DESIGNER

Gerrit Rietveld

1888 - 1964

Gerrit Rietveld

Gerrit Rietveld (24 June 1888 – 25 June 1964) was a Dutch furniture designer and architect. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerrit Rietveld has received more than 547,922 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Gerrit Rietveld is the 11th most popular designer, the 65th most popular biography from Netherlands and the most popular Dutch Designer.

Gerrit Rietveld is most famous for his Red and Blue Chair, which he designed in the 1960s.

Memorability Metrics

550k
Page Views (PV)
66.18
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
41
Languages Editions (L)
10.14
Effective Languages (L*)
2.26
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Gerrit Rietveld ranks 11 out of 104. Before him are Peter Carl Fabergé, Gianni Versace, Thomas Andrews, Paco Rabanne, William Morris, and Aldus Manutius. After him are Giorgetto Giugiaro, László Moholy-Nagy, Michael Thonet, Valentino, Georg Elser, and Hugo Boss.

Most Popular Designers in Wikipedia

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Peter Carl Fabergé
1846 - 1920
HPI: 72.69
Rank: 5
Gianni Versace
1946 - 1997
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 6
Thomas Andrews
1873 - 1912
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 7
Paco Rabanne
1934 - 2023
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 8
William Morris
1834 - 1896
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 9
Aldus Manutius
1449 - 1515
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 10
Gerrit Rietveld
1888 - 1964
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 11
Giorgetto Giugiaro
1938 - Present
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 12
László Moholy-Nagy
1895 - 1946
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 13
Michael Thonet
1796 - 1871
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 14
Valentino
1932 - Present
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 15
Georg Elser
1903 - 1945
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 16
Hugo Boss
1885 - 1948
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 17

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Gerrit Rietveld ranks 28. Before him are Alexander Friedmann, Eugene O'Neill, Richard E. Byrd, Friedrich Fromm, Johannes Itten, and T. S. Eliot. After him are Maurice Chevalier, F. W. Murnau, Selman Waksman, Friedrich Olbricht, Andrei Tupolev, and Anton Makarenko. Among people deceased in 1964, Gerrit Rietveld ranks 16. Before him are Rachel Carson, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, James Franck, Vasily Grossman, Gerhard Domagk, and Palmiro Togliatti. After him are Karl Polanyi, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Otto Grotewohl, Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Giorgio Morandi, and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck.

Others Born in 1888

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Alexander Friedmann
MATHEMATICIAN
1888 - 1925
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 22
Eugene O'Neill
WRITER
1888 - 1953
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 23
Richard E. Byrd
EXPLORER
1888 - 1957
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 24
Friedrich Fromm
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1945
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 25
Johannes Itten
PAINTER
1888 - 1967
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 26
T. S. Eliot
WRITER
1888 - 1965
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 27
Gerrit Rietveld
DESIGNER
1888 - 1964
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 28
Maurice Chevalier
ACTOR
1888 - 1972
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 29
F. W. Murnau
FILM DIRECTOR
1888 - 1931
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 30
Selman Waksman
PHYSICIAN
1888 - 1973
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 31
Friedrich Olbricht
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1944
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 32
Andrei Tupolev
ENGINEER
1888 - 1972
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 33
Anton Makarenko
WRITER
1888 - 1939
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 34

Others Deceased in 1964

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Rachel Carson
BIOLOGIST
1907 - 1964
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 10
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
WRITER
1888 - 1964
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 11
James Franck
PHYSICIST
1882 - 1964
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 12
Vasily Grossman
WRITER
1905 - 1964
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 13
Gerhard Domagk
PHYSICIAN
1895 - 1964
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 14
Palmiro Togliatti
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1964
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 15
Gerrit Rietveld
DESIGNER
1888 - 1964
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 16
Karl Polanyi
ECONOMIST
1886 - 1964
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 17
Hans von Euler-Chelpin
CHEMIST
1873 - 1964
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 18
Otto Grotewohl
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1964
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 19
Plaek Phibunsongkhram
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1964
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 20
Giorgio Morandi
PAINTER
1890 - 1964
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 21
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1870 - 1964
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 22