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Gianni Versace

1946 - 1997

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Giovanni Maria "Gianni" Versace (Italian: [dʒoˈvanni maˈriːa ˈdʒanni verˈsaːtʃe]; 2 December 1946 – 15 July 1997) was an Italian fashion designer, socialite and businessman. He was the founder of Versace, an international luxury-fashion house that produces accessories, fragrances, make-up, home furnishings and clothes. He also designed costumes for theatre and films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gianni Versace has received more than 22,965,655 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia. Gianni Versace is the 6th most popular designer (down from 5th in 2019), the 391st most popular biography from Italy (down from 242nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Designer.

Gianni Versace is most famous for being a fashion designer. He was born in Italy in 1946 and died in 1997.

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  • 70.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 56

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Gianni Versace ranks 6 out of 104. Before him are Steve Jobs, Antonio Stradivari, Ferdinand Porsche, Giorgio Armani, and Peter Carl Fabergé. After him are Thomas Andrews, Paco Rabanne, William Morris, Aldus Manutius, Gerrit Rietveld, and Giorgetto Giugiaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Gianni Versace ranks 25. Before him are Charlotte Rampling, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Rivellino, Diane Keaton, David Lynch, and Dianne Wiest. After him are David Gilmour, Elfriede Jelinek, Hassanal Bolkiah, Susan Sarandon, Guus Hiddink, and Tommy Lee Jones. Among people deceased in 1997, Gianni Versace ranks 11. Before him are Jacques Cousteau, Viktor Frankl, Jeanne Calment, Mobutu Sese Seko, Toshiro Mifune, and Victor Vasarely. After him are Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, Paulo Freire, Melvin Calvin, The Notorious B.I.G., Roy Lichtenstein, and Bohumil Hrabal.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gianni Versace ranks 391 out of 5,161. Before him are Cesare Maldini (1932), Tiberius Gracchus (-163), Nino Rota (1911), Camillo Golgi (1843), Pope John I (470), and Pope Stephen I (200). After him are Pope Liberius (310), Pope Marinus II (932), Pope John II (470), Pope Benedict VII (910), Annibale Carracci (1560), and Luigi Cherubini (1760).

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Among DESIGNERS In Italy

Among designers born in Italy, Gianni Versace ranks 3. Before him are Antonio Stradivari (1644), and Giorgio Armani (1934). After him are Aldus Manutius (1449), Giorgetto Giugiaro (1938), Valentino (1932), Nina Ricci (1883), Miuccia Prada (1949), Battista Farina (1893), Salvatore Ferragamo (1898), Giambattista Bodoni (1740), and Laura Biagiotti (1943).

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