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Charb

1967 - 2015

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Stéphane Jean-Abel Michel Charbonnier (French: [ʃaʁbɔnje]; 21 August 1967 – 7 January 2015), better known as Charb ([ʃaʁb]), was a French satirical caricaturist and journalist. He was assassinated during the Charlie Hebdo shooting on 7 January 2015. He worked for several newspapers and magazines, joining Charlie Hebdo in 1992 and becoming the director of publication in 2009. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charb has received more than 579,034 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Charb is the 1,384th most popular painter (down from 1,308th in 2019), the 3,644th most popular biography from France (down from 3,507th in 2019) and the 228th most popular French Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Charb ranks 1,384 out of 2,023. Before him are Daniele Crespi, Edgar Ende, Henri Regnault, Charles-Antoine Coypel, Chen Hongshou, and Aleksandr Deyneka. After him are Alexander Bogomazov, Ellsworth Kelly, A. R. Penck, Joseph von Führich, Giacomo Ceruti, and Edward Robert Hughes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Charb ranks 129. Before him are Ciro Ferrara, Takehito Koyasu, Dan Petrescu, David Černý, Savanna Samson, and Thorsten Fink. After him are Peter Thiel, Mira Sorvino, Basile Boli, Henry Ian Cusick, Masha Gessen, and Daron Acemoglu. Among people deceased in 2015, Charb ranks 199. Before him are Wan Li, Slavko Avsenik, Frances Oldham Kelsey, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Beau Biden, and Daevid Allen. After him are Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Z'Dar, Ján Chryzostom Korec, Ants Antson, Oʻtkir Sultonov, and Nicolae Rainea.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charb ranks 3,644 out of 6,770. Before him are Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé (1599), Philippe Alliot (1954), Jean Rostand (1894), Nicholas Rémy (1530), Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694), and Henri Dupuy de Lôme (1816). After him are Laetitia Casta (1978), François de La Mothe Le Vayer (1588), Apollonie Sabatier (1822), Georges Lacombe (1868), Julie d'Aubigny (1670), and Daniel Duval (1944).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Charb ranks 228. Before him are François de Troy (1645), Edmond Aman-Jean (1858), Lucien Simon (1861), Joseph Duplessis (1725), Henri Regnault (1843), and Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694). After him are Henri-Jean Guillaume Martin (1860), François Marius Granet (1775), Gabriel François Doyen (1726), Julien Dupré (1851), Antoine Vollon (1833), and Constance Mayer (1775).

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