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Bill Viola

1951 - 2024

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William John Viola Jr. (US: VY-oh-lə, UK: VEE-oh-lə; January 25, 1951 – July 12, 2024) was an American video artist whose artistic expression depended upon electronic, sound, and image technology in new media. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Viola has received more than 394,730 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Bill Viola is the 46th most popular artist (up from 49th in 2019), the 2,517th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,716th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Bill Viola ranks 46 out of 125. Before him are Marianne Brandt, Herbert Bayer, Hermann Nitsch, Nicholas of Verdun, Ivan Fyodorov, and Theo Jansen. After him are Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Carlos Páez Vilaró, Hasui Kawase, William Etty, Yoshitaka Amano, and Bruno Munari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Bill Viola ranks 115. Before him are Jean-Jacques Goldman, Beverly D'Angelo, Julian Schnabel, Ubol Ratana, Edward Witten, and John McTiernan. After him are Vera Fischer, Lynda Carter, Horst Hrubesch, Phankham Viphavanh, Salih Muslim, and Joachim Streich. Among people deceased in 2024, Bill Viola ranks 81. Before him are Shannen Doherty, Jan Assmann, Philippe de Gaulle, Veljko Bulajić, Bernd Hölzenbein, and Frans de Waal. After him are Vaino Väljas, Philippe Leroy, Choe Thae-bok, James Herbert Brennan, Jürgen Moltmann, and Sergei Novikov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bill Viola ranks 2,517 out of 20,380. Before him are Matt Cameron (1962), John McTiernan (1951), Lady Randolph Churchill (1854), Ann Dunham (1942), Gene Deitch (1924), and Cornell Woolrich (1903). After him are Heather Locklear (1961), Lynda Carter (1951), David Julius (1955), Cyd Charisse (1922), Richard Roundtree (1942), and Pam Grier (1949).

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Among ARTISTS In United States

Among artists born in United States, Bill Viola ranks 8. Before him are Roy Lichtenstein (1923), Keith Haring (1958), Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960), Barnett Newman (1905), Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848), and Jeff Koons (1955). After him are Judy Chicago (1939), James Montgomery Flagg (1877), Vito Acconci (1940), Robert Indiana (1928), Gilbert Baker (1951), and Gordon Matta-Clark (1943).

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