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PHOTOGRAPHER

Brassaï

1899 - 1984

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Brassaï (French: [bʁa'saj]; 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 370,108 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Brassaï is the 18th most popular photographer, the 310th most popular biography from Austria (down from 307th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Brassaï ranks 18 out of 105. Before him are Alfred Stieglitz, Diane Arbus, Julia Margaret Cameron, Felice Beato, Annie Leibovitz, and Nobuyoshi Araki. After him are Wilhelm von Gloeden, André Kertész, Gunter Sachs, Josef Koudelka, Richard Avedon, and August Sander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Brassaï ranks 60. Before him are Georges Auric, P. L. Travers, Georges Bidault, Philipp Bouhler, Leo Strauss, and Burt Munro. After him are Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Andrei Platonov, Aksel Sandemose, Franz Jonas, Nadezhda Mandelstam, and Fritz Bayerlein. Among people deceased in 1984, Brassaï ranks 41. Before him are Irwin Shaw, Moshé Feldenkrais, Henri Michaux, Oskar Werner, Joseph Losey, and Tito Gobbi. After him are Janet Gaynor, James Mason, Yılmaz Güney, Enrico Berlinguer, Pavel Batitsky, and Walter Rauff.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Brassaï ranks 310 out of 1,237. Before him are Hans Makart (1840), Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1737), Clemence of Austria (1262), Joe Zawinul (1932), Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy (1714), and Paul Wittgenstein (1887). After him are Raoul Hausmann (1886), Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (1628), Friedrich Gulda (1930), Gerhard Berger (1959), and Johann Joseph Fux (1660).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Austria

Among photographers born in Austria, Brassaï ranks 1. After him are Inge Morath (1923), Lisette Model (1901), and Willy Puchner (1952).

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