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François Gérard

1770 - 1837

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François Pascal Simon Gérard (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa paskal simɔ̃ ʒeʁaʁ], 4 May 1770 – 11 January 1837), titled as Baron Gérard in 1809, was a prominent French painter. He was born in Rome, where his father occupied a post in the house of the French ambassador, and his mother was Italian. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Gérard has received more than 236,701 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). François Gérard is the 287th most popular painter (up from 301st in 2019), the 936th most popular biography from Italy (up from 965th in 2019) and the 80th most popular Italian Painter.

François Gérard was a French painter who was born in 1770 and died in 1837. He is most famous for his paintings of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Memorability Metrics

  • 240k

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  • 63.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year François Gérard has had the most page views in the with 38,707 views, followed by French (20,485), and Spanish (9,631). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (62.24%), Chinese (35.88%), and Finnish (34.98%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, François Gérard ranks 287 out of 2,023. Before him are Gabriele Münter, Philippe de Champaigne, Félix Vallotton, Max Beckmann, Willem de Kooning, and Franz Stuck. After him are Pieter Aertsen, Natalia Goncharova, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Carlo Crivelli, Utagawa Kuniyoshi, and Louis Wain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1770, François Gérard ranks 8. Before him are Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Frederick William III of Prussia, Friedrich Hölderlin, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Louis-Nicolas Davout, and William Wordsworth. After him are Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Princess Carolina of Parma, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Anton Reicha, Manuel Belgrano, and George Canning. Among people deceased in 1837, François Gérard ranks 10. Before him are Charles Fourier, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, John Constable, Giacomo Leopardi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, and Georg Büchner. After him are Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, John Field, Philippe Buonarroti, Duke Pius August in Bavaria, Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Adam Afzelius.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, François Gérard ranks 936 out of 5,161. Before him are Carla Bruni (1967), Eleonora Gonzaga (1630), Maximilian Sforza (1493), Arrigo Boito (1842), Valerius Maximus (-100), and Alberto Sordi (1920). After him are Melania the Younger (383), Pope Leo VIII (900), Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810), Sandro Mazzola (1942), Marie Mancini (1639), and Antipope Anacletus II (1090).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, François Gérard ranks 80. Before him are Rosalba Carriera (1673), Guercino (1591), Alessandro Allori (1535), Pietro Lorenzetti (1280), Zeuxis (-500), and Baldassare Peruzzi (1481). After him are Carlo Crivelli (1430), Jacopo Bassano (1510), Orazio Gentileschi (1563), Carlo Carrà (1881), Masolino da Panicale (1383), and Daniele da Volterra (1509).

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