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Gilbert Baker

1951 - 2017

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Gilbert Baker (June 2, 1951 – March 31, 2017) was an American artist, designer, and activist, best known as the creator of the rainbow flag. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gilbert Baker has received more than 19,948 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Gilbert Baker is the 62nd most popular artist (down from 54th in 2019), the 4,775th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,054th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 20k

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  • 49.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Gilbert Baker ranks 62 out of 78. Before him are Damien Hirst, Robert Indiana, Judy Chicago, Gordon Matta-Clark, Mary Blair, and Carlos Páez Vilaró. After him are Luigi Serafini, Aleksandr Golovin, Eric Gill, Vlado Goreski, Hu Zhengyan, and Yoshitomo Nara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Gilbert Baker ranks 213. Before him are Catherine Hicks, Viktor Sukhorukov, Hilda Heine, Börje Salming, Jimi Jamison, and Jean-Pierre Bacri. After him are Dennis Frederiksen, Gordon Liu, Michael Freedman, Musa Manarov, Izhar Cohen, and Waldir Peres. Among people deceased in 2017, Gilbert Baker ranks 235. Before him are Gisèle Casadesus, Tony Atkinson, Vladimir Petrov, Larry Coryell, Gregg Allman, and Jeffrey Tate. After him are Qian Qichen, Feliciano Rivilla, Gösta Ekman, Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Mike Connors, and Waldir Peres.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gilbert Baker ranks 4,775 out of 18,182. Before him are Morris Swadesh (1909), Jerry Hall (1956), Joe Dallesandro (1948), Elvin Hayes (1945), Demi Lovato (1992), and Eugene Polley (1915). After him are Tyler, the Creator (1991), Fay Bainter (1893), Roy Raymond (1947), Edmund Randolph (1753), Dennis Frederiksen (1951), and Stephen Cook (1939).

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Among ARTISTS In United States

Among artists born in United States, Gilbert Baker ranks 16. Before him are Dan Graham (1942), Vito Acconci (1940), Robert Indiana (1928), Judy Chicago (1939), Gordon Matta-Clark (1943), and Mary Blair (1911). After him are Carolee Schneemann (1939), Red Skelton (1913), Alex Grey (1953), Art Babbitt (1907), William Wallace Denslow (1856), and Shepard Fairey (1970).

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