1871 - 1958
Giacomo Balla (18 July 1871 – 1 March 1958) was an Italian painter, art teacher and poet best known as a key proponent of Futurism. In his paintings, he depicted light, movement and speed. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giacomo Balla has received more than 408,622 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Giacomo Balla is the 230th most popular painter (up from 244th in 2019), the 776th most popular biography from Italy (up from 805th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Italian Painter.
Giacomo Balla is most famous for his painting entitled "The Street Light" which depicts a street light in the middle of the night.
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Among painters, Giacomo Balla ranks 230 out of 1,421. Before him are Jacopo Bellini, Raoul Dufy, Jan Matejko, Ferdinand Hodler, Luca Giordano, and Charles-François Daubigny. After him are John Everett Millais, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Lorenzo Lotto, Judith Leyster, Hubert van Eyck, and Georges Rouault.
1396 - 1470
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 224
1877 - 1953
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 225
1838 - 1893
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 226
1853 - 1918
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 227
1634 - 1705
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 228
1817 - 1878
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 229
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 230
1829 - 1896
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 231
1824 - 1898
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 232
1480 - 1556
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 233
1609 - 1660
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 234
1366 - 1426
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 235
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 236
Among people born in 1871, Giacomo Balla ranks 19. Before him are Ioannis Metaxas, Grazia Deledda, Elena of Montenegro, Lesya Ukrainka, Heinrich Mann, and Theodore Dreiser. After him are Georges Rouault, František Kupka, Émile Borel, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Maurice Garin, and Alexander von Zemlinsky. Among people deceased in 1958, Giacomo Balla ranks 18. Before him are Ernest Lawrence, Lion Feuchtwanger, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Maurice Gamelin, Milutin Milanković, and G. E. Moore. After him are Rudolf von Laban, Georges Rouault, Ole Kirk Christiansen, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Edna Purviance, and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark.
1871 - 1941
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 13
1871 - 1936
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 14
1871 - 1952
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 15
1871 - 1913
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 16
1871 - 1950
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 17
1871 - 1945
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 18
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 19
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 20
1871 - 1957
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 21
1871 - 1956
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 22
1871 - 1899
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 23
1871 - 1957
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 24
1871 - 1942
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 25
1901 - 1958
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 12
1884 - 1958
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 13
1881 - 1958
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 14
1872 - 1958
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 15
1879 - 1958
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 16
1873 - 1958
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 17
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 18
1879 - 1958
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 19
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 20
1891 - 1958
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 21
1890 - 1958
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 22
1895 - 1958
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 23
1878 - 1958
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 24
Among people born in Italy, Giacomo Balla ranks 776 out of 4,668. Before him are Luca Giordano (1634), Giorgetto Giugiaro (1938), Alexius of Rome (400), Donatella Versace (1955), Scholastica (480), and Aldo Rossi (1931). After him are Lodovico Ferrari (1522), Vitiges (475), Francesco Cavalli (1602), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), Pope Leo V (870), and Lucius Cornelius Cinna (-135).
1634 - 1705
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 770
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 771
400 - 412
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 772
1955 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 773
480 - 547
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 774
1931 - 1997
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 775
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 776
1522 - 1565
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 777
475 - 542
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 778
1602 - 1676
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 779
1749 - 1838
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 780
870 - 905
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 781
135 BC - 84 BC
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 782
Among painters born in Italy, Giacomo Balla ranks 64. Before him are Pinturicchio (1454), Lorenzo di Credi (1459), Andrea Pozzo (1642), Bernardo Bellotto (1721), Jacopo Bellini (1396), and Luca Giordano (1634). After him are Lorenzo Lotto (1480), Pietro Lorenzetti (1280), Sebastiano del Piombo (1485), Francesco Guardi (1712), Rosso Fiorentino (1494), and Gentile da Fabriano (1370).
1454 - 1513
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 58
1459 - 1537
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 59
1642 - 1709
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 60
1721 - 1780
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 61
1396 - 1470
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 62
1634 - 1705
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 63
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 64
1480 - 1556
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 65
1280 - 1348
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 66
1485 - 1547
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 67
1712 - 1793
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 68
1494 - 1540
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 69
1370 - 1427
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 70