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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 1,831,500 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Florence Owens Thompson is the 52nd most popular celebrity (up from 63rd in 2019), the 2,132nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,633rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Celebrity.

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  • 56.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Florence Owens Thompson ranks 52 out of 181Before her are Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Elizabeth Stride, María Capovilla, Alice Keppel, Dan Inosanto, and Joseph Meister. After her are Sultan Kösen, Victor Kugler, Isabel Preysler, Annie Oakley, Barbara Hutton, and Lizzie Borden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Florence Owens Thompson ranks 91Before her are Walker Evans, Heinz Reinefarth, Yisrael Kristal, Gregor Piatigorsky, Henry Corbin, and Watchman Nee. After her are Charlotte Perriand, Kim Chaek, Otto Abetz, Anny Ondra, Georges Politzer, and Silvina Ocampo. Among people deceased in 1983, Florence Owens Thompson ranks 55Before her are Shizo Kanakuri, Walther Nehring, William Walton, Norma Shearer, Igor Markevitch, and Ralph Richardson. After her are Anthony Blunt, Karen Carpenter, László Budai, Benigno Aquino Jr., Piero Sraffa, and Vladimir Gelfand.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Florence Owens Thompson ranks 2,132 out of 18,182Before her are Jerome Robbins (1918), David Strathairn (1949), George Gallup (1901), Marc Anthony (1968), Larry David (1947), and Rob Reiner (1947). After her are Ving Rhames (1959), Marie Laveau (1801), Christa McAuliffe (1948), Doc Holliday (1851), Frank Lucas (1930), and Vincent Schiavelli (1948).

Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Florence Owens Thompson ranks 20Before her are Kim Kardashian (1980), Rosemary Kennedy (1918), Edie Sedgwick (1943), Anna Nicole Smith (1967), Kim Peek (1951), and Dan Inosanto (1936). After her are Annie Oakley (1860), Barbara Hutton (1912), Lizzie Borden (1860), Paris Hilton (1981), Madeleine Astor (1893), and Sally Hemings (1773).