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PHOTOGRAPHER

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 96,646 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Cornell Capa is the 55th most popular photographer (down from 52nd in 2019), the 295th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 267th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Photographer.

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  • 97k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Cornell Capa ranks 55 out of 105. Before him are Cecil Beaton, Karl Blossfeldt, Inge Morath, Sophie Calle, Ansel Adams, and Lennart Nilsson. After him are Gustav Klutsis, Nan Goldin, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Étienne Carjat, René Burri, and Manuel Álvarez Bravo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Cornell Capa ranks 139. Before him are Ángel Labruna, Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, Anatoly Tarasov, Abdul Haris Nasution, Elmore James, and Ján Kadár. After him are Hermann Zapf, Georgios Rallis, Sandro Puppo, Mehdi Huseynzade, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and Patachou. Among people deceased in 2008, Cornell Capa ranks 128. Before him are Philipp von Boeselager, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Vice Vukov, Pak Song-chol, Guillaume Depardieu, and Mieczysław Rakowski. After him are Dorival Caymmi, Majel Barrett, Jean-Daniel Cadinot, Maila Nurmi, Alfonso López Trujillo, and Joan Segarra.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Cornell Capa ranks 295 out of 866. Before him are Isidor Gunsberg (1854), Géza Toldi (1909), Ferenc Nagy (1903), Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria (1867), Ján Kadár (1918), and Mihály Vörösmarty (1800). After him are Gyula Kellner (1871), László Benedek (1905), György Orth (1901), Peter Lax (1926), Márton Bukovi (1903), and Zoltán Fábri (1917).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Hungary

Among photographers born in Hungary, Cornell Capa ranks 2. Before him are André Kertész (1894).

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