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Edith Head

1897 - 1981

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Edith Claire Head (née Posenor, October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who won a record eight Academy Awards for Best Costume Design between 1949 and 1973, making her the most awarded woman in the Academy's history. Head is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential costume designers in film history. Born and raised in California, Head started her career as a Spanish teacher, but was interested in design. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edith Head has received more than 2,129,810 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Edith Head is the 9,338th most popular politician (down from 9,111th in 2019), the 3,222nd most popular biography from United States (up from 3,280th in 2019) and the 206th most popular American Politician.

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  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Edith Head ranks 9,338 out of 19,576. Before her are Constantin Dăscălescu, Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut, Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen, Gertrude of Süpplingenburg, Odo II, Duke of Burgundy, and Nicolás Bravo. After her are Cai Yuanpei, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, Titus Annius Milo, Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Bahubali, and John I, Duke of Saxony.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Edith Head ranks 135. Before her are Štefan Tiso, Valentin Kataev, Traicho Kostov, Xu Zhimo, Peter Högl, and Nima Yooshij. After her are Georgios Grivas, Wilfred Bion, August Heissmeyer, Horace McCoy, Wilhelm Falley, and Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. Among people deceased in 1981, Edith Head ranks 87. Before her are Helmut Gröttrup, Nargis, Jerzy Neyman, Michele Andreolo, Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, and Ivan Eklind. After her are Rensis Likert, Edvard Kocbek, Mohammad Beheshti, Paul Anspach, Victor Kugler, and Carl Ludwig Siegel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edith Head ranks 3,222 out of 20,380. Before her are Sherm Clark (1899), Eric Hoffer (1898), Lois McMaster Bujold (1949), Douglas Diamond (1953), Edward Calvin Kendall (1972), and Joseph Valachi (1904). After her are Jennifer Rush (1960), M. Emmet Walsh (1935), Ciara (1985), Herb Ritts (1952), Andrea Dworkin (1946), and Jill St. John (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Edith Head ranks 206. Before her are Victoria Woodhull (1838), Dean Rusk (1909), Janet Jagan (1920), Leon Panetta (1938), Charles J. Guiteau (1841), and James F. Byrnes (1882). After her are Garret Hobart (1844), Barry Goldwater (1909), Gall (1840), Chuck Schumer (1950), Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), and P. J. Kennedy (1858).

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