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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 232,039 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Fernando Pereira is the 119th most popular photographer (down from 87th in 2019), the 351st most popular biography from Portugal (down from 286th in 2019) and the most popular Portuguese Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Fernando Pereira ranks 119 out of 105. Before him are Mary Ellen Mark, David LaChapelle, Frank Hurley, Sean Flynn, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, and Allan Warren. After him are Toni Frissell, Clarence Hudson White, Milton H. Greene, Terry Richardson, Titian Peale, and Andres Serrano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Fernando Pereira ranks 451. Before him are Eddie Hazel, Mitsuru Komaeda, Jhala Nath Khanal, Bob Orton Jr., Anders Linderoth, and Loyola de Palacio. After him are Annegret Richter, John F. Kelly, Han Berger, Julia Alvarez, Robert Elswit, and Paolo Conti. Among people deceased in 1985, Fernando Pereira ranks 214. Before him are Jee Yong-ju, Jetta Goudal, Leni Schmidt, Georges Verriest, Qaysin Quli, and Lloyd Nolan. After him are Alister Hardy, Robert Surtees, Isabel Jeans, C. B. van Niel, Nicholas Colasanto, and Olav Sunde.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Fernando Pereira ranks 351 out of 555. Before him are Carlos Mendes (1947), Tiago Monteiro (1976), Augusto Santos Silva (1956), João Pinto (1961), Fernando Meira (1978), and José Tolentino de Mendonça (1965). After him are Ricardinho (1985), Jorge Andrade (1978), Abel Ferreira (1978), Carlos Carvalhal (1965), João de Deus Pinheiro (1945), and José Fonte (1983).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Portugal

Among photographers born in Portugal, Fernando Pereira ranks 1. 

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