1938 - 2015
Jean Maurice Jules Cabut (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ mɔʁis ʒyl kaby]; 13 January 1938 – 7 January 2015), known by the pen-name Cabu (pronounced [kaby]), was a French comic strip artist and caricaturist. He was murdered in the January 2015 shooting attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper offices. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cabu has received more than 255,863 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Cabu is the 34th most popular comic artist (up from 38th in 2019), the 1,765th most popular biography from France (up from 1,998th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Cabu ranks 34 out of 174. Before him are Don Rosa, Georges Wolinski, Jean-Jacques Sempé, Hirohiko Araki, Jean-Claude Mézières, and Masashi Kishimoto. After him are Katsuhiro Otomo, Eiichiro Oda, Saul Steinberg, Bill Finger, Kentaro Miura, and Yoshihiro Togashi.
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 28
1934 - 2015
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 29
1932 - 2022
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 30
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 31
1938 - 2022
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 32
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 33
1938 - 2015
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 34
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 35
1975 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 36
1914 - 1999
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 37
1914 - 1974
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 38
1966 - 2021
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 39
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 40
Among people born in 1938, Cabu ranks 107. Before him are Bill Withers, Larry Scott, Ed Lauter, Jean-Claude Mézières, Tereza Kesovija, and Ted Turner. After him are Ryōji Noyori, Guy Roux, Keith O'Brien, Girish Karnad, Morihiro Hosokawa, and Lill-Babs. Among people deceased in 2015, Cabu ranks 82. Before him are Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Georges Wolinski, Árpád Göncz, Khaled al-Asaad, Dettmar Cramer, and Wayne Dyer. After him are Yaşar Kemal, Eldar Ryazanov, Licio Gelli, Ruth Rendell, Chantal Akerman, and Akiyuki Nosaka.
1938 - 2020
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 101
1938 - 2014
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 102
1938 - 2013
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 103
1938 - 2022
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 104
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 105
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 106
1938 - 2015
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 107
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 108
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 109
1938 - 2018
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 110
1938 - 2019
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 111
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 112
1938 - 2018
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 113
1939 - 2015
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 76
1934 - 2015
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 77
1922 - 2015
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 78
1932 - 2015
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 79
1925 - 2015
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 80
1940 - 2015
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 81
1938 - 2015
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 82
1923 - 2015
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 83
1927 - 2015
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 84
1919 - 2015
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 85
1930 - 2015
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 86
1950 - 2015
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 87
1930 - 2015
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 88
Among people born in France, Cabu ranks 1,765 out of 6,011. Before him are Louise de Coligny (1555), Leos Carax (1960), Paul Pelliot (1878), Charles Huntziger (1880), Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon (1844), and Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758). After him are Henri Delaunay (1883), Jacques Ellul (1912), Michelle of Valois (1395), Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848), Ravachol (1859), and Jules Brunet (1838).
1555 - 1620
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 1,759
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 1,760
1878 - 1945
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 1,761
1880 - 1941
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 1,762
1844 - 1910
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 1,763
1758 - 1823
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 1,764
1938 - 2015
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 1,765
1883 - 1955
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 1,766
1912 - 1994
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 1,767
1395 - 1422
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 1,768
1848 - 1884
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 1,769
1859 - 1892
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 1,770
1838 - 1911
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 1,771
Among comic artists born in France, Cabu ranks 6. Before him are René Goscinny (1926), Albert Uderzo (1927), Jean Giraud (1938), Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932), and Jean-Claude Mézières (1938). After him are Philippe Honoré (1941), Émile Cohl (1857), Jacques Tardi (1946), Tignous (1957), Jacques Martin (1921), and Claire Bretécher (1940).
1926 - 1977
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 1
1927 - 2020
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 2
1938 - 2012
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 3
1932 - 2022
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 4
1938 - 2022
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 5
1938 - 2015
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 6
1941 - 2015
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 7
1857 - 1938
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 8
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 9
1957 - 2015
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 10
1921 - 2010
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 11
1940 - 2020
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 12