PHOTOGRAPHER

Fernando Pereira

1950 - 1985

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Fernando Pereira (10 May 1950 – 10 July 1985) was a Portuguese-Dutch freelance photographer, who drowned when French intelligence (DGSE) detonated a bomb and sank the Rainbow Warrior, owned by the environmental organisation Greenpeace on 10 July 1985. The bombing of the boat had been designed to make the ship unsalvageable. The first smaller bomb bent the propeller shaft, making repair uneconomic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernando Pereira has received more than 245,872 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Fernando Pereira is the 134th most popular photographer (down from 119th in 2019), the 399th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 350th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Fernando Pereira ranks 134 out of 148. Before him are Milton H. Greene, Sanja Iveković, Frank Hurley, Allan Warren, Emma Schenson, and Zaida Ben-Yusuf. After him are Toni Frissell, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Clarence Hudson White, Andres Serrano, Alice Austen, and Françoise Demulder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Fernando Pereira ranks 530. Before him are Bertrand Meyer, Philippe Delerm, Chris Stein, François Dupeyron, Karl Rove, and Juris Silovs. After him are Ole Qvist, Eddie Hazel, Nikos Kotzias, Tatyana Averina, Ion Dumitru, and Sharat Saxena. Among people deceased in 1985, Fernando Pereira ranks 251. Before him are Albert Maltz, André Bjerke, Jan Peka, Nelson Riddle, Carlos Mota Pinto, and Alvah Bessie. After him are Pál Teleki, Alister Hardy, Maurice Podoloff, Fredy Perlman, Isaac Kashdan, and Phil Silvers.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Fernando Pereira ranks 399 out of 633. Before him are Miguel Veloso (1986), Carlos Mendes (1947), Tiago Monteiro (1976), Nélson Semedo (1993), Carlos Mota Pinto (1936), and Teresa Salgueiro (1969). After him are Manuel Fernandes (1986), Frederico Paredes (1889), André Gomes (1993), Beto (1976), Tiago Mendes (1981), and Paulo d'Eça Leal (1901).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Portugal

Among photographers born in Portugal, Fernando Pereira ranks 1. 

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