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Felice Beato

1832 - 1909

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Felice Beato (c. 1832 – 29 January 1909), also known as Felix Beato, was an Italian–British photographer. He was one of the first people to take photographs in East Asia and one of the first war photographers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Felice Beato has received more than 357,539 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Felice Beato is the 14th most popular photographer (up from 15th in 2019), the 1,224th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,099th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Photographer.

Felice Beato was a photographer who traveled to the Middle East and Asia in the 1870s and 1880s. He is most famous for his photographs of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Felice Beato ranks 14 out of 148. Before him are Dora Maar, Heinrich Hoffmann, Vivian Maier, Elliott Erwitt, Julia Margaret Cameron, and Gunter Sachs. After him are Wilhelm von Gloeden, André Kertész, Nobuyoshi Araki, Brassaï, Annie Leibovitz, and Diane Arbus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Felice Beato ranks 22. Before him are Ármin Vámbéry, George, King of Saxony, Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Andrew Dickson White, Osman Nuri Pasha, and Michel Bréal. After him are Alfred von Waldersee, Wilhelm Busch, Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier, Émile Gaboriau, Henry Steel Olcott, and Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev. Among people deceased in 1909, Felice Beato ranks 17. Before him are Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia, Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, Emil Erlenmeyer, Zinovy Rozhestvensky, and Besarion Jughashvili. After him are Francisco Ferrer, Carlos, Duke of Madrid, Red Cloud, Paul Gachet, Abdul Karim, and Princess Marie of Orléans.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Felice Beato ranks 1,224 out of 5,161. Before him are Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1810), Quintus Aurelius Symmachus (340), Gioseffo Zarlino (1517), Giambattista Pittoni (1687), Peter of Verona (1206), and Lawrence of Brindisi (1559). After him are Alessandro Costacurta (1966), Gianna Nannini (1954), Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (1470), Bartolus de Saxoferrato (1313), Mario Capecchi (1937), and Marisa Pavan (1932).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Italy

Among photographers born in Italy, Felice Beato ranks 1. After him are Oliviero Toscani (1942), Adolfo Farsari (1841), and Paolo Monti (1908).

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