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Francis Bacon

Irish-born British figurative painter, 1909–1992

1909 - 1992

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His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2024). Francis Bacon is the 119th most popular painter (down from 65th in 2024), the 18th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Painter.

Francis Bacon is most famous for his essays, which were a major contribution to the scientific revolution.

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Francis Bacon ranks #5 among 209 notable people born in Dublin, Ireland, inside the top 3% by HPI.

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Francis Bacon's biography appears in 62 language editions of Wikipedia, more than 95% of all Painters.

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Among Painters

Among painters, Francis Bacon ranks 119 out of 2,055. Before him are Pontormo, Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Yayoi Kusama, Simone Martini, Andrea del Sarto, and Parmigianino. After him are Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Juan Gris, Giorgio de Chirico, Raja Ravi Varma, Annibale Carracci, and Pierre Bonnard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Francis Bacon ranks 11. Before him are Simone Weil, Osamu Dazai, James Mason, Edward Tatum, Mohammed Daoud Khan, and U Thant. After him are Andrei Gromyko, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Peter Drucker, Kwame Nkrumah, Victor Borge, and Stanisław Ulam. Among people deceased in 1992, Francis Bacon ranks 12. Before him are Friedrich Hayek, Astor Piazzolla, Menachem Begin, Mikhail Tal, Olivier Messiaen, and John Cage. After him are Barbara McClintock, Giovanni Falcone, Li Xiannian, Daniel Bovet, Karl Carstens, and Ernst Happel.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Francis Bacon ranks 18 out of 639. Before him are Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), Brendan the Navigator (486), Brigid of Kildare (451), Bram Stoker (1847), Edmund Burke (1729), and Michael Gambon (1940). After him are Eddie Jordan (1948), Sinéad O'Connor (1966), George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449), Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769), William Rowan Hamilton (1805), and Pierce Brosnan (1953).

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Among Painters In Ireland

Among painters born in Ireland, Francis Bacon ranks 1. After him are William Orpen (1878), Paul Kane (1810), Harry Clarke (1889), and Lily Williams (1874).

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