1902 - 1984
Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ansel Adams has received more than 47,824,999 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Ansel Adams is the 53rd most popular photographer (down from 13th in 2019), the 3,706th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,401st in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Photographer.
Ansel Adams is most famous for his black and white photographs of the American West.
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Among photographers, Ansel Adams ranks 53 out of 105. Before him are Marc Riboud, Gisèle Freund, Cecil Beaton, Karl Blossfeldt, Inge Morath, and Sophie Calle. After him are Lennart Nilsson, Cornell Capa, Gustav Klutsis, Nan Goldin, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Étienne Carjat.
1923 - 2016
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 47
1908 - 2000
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 48
1904 - 1980
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 49
1865 - 1932
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 50
1923 - 2002
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 51
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 52
1902 - 1984
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 53
1922 - 2017
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 54
1918 - 2008
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 55
1895 - 1938
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 56
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 57
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 58
1828 - 1906
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 59
Among people born in 1902, Ansel Adams ranks 140. Before him are Regina Jonas, Fuad Chehab, Józef Maria Bocheński, Dutch Schultz, Josef Krips, and Luis Cernuda. After him are Zino Francescatti, Johan Borgen, Virginio Rosetta, Giovanni Colombo, Miriam Hopkins, and Thomas E. Dewey. Among people deceased in 1984, Ansel Adams ranks 102. Before him are Maximilian Fretter-Pico, Richard E. Bellman, Ernesto Mascheroni, Trygve Bratteli, Big Mama Thornton, and Adam Malik. After him are Walter Pidgeon, Manuel Fleitas Solich, Paul Ben-Haim, Uwe Johnson, Toni Turek, and William Powell.
1902 - 1944
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 134
1902 - 1973
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 135
1902 - 1995
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 136
1902 - 1935
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 137
1902 - 1974
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 138
1902 - 1963
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 139
1902 - 1984
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 140
1902 - 1991
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 141
1902 - 1979
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 142
1902 - 1975
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 143
1902 - 1992
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 144
1902 - 1972
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 145
1902 - 1971
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 146
1892 - 1984
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 96
1920 - 1984
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 97
1907 - 1984
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 98
1910 - 1984
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 99
1926 - 1984
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 100
1917 - 1984
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 101
1902 - 1984
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 102
1897 - 1984
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 103
1900 - 1984
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 104
1897 - 1984
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 105
1934 - 1984
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 106
1919 - 1984
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 107
1892 - 1984
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 108
Among people born in United States, Ansel Adams ranks 3,706 out of 18,182. Before him are Ann Miller (1923), John Milius (1944), Jennifer Morrison (1979), Vince Neil (1961), James A. Michener (1907), and Grover Washington Jr. (1943). After him are Paula Abdul (1962), Lois Smith (1930), James M. Gavin (1907), Russ Tamblyn (1934), Eric Dolphy (1928), and Scott Carpenter (1925).
1923 - 2004
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 3,700
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 3,701
1979 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 3,702
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 3,703
1907 - 1997
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 3,704
1943 - 1999
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 3,705
1902 - 1984
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 3,706
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 3,707
1930 - Present
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 3,708
1907 - 1990
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 3,709
1934 - Present
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 3,710
1928 - 1964
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 3,711
1925 - 2013
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 3,712
Among photographers born in United States, Ansel Adams ranks 13. Before him are Irving Penn (1917), Lewis Hine (1874), Edward Weston (1886), Berenice Abbott (1898), Paul Strand (1890), and Carl Van Vechten (1880). After him are Nan Goldin (1953), Berry Berenson (1948), William Klein (1928), Herb Ritts (1952), Imogen Cunningham (1883), and Wilson Bentley (1865).
1917 - 2009
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 7
1874 - 1940
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 8
1886 - 1958
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 9
1898 - 1991
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 10
1890 - 1976
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 11
1880 - 1964
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 12
1902 - 1984
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 13
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 14
1948 - 2001
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 15
1928 - 2022
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 16
1952 - 2002
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 17
1883 - 1976
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 18
1865 - 1931
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 19