1908 - 2000
Gisèle Freund (born Gisela Freund; 19 December 1908 in Schöneberg (Berlin) – 31 March 2000 in Paris) was a German-born French photographer and photojournalist, famous for her documentary photography and portraits of writers and artists. Her best-known book, Photographie et société (1974), is a expanded edition of her seminal 1936 dissertation. It was the first sociohistorical study on photography as a democratic medium of self-representation in the age of technological reproduction. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gisèle Freund has received more than 77,153 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Gisèle Freund is the 48th most popular photographer (up from 63rd in 2019), the 2,708th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,047th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Photographer.
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Among photographers, Gisèle Freund ranks 48 out of 105. Before her are Josef Sudek, Carl Van Vechten, Astrid Kirchherr, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, Oliviero Toscani, and Marc Riboud. After her are Cecil Beaton, Karl Blossfeldt, Inge Morath, Sophie Calle, Ansel Adams, and Lennart Nilsson.
1896 - 1976
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 42
1880 - 1964
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 43
1938 - 2020
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 44
1819 - 1889
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 45
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 46
1923 - 2016
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 47
1908 - 2000
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 48
1904 - 1980
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 49
1865 - 1932
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 50
1923 - 2002
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 51
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 52
1902 - 1984
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 53
1922 - 2017
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 54
Among people born in 1908, Gisèle Freund ranks 137. Before her are Carlos Peucelle, Giacomo Manzù, Christa Schroeder, Juan López Fontana, Yevgeny Vuchetich, and William Hartnell. After her are Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark, Petro Shelest, Bjarni Benediktsson, Karel Ančerl, Son Ngoc Thanh, and Anna Sten. Among people deceased in 2000, Gisèle Freund ranks 100. Before her are Ahmad Shamlou, Claire Trevor, Ursula Kuczynski, José Águas, FM-2030, and Yevgeny Khrunov. After her are Bernhard Wicki, Ignatius Kung Pin-Mei, Hendrik C. van de Hulst, Bruno Zevi, Edward Gorey, and Nikolaos Andriakopoulos.
1908 - 1990
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 131
1908 - 1991
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 132
1908 - 1984
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 133
1908 - 1983
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 134
1908 - 1974
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 135
1908 - 1975
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 136
1908 - 2000
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 137
1908 - 1980
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 138
1908 - 1996
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 139
1908 - 1970
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 140
1908 - 1973
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 141
1908 - 1977
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 142
1908 - 1993
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 143
1925 - 2000
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 94
1910 - 2000
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 95
1907 - 2000
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 96
1930 - 2000
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 97
1930 - 2000
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 98
1933 - 2000
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 99
1908 - 2000
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 100
1919 - 2000
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 101
1901 - 2000
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 102
1918 - 2000
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 103
1918 - 2000
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 104
1925 - 2000
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 105
1878 - 2000
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 106
Among people born in Germany, Gisèle Freund ranks 2,708 out of 6,142. Before her are Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1891), Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1646), Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775), Joachim Streich (1951), Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808), and John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1627). After her are Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich (960), Carl, Duke of Württemberg (1936), Klaus Allofs (1956), Johann Christian Reil (1759), Prince Adolf of Schaumburg-Lippe (1859), and Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1468).
1891 - 1971
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 2,702
1646 - 1691
HPI: 52.88
Rank: 2,703
1775 - 1813
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 2,704
1951 - 2022
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 2,705
1808 - 1888
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 2,706
1627 - 1683
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 2,707
1908 - 2000
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 2,708
960 - 1015
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 2,709
1936 - 2022
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 2,710
1956 - Present
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 2,711
1759 - 1813
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 2,712
1859 - 1916
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 2,713
1468 - 1532
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 2,714
Among photographers born in Germany, Gisèle Freund ranks 8. Before her are Heinrich Hoffmann (1885), Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856), Gunter Sachs (1932), August Sander (1876), Guillermo Kahlo (1871), and Astrid Kirchherr (1938). After her are Karl Blossfeldt (1865), Erich Salomon (1886), Andreas Gursky (1955), Grete Stern (1904), Heinrich Zille (1858), and Lothar Wolleh (1930).
1885 - 1957
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 2
1856 - 1931
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 3
1932 - 2011
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 4
1876 - 1964
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 5
1871 - 1941
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 6
1938 - 2020
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 7
1908 - 2000
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 8
1865 - 1932
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 9
1886 - 1944
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 10
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 11
1904 - 1999
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 12
1858 - 1929
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 13
1930 - 1979
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 14