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Cornell Capa

1918 - 2008

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Cornell Capa (; born Kornél Friedmann; April 10, 1918 – May 23, 2008) was a Hungarian-American photographer, member of Magnum Photos, photo curator, and the younger brother of photo-journalist and war photographer Robert Capa. Graduating from Imre Madách Gymnasium in Budapest, he initially intended to study medicine, but instead joined his brother in Paris to pursue photography. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cornell Capa has received more than 102,397 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Cornell Capa is the 72nd most popular photographer (down from 55th in 2019), the 378th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 295th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Photographer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Cornell Capa ranks 72 out of 148. Before him are Wilson Bentley, Helen Levitt, David Bailey, Karimeh Abbud, Berry Berenson, and Gertrude Käsebier. After him are Gisèle Freund, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Guy Bourdin, Karl Blossfeldt, Paolo Monti, and Werner Bischof.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Cornell Capa ranks 161. Before him are Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Alfredo Ovando Candía, Ruggiero Ricci, Patachou, and Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad. After him are Zakaria Mohieddin, Alfréd Wetzler, Hermann Zapf, Pyotr Masherov, Venetia Burney, and Helen Stephens. Among people deceased in 2008, Cornell Capa ranks 168. Before him are Galyani Vadhana, Lydia Shum, Grigory Romanov, Simon Hantaï, Jürgen Ehlers, and John Phillip Law. After him are René Harris, Germaine Tillion, Paavo Haavikko, Levy Mwanawasa, Heinz Kwiatkowski, and Vija Artmane.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Cornell Capa ranks 378 out of 1,077. Before him are Árpád Weisz (1896), István Kertész (1929), Eva Klein (1925), Pál Losonczi (1919), Imre Makovecz (1935), and Charles Vidor (1900). After him are László Cseh (1910), Antal Szalay (1912), Zsigmond Móricz (1879), Zoltán Kocsis (1952), Iván Fischer (1951), and Ferenc Sas (1915).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Hungary

Among photographers born in Hungary, Cornell Capa ranks 3. Before him are André Kertész (1894), and Brassaï (1899).

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