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PHOTOGRAPHER

Herb Ritts

1952 - 2002

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Herbert Ritts Jr. (August 13, 1952 – December 26, 2002) was an American fashion photographer and director known for his photographs of celebrities, models, and other cultural figures throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herb Ritts has received more than 663,643 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Herb Ritts is the 69th most popular photographer (down from 58th in 2019), the 4,492nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,813th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Herb Ritts ranks 69 out of 105. Before him are Henry Peach Robinson, Berry Berenson, Andreas Gursky, Werner Bischof, Boris Mikhailov, and William Klein. After him are Imogen Cunningham, Grete Stern, David Bailey, Heinrich Zille, Lothar Wolleh, and Lisette Model.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Herb Ritts ranks 206. Before him are Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Neil Peart, Henry Selick, Zdeněk Nehoda, Mehmet Ali Talat, and Didier Raoult. After him are Julio Velasco, Marinho Chagas, Yasuhiko Okudera, Francesco Graziani, Don Miguel Ruiz, and Bernard Lacombe. Among people deceased in 2002, Herb Ritts ranks 151. Before him are John Cocke, Julio Pérez, Xavier Montsalvatge, Lou Thesz, Chang Cheh, and B. D. Jatti. After him are Gabrielle Wittkop, Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin, Ramón Grosso, Elie Hobeika, Lolita Torres, and Eusebio Tejera.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Herb Ritts ranks 4,492 out of 18,182. Before him are Beatrice Straight (1914), Dom DeLuise (1933), Dee Wallace (1948), Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893), Johnny Appleseed (1774), and Gordon Matta-Clark (1943). After him are Esther Lederberg (1922), Roderick MacKinnon (1956), J. J. Johnson (1924), Christine Jorgensen (1926), Jack Sharkey (1902), and John Stagliano (1951).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Herb Ritts ranks 17. Before him are Paul Strand (1890), Carl Van Vechten (1880), Ansel Adams (1902), Nan Goldin (1953), Berry Berenson (1948), and William Klein (1928). After him are Imogen Cunningham (1883), Wilson Bentley (1865), Spencer Tunick (1967), Gertrude Käsebier (1852), Bob Guccione (1930), and William Eggleston (1939).

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