1924 - 1993
Harvey Kurtzman (; October 3, 1924 – February 21, 1993) was an American cartoonist and editor. His best-known work includes writing and editing the parodic comic book Mad from 1952 until 1956, and writing the Little Annie Fanny strips in Playboy from 1962 until 1988. His work is noted for its satire and parody of popular culture, social critique, and attention to detail. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harvey Kurtzman has received more than 456,382 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Harvey Kurtzman is the 140th most popular comic artist (down from 127th in 2019), the 8,908th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,762nd in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Harvey Kurtzman ranks 140 out of 174. Before him are Hiroyuki Takei, R. K. Laxman, Moyoco Anno, Kouta Hirano, Tooru Fujisawa, and Raymond Briggs. After him are Inio Asano, Mort Walker, Lynn Okamoto, Guy Delisle, Momoko Sakura, and Kiyohiko Azuma.
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 134
1921 - 2015
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 135
1971 - Present
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 136
1973 - Present
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 137
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 138
1934 - 2022
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 139
1924 - 1993
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 140
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 141
1923 - 2018
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 142
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.72
Rank: 143
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 144
1965 - 2018
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 145
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 146
Among people born in 1924, Harvey Kurtzman ranks 379. Before him are James Lighthill, Lev Kulidzhanov, Sam Jones, Claude Netter, Maino Neri, and Erika Mahringer. After him are Earl Scruggs, Hubert Curien, Nicholas Colasanto, Ivan Udodov, Maria Golubnichaya, and Gail Russell. Among people deceased in 1993, Harvey Kurtzman ranks 233. Before him are Avram Davidson, Francisco Zuluaga, Tony Barton, Cyril Collard, Heinrich Albertz, and Jeanne Sauvé. After him are Paul Grégoire, Kenneth Burke, Jim Pollard, Roger Michelot, Mary Philbin, and Rok Petrovič.
1924 - 1998
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 373
1924 - 2002
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 374
1924 - 1981
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 375
1924 - 2007
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 376
1924 - 1995
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 377
1924 - 2018
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 378
1924 - 1993
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 379
1924 - 2012
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 380
1924 - 2005
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 381
1924 - 1985
HPI: 42.84
Rank: 382
1924 - 1981
HPI: 42.80
Rank: 383
1924 - 2015
HPI: 42.80
Rank: 384
1924 - 1961
HPI: 42.79
Rank: 385
1923 - 1993
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 227
1929 - 1993
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 228
1937 - 1993
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 229
1957 - 1993
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 230
1915 - 1993
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 231
1922 - 1993
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 232
1924 - 1993
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 233
1911 - 1993
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 234
1897 - 1993
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 235
1922 - 1993
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 236
1912 - 1993
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 237
1902 - 1993
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 238
1966 - 1993
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 239
Among people born in United States, Harvey Kurtzman ranks 8,908 out of 18,182. Before him are Kylie Ireland (1970), Mark Mancina (1957), Art Babbitt (1907), Janet Rowley (1925), Melvin Laird (1922), and Maggie McNamara (1928). After him are Carmine Caridi (1934), Tim DeKay (1963), Garrett Birkhoff (1911), Bob Gaudio (1942), John Jakes (1932), and William Beebe (1877).
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 8,902
1957 - Present
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 8,903
1907 - 1992
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 8,904
1925 - 2013
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 8,905
1922 - 2016
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 8,906
1928 - 1978
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 8,907
1924 - 1993
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 8,908
1934 - 2019
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 8,909
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 8,910
1911 - 1996
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 8,911
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 8,912
1932 - 2023
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 8,913
1877 - 1962
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 8,914
Among comic artists born in United States, Harvey Kurtzman ranks 31. Before him are Floyd Gottfredson (1905), Richard Corben (1940), Alex Raymond (1909), Larry Lieber (1931), John Buscema (1927), and George Herriman (1880). After him are Mort Walker (1923), Les Clark (1907), Mike Mignola (1960), Harvey Pekar (1939), Neal Adams (1941), and Marv Wolfman (1946).
1905 - 1986
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 25
1940 - 2020
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 26
1909 - 1956
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 27
1931 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 28
1927 - 2002
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 29
1880 - 1944
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 30
1924 - 1993
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 31
1923 - 2018
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 32
1907 - 1979
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 33
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 34
1939 - 2010
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 35
1941 - 2022
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 36
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 37