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COMIC ARTIST

André Franquin

1924 - 1997

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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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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, André Franquin ranks 21 out of 174Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, André Franquin ranks 68Before 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 63Before 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.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, André Franquin ranks 161 out of 1,019Before 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).

Among COMIC ARTISTS In Belgium

Among comic artists born in Belgium, André Franquin ranks 4Before 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).