1940 - 2014
Hans Ruedi Giger ( GHEE-gər; German: [ˈɡiːɡər]; 5 February 1940 – 12 May 2014) was a Swiss artist best known for his airbrushed images that blended human physiques with machines, an art style known as "biomechanical". Giger later abandoned airbrush for pastels, markers and ink. He was part of the special effects team that won an Academy Award for the visual design of Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror film Alien, and was responsible for creating the titular Alien itself. His work is on permanent display at the H.R. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of H. R. Giger has received more than 3,828,885 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). H. R. Giger is the 216th most popular painter (up from 234th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Swiss Painter.
H.R. Giger is most famous for his artwork in the movie Alien.
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Among painters, H. R. Giger ranks 216 out of 1,421. Before him are Antonio del Pollaiolo, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Pinturicchio, Joaquín Sorolla, Lorenzo di Credi, and Gerard van Honthorst. After him are Joshua Reynolds, Sonia Delaunay, Andrea Pozzo, George Grosz, Aristide Maillol, and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark.
1429 - 1498
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 210
1875 - 1911
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 211
1454 - 1513
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 212
1863 - 1923
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 213
1459 - 1537
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 214
1592 - 1656
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 215
1940 - 2014
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 216
1723 - 1792
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 217
1885 - 1979
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 218
1642 - 1709
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 219
1893 - 1959
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 220
1861 - 1944
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 221
1656 - 1693
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 222
Among people born in 1940, H. R. Giger ranks 43. Before him are Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, Peter Fonda, Dario Argento, James Caan, Tabaré Vázquez, and Andrzej Żuławski. After him are Eduardo Galeano, Raquel Welch, George A. Romero, Mario Andretti, Nancy Sinatra, and Thomas Harris. Among people deceased in 2014, H. R. Giger ranks 28. Before him are Richard Kiel, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Gary Becker, Alain Resnais, Virna Lisi, and Louis Zamperini. After him are Adolfo Suárez, Martin Lewis Perl, Jack Brabham, Maya Angelou, Masaru Emoto, and Lorin Maazel.
1940 - 2021
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 37
1940 - 2019
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 38
1940 - Present
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 39
1940 - 2022
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 40
1940 - 2020
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 41
1940 - 2016
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 42
1940 - 2014
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 43
1940 - 2015
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 44
1940 - 2023
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 45
1940 - 2017
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 46
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 47
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 48
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 49
1939 - 2014
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 22
1928 - 2014
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 23
1930 - 2014
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 24
1922 - 2014
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 25
1936 - 2014
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 26
1917 - 2014
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 27
1940 - 2014
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 28
1932 - 2014
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 29
1927 - 2014
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 30
1926 - 2014
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 31
1928 - 2014
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 32
1943 - 2014
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 33
1930 - 2014
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 34
Among people born in Switzerland, H. R. Giger ranks 56 out of 876. Before him are Michel Mayor (1942), Carlo Maderno (1556), Felix Bloch (1905), Hans Albert Einstein (1904), Clay Regazzoni (1939), and Johann Jakob Balmer (1825). After him are Gabriel Cramer (1704), Friedrich Miescher (1844), Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Hans Küng (1928), Walter Rudolf Hess (1881), and Paul Hermann Müller (1899).
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 50
1556 - 1629
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 51
1905 - 1983
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 52
1904 - 1973
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 53
1939 - 2006
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 54
1825 - 1898
HPI: 65.09
Rank: 55
1940 - 2014
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 56
1704 - 1752
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 57
1844 - 1895
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 58
1853 - 1918
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 59
1928 - 2021
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 60
1881 - 1973
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 61
1899 - 1965
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 62
Among painters born in Switzerland, H. R. Giger ranks 6. Before him are Paul Klee (1879), Arnold Böcklin (1827), Johannes Itten (1888), Henry Fuseli (1741), and Angelica Kauffman (1741). After him are Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Félix Vallotton (1865), Bernardino Luini (1475), Albert Anker (1831), Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702), and Matthäus Merian (1593).
1879 - 1940
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 1
1827 - 1901
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 2
1888 - 1967
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 3
1741 - 1825
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 4
1741 - 1807
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 5
1940 - 2014
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 6
1853 - 1918
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 7
1865 - 1925
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 8
1475 - 1532
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 9
1831 - 1910
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 10
1702 - 1789
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 11
1593 - 1650
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 12