jean-Michel Charlier (1924), Hermann Huppen (1938), Jijé (1914), Willy Vandersteen (1913), and Greg (1931).
1907 - 1983
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 1
1928 - 1992
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 2
1923 - 2001
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 3
1924 - 1997
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 4
1954 - 2021
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 5
1924 - 1989
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 6
1938 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 7
1914 - 1980
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 8
1913 - 1990
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 9
1931 - 1999
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 10