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Florence Owens Thompson

1903 - 1983

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Florence Owens Thompson (born Florence Leona Christie; September 1, 1903 – September 16, 1983) was an American woman who was the subject of Dorothea Lange's photograph Migrant Mother (1936), considered an iconic image of the Great Depression. The Library of Congress titled the image: "Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Florence Owens Thompson has received more than 2,455,728 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Florence Owens Thompson is the 65th most popular celebrity (down from 52nd in 2019), the 3,073rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,130th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Celebrity.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Florence Owens Thompson ranks 65 out of 265. Before her are Fritz Pfeffer, Nicolas Chopin, Lizzie Borden, Annie Oakley, Edie Sedgwick, and Dan Inosanto. After her are Christine Keeler, Roy Sullivan, Victor Kugler, Natascha Kampusch, Wil van Gogh, and Daisy, Princess of Pless.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Florence Owens Thompson ranks 128. Before her are Candido Portinari, Cigerxwîn, Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Amy Johnson, K. Kamaraj, and Boris Blacher. After her are Grigori Aleksandrov, Alf Sjöberg, Nikolay Cherkasov, Abba P. Lerner, Ferenc Nagy, and Cyril Jackson. Among people deceased in 1983, Florence Owens Thompson ranks 88. Before her are Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt, Rolf Stommelen, Jørgen Juve, Donald Maclean, Ángel Labruna, and Lamberto Maggiorani. After her are Salo Flohr, Grigori Aleksandrov, Hennes Weisweiler, Jerzy Andrzejewski, John Vorster, and Vladimir Bakarić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Florence Owens Thompson ranks 3,073 out of 20,380. Before her are Tiny Tim (1932), Suzanne Pleshette (1937), Debra Paget (1933), R. Budd Dwyer (1939), Bob Dole (1923), and Melinda Gates (1964). After her are John Stockton (1962), Tom Savini (1946), Jackie Stallone (1921), Walton Walker (1889), Lisa Niemi (1956), and Chubby Checker (1941).

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Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Florence Owens Thompson ranks 24. Before her are Kim Peek (1951), Paris Hilton (1981), Lizzie Borden (1860), Annie Oakley (1860), Edie Sedgwick (1943), and Dan Inosanto (1936). After her are Roy Sullivan (1912), Evelyn McHale (1923), Madeleine Astor (1893), Sally Hemings (1773), Ethel Kennedy (1928), and Kourtney Kardashian (1979).

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