PHOTOGRAPHER

Elliott Erwitt

1928 - 2023

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Elliott Erwitt (born Elio Romano Erwitz, July 26, 1928 – November 29, 2023) was a French-born American advertising and documentary photographer known for his black and white candid photos of ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elliott Erwitt has received more than 423,995 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Elliott Erwitt is the 11th most popular photographer (up from 25th in 2019), the 1,081st most popular biography from France (up from 1,665th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Photographer.

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  • 62.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Elliott Erwitt ranks 11 out of 148. Before him are Robert Doisneau, Alexander Rodchenko, Eadweard Muybridge, Dora Maar, Heinrich Hoffmann, and Vivian Maier. After him are Julia Margaret Cameron, Gunter Sachs, Felice Beato, Wilhelm von Gloeden, André Kertész, and Nobuyoshi Araki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Elliott Erwitt ranks 58. Before him are Arnold Rüütel, Karlheinz Böhm, Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Geert Hofstede, Li Peng, and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. After him are Carl Woese, Jacques Rivette, Hardy Krüger, Giampiero Boniperti, Gene Sharp, and Joe Jackson. Among people deceased in 2023, Elliott Erwitt ranks 71. Before him are Harry Markowitz, Cormac McCarthy, Tony Bennett, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Gordon Moore, and Mary Quant. After him are Roger Whittaker, Piper Laurie, Albert Azaryan, Charlie Munger, Amancio Amaro, and Ivan Silayev.

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In France

Among people born in France, Elliott Erwitt ranks 1,081 out of 6,770. Before him are Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy (1756), Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona (1082), Theudebert II (585), Desireless (1952), Johannes Tauler (1300), and Christine of France (1606). After him are Jean-Marc Nattier (1685), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Abel Gance (1889), Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952), Adelaide of Aquitaine (950), and Marion Cotillard (1975).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In France

Among photographers born in France, Elliott Erwitt ranks 5. Before him are Nadar (1820), Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908), Robert Doisneau (1912), and Dora Maar (1907). After him are Claude Cahun (1894), Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894), Hippolyte Bayard (1801), André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819), Patrick Demarchelier (1943), Sophie Calle (1953), and Étienne Carjat (1828).

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