1894 - 1938
Elzie Crisler Segar (; December 8, 1894 – October 13, 1938), known by the pen name E. C. Segar, was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of Popeye, a pop culture character who first appeared in 1929 in Segar's comic strip Thimble Theatre.Charles M. Schulz said of Segar's work: "I think Popeye was a perfect comic strip, consistent in drawing and humor". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of E. C. Segar has received more than 706,151 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. E. C. Segar is the 58th most popular comic artist (down from 47th in 2019), the 3,309th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,623rd in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, E. C. Segar ranks 58 out of 174. Before him are Émile Cohl, Jerry Siegel, Naoko Takeuchi, Riyoko Ikeda, Joe Shuster, and Charles Addams. After him are Art Spiegelman, Takeshi Obata, Guido Crepax, Masami Kurumada, Mitsuru Adachi, and Chica Umino.
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
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 64
Among people born in 1894, E. C. Segar ranks 108. Before him are Frans G. Bengtsson, Nedo Nadi, Boris Lyatoshinsky, Warren Weaver, Ángel Romano, and Maria Restituta Kafka. After him are Varvara Stepanova, Sofoklis Venizelos, Yury Tynyanov, Jerzy Neyman, Jack Thayer, and Kyuichi Tokuda. Among people deceased in 1938, E. C. Segar ranks 98. Before him are Reginald Johnston, Andrei Bubnov, William Wallace Campbell, Ahn Changho, Branislaw Tarashkyevich, and Prince Arthur of Connaught. After him are Kazimierz Twardowski, George Ellery Hale, Prince Johann Georg of Saxony, Ernest William Brown, John Flanagan, and Ramón Franco.
1894 - 1954
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 102
1894 - 1940
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 103
1894 - 1968
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 104
1894 - 1978
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 105
1894 - 1972
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 106
1894 - 1943
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 107
1894 - 1938
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 108
1894 - 1958
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 109
1894 - 1964
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 110
1894 - 1943
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 111
1894 - 1981
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 112
1894 - 1945
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 113
1894 - 1953
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 114
1874 - 1938
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 92
1883 - 1938
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 93
1862 - 1938
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 94
1876 - 1938
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 95
1892 - 1938
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 96
1883 - 1938
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 97
1894 - 1938
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 98
1866 - 1938
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 99
1868 - 1938
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 100
1869 - 1938
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 101
1866 - 1938
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 102
1873 - 1938
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 103
1896 - 1938
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 104
Among people born in United States, E. C. Segar ranks 3,309 out of 18,182. Before him are Tom Holland (1943), Doris Hart (1925), Benny Golson (1929), Marian Anderson (1897), Crispin Glover (1964), and Garret Hobart (1844). After him are Alan Wilson (1943), Ken Jenkins (1940), Irene Dunne (1898), Jason Miller (1939), Holland Smith (1882), and Craig T. Nelson (1944).
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 3,303
1925 - 2015
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 3,304
1929 - Present
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 3,305
1897 - 1993
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 3,306
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 3,307
1844 - 1899
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 3,308
1894 - 1938
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 3,309
1943 - 1970
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 3,310
1940 - Present
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 3,311
1898 - 1990
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 3,312
1939 - 2001
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 3,313
1882 - 1967
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 3,314
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.16
Rank: 3,315
Among comic artists born in United States, E. C. Segar ranks 16. Before him are Don Rosa (1951), Bill Finger (1914), Charles M. Schulz (1922), Frank Miller (1957), Jerry Siegel (1914), and Charles Addams (1912). After him are Richard F. Outcault (1863), Robert Crumb (1943), Al Taliaferro (1905), Lee Falk (1911), Joe Simon (1913), and Jim Davis (1945).
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
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 22