1912 - 1988
Charles Samuel Addams (January 7, 1912 – September 29, 1988) was an American cartoonist known for his darkly humorous and macabre characters. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Addams has received more than 2,379,112 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Charles Addams is the 57th most popular comic artist (down from 49th in 2019), the 3,263rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,772nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Charles Addams ranks 57 out of 174. Before him are Frank Miller, Émile Cohl, Jerry Siegel, Naoko Takeuchi, Riyoko Ikeda, and Joe Shuster. After him are E. C. Segar, Art Spiegelman, Takeshi Obata, Guido Crepax, Masami Kurumada, and Mitsuru Adachi.
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 51
1857 - 1938
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 52
1914 - 1996
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 53
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 54
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 55
1914 - 1992
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 56
1912 - 1988
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 57
1894 - 1938
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 58
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 59
1969 - Present
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 60
1933 - 2003
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 61
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 62
1951 - Present
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 63
Among people born in 1912, Charles Addams ranks 138. Before him are Aymoré Moreira, Naoto Tajima, Kurt Sanderling, Rihei Sano, Martin Schwarzschild, and Kristina Söderbaum. After him are Béla Király, Kamala Sohonie, John Cheever, Georges Franju, Lev Kopelev, and Vladimir Bakarić. Among people deceased in 1988, Charles Addams ranks 87. Before him are Raymond Williams, Hal Ashby, Viktors Arājs, Mikha'il Na'ima, Seán MacBride, and Fritz Heider. After him are Hillel Slovak, Alec Issigonis, Hamengkubuwono IX, Aparicio Méndez, Erich Fried, and Paolo Stoppa.
1912 - 1998
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 132
1912 - 1990
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 133
1912 - 2011
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 134
1912 - 1992
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 135
1912 - 1997
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 136
1912 - 2001
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 137
1912 - 1988
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 138
1912 - 2009
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 139
1912 - 1998
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 140
1912 - 1982
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 141
1912 - 1987
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 142
1912 - 1997
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 143
1912 - 1983
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 144
1921 - 1988
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 81
1929 - 1988
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 82
1910 - 1988
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 83
1889 - 1988
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 84
1904 - 1988
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 85
1896 - 1988
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 86
1912 - 1988
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 87
1962 - 1988
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 88
1906 - 1988
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 89
1912 - 1988
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 90
1904 - 1988
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 91
1921 - 1988
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 92
1906 - 1988
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 93
Among people born in United States, Charles Addams ranks 3,263 out of 18,182. Before him are Dennis Meadows (1942), Stephenie Meyer (1973), Walter Cronkite (1916), George M. Dallas (1792), Steve Harvey (1957), and Paul Thomas Anderson (1970). After him are Rebecca De Mornay (1959), Roger Y. Tsien (1952), Eugene Odum (1913), Lars Peter Hansen (1952), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961), and Richie Ginther (1930).
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 3,257
1973 - Present
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 3,258
1916 - 2009
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 3,259
1792 - 1864
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 3,260
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 3,261
1970 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 3,262
1912 - 1988
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 3,263
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 3,264
1952 - 2016
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 3,265
1913 - 2002
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 3,266
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 3,267
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 3,268
1930 - 1989
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 3,269
Among comic artists born in United States, Charles Addams ranks 15. Before him are Will Eisner (1917), Don Rosa (1951), Bill Finger (1914), Charles M. Schulz (1922), Frank Miller (1957), and Jerry Siegel (1914). After him are E. C. Segar (1894), Richard F. Outcault (1863), Robert Crumb (1943), Al Taliaferro (1905), Lee Falk (1911), and Joe Simon (1913).
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 9
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 10
1914 - 1974
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 11
1922 - 2000
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 12
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 13
1914 - 1996
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 14
1912 - 1988
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 15
1894 - 1938
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 16
1863 - 1928
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 17
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 18
1905 - 1969
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 19
1911 - 1999
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 20
1913 - 2011
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 21