PHOTOGRAPHER

Helen Levitt

1913 - 2009

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Helen Levitt (August 31, 1913 – March 29, 2009) was an American photographer and cinematographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helen Levitt has received more than 233,144 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Helen Levitt is the 67th most popular photographer (up from 105th in 2019), the 4,378th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,212th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Helen Levitt ranks 67 out of 148. Before her are Ansel Adams, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Imogen Cunningham, Adolfo Farsari, Erich Salomon, and Wilson Bentley. After her are David Bailey, Karimeh Abbud, Berry Berenson, Gertrude Käsebier, Cornell Capa, and Gisèle Freund.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Helen Levitt ranks 172. Before her are Reinhard Hardegen, Sonja Wigert, Sourou-Migan Apithy, Friedrich Dickel, Huang Hua, and Philip Guston. After her are Teodoro Fernández, Luis Miró, Kazimierz Sabbat, Ćamil Sijarić, Tahir Yahya, and Salvador Artigas. Among people deceased in 2009, Helen Levitt ranks 165. Before her are Lyudmila Zykina, Hildegard Behrens, Mike Bongiorno, Ekaterina Maximova, David Eddings, and Yukio Endo. After her are Zequinha, František Veselý, Chuck Daly, Dan O'Bannon, Juvenal Amarijo, and Gayatri Devi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Helen Levitt ranks 4,378 out of 20,380. Before her are Benny Carter (1907), Patty Duke (1946), Wilson Bentley (1865), Charlie Christian (1916), Jon Cryer (1965), and Booker T. Washington (1856). After her are Eileen Brennan (1932), Cathy Berberian (1925), Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941), Roy Thinnes (1938), Betty Mahmoody (1945), and Jerry Hall (1956).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Helen Levitt ranks 19. Before her are Paul Strand (1890), Herb Ritts (1952), William Klein (1928), Ansel Adams (1902), Imogen Cunningham (1883), and Wilson Bentley (1865). After her are Berry Berenson (1948), Gertrude Käsebier (1852), William Eggleston (1939), Spencer Tunick (1967), Karl Struss (1886), and Joel-Peter Witkin (1939).

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