COMIC ARTIST

Charles Addams

1912 - 1988

Charles Addams

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 2,363,583 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Charles Addams is the 44th most popular comic artist (up from 57th in 2019), the 2,426th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,255th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Comic Artist.

Memorability Metrics

2.4M
Page Views (PV)
56.50
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
32
Languages Editions (L)
3.74
Effective Languages (L*)
3.84
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Charles Addams by language

Over the past year Charles Addams has had the most page views in the English wikipedia edition with 206,848 views, followed by Russian (17,948), and Spanish (16,022). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (398.11%), Latvian (180.24%), and Esperanto (151.69%)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Charles Addams ranks 44 out of 226. Before him are Will Eisner, Philippe Honoré, Caran d'Ache, Shotaro Ishinomori, Guillermo Mordillo, and Gosho Aoyama. After him are Bill Finger, Monkey Punch, Masashi Kishimoto, Riyoko Ikeda, Frank Miller, and Naoko Takeuchi.

Most Popular Comic Artists in Wikipedia

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Will Eisner
1917 - 2005
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 38
Philippe Honoré
1941 - 2015
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 39
Caran d'Ache
1858 - 1909
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 40
Shotaro Ishinomori
1938 - 1998
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 41
Guillermo Mordillo
1932 - 2019
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 42
Gosho Aoyama
1963 - Present
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 43
Charles Addams
1912 - 1988
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 44
Bill Finger
1914 - 1974
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 45
Monkey Punch
1937 - 2019
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 46
Masashi Kishimoto
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 47
Riyoko Ikeda
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 48
Frank Miller
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 49
Naoko Takeuchi
1967 - Present
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 50

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Charles Addams ranks 108. Before him are Yuen Siu-tien, Fritz Fischer, Khertek Anchimaa-Toka, Edmond Jabès, Hasan Salama, and Perry Como. After him are Kim Sung-gan, Isidro Lángara, Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Yaroslav Stetsko, Barbara W. Tuchman, and Kaneto Shindo. Among people deceased in 1988, Charles Addams ranks 70. Before him are Henry Murray, Branko Zebec, Takeo Miki, Anna Mahler, Piero Taruffi, and Viktors Arājs. After him are Andrija Artuković, Edgar Faure, Ilona Elek, Raymond Dart, Mikha'il Na'ima, and Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar.

Others Born in 1912

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Yuen Siu-tien
ACTOR
1912 - 1979
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 102
Fritz Fischer
POLITICIAN
1912 - 2003
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 103
Khertek Anchimaa-Toka
POLITICIAN
1912 - 2008
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 104
Edmond Jabès
WRITER
1912 - 1991
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 105
Hasan Salama
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1912 - 1948
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 106
Perry Como
SINGER
1912 - 2001
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 107
Charles Addams
COMIC ARTIST
1912 - 1988
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 108
Kim Sung-gan
SOCCER PLAYER
1912 - 1984
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 109
Isidro Lángara
SOCCER PLAYER
1912 - 1992
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 110
Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov
MATHEMATICIAN
1912 - 1999
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 111
Yaroslav Stetsko
POLITICIAN
1912 - 1986
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 112
Barbara W. Tuchman
HISTORIAN
1912 - 1989
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 113
Kaneto Shindo
FILM DIRECTOR
1912 - 2012
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 114