PHOTOGRAPHER

Brassaï

1899 - 1984

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Brassaï (French: [bʁasaj]; pseudonym of Gyula Halász; 9 September 1899 – 8 July 1984) was a Hungarian–French photographer, sculptor, medalist, writer, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Brassaï has received more than 388,554 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Brassaï is the 18th most popular photographer, the 145th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 310th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 390k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Brassaï ranks 18 out of 148. Before him are Julia Margaret Cameron, Gunter Sachs, Felice Beato, Wilhelm von Gloeden, André Kertész, and Nobuyoshi Araki. After him are Annie Leibovitz, Diane Arbus, Alfred Stieglitz, Josef Koudelka, Richard Avedon, and August Sander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Brassaï ranks 59. Before him are Louis Hjelmslev, Lao She, Lev Kuleshov, Andrei Platonov, Alma Reville, and Fritz Bayerlein. After him are Ludwig Guttmann, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Philipp Bouhler, Georges Bidault, Louis Chiron, and Burt Munro. Among people deceased in 1984, Brassaï ranks 47. Before him are Enrico Berlinguer, Moshé Feldenkrais, Walter Rauff, Pavel Batitsky, James Mason, and Yılmaz Güney. After him are Jackie Coogan, Jerzy Popiełuszko, Joseph Losey, Chaïm Perelman, George Gaylord Simpson, and Branko Ćopić.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Brassaï ranks 145 out of 1,077. Before him are Katalin Novák (1977), Arthur Nikisch (1855), Ferenc Deák (1803), Béla Tarr (1955), Michael Polanyi (1891), and György Sárosi (1912). After him are Gyula Lóránt (1923), Leopold Auer (1845), Nikolaus Lenau (1802), Ágnes Keleti (1921), Gusztáv Jány (1883), and Ferenc Mádl (1931).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Hungary

Among photographers born in Hungary, Brassaï ranks 2. Before him are André Kertész (1894). After him are Cornell Capa (1918).

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