COMIC ARTIST

Hergé

1907 - 1983

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Georges Prosper Remi (French: [ʒɔʁʒ pʁɔspɛʁ ʁəmi]; 22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé (; French: [ɛʁʒe] ), from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials RG, was a Belgian comic strip artist. He is best known for creating The Adventures of Tintin, the series of comic albums which are considered one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. He was also responsible for two other well-known series, Quick & Flupke (1930–1940) and The Adventures of Jo, Zette and Jocko (1936–1957). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hergé has received more than 1,744,872 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 64 in 2019). Hergé is the 4th most popular comic artist (down from 2nd in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 34th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Comic Artist.

Georges hergé is most famous for his Tintin series of comics, which is a series of comics about the adventures of a young Belgian reporter and his dog Snowy.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 69.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Hergé by language

Over the past year Hergé has had the most page views in the with 221,772 views, followed by French (173,693), and German (42,660). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Sinhalese (122.10%), Sicilian (79.59%), and Simple English (67.46%)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Hergé ranks 4 out of 226. Before him are Stan Lee, Osamu Tezuka, and René Goscinny. After him are Akira Toriyama, Albert Uderzo, Peyo, Joseph Barbera, Carl Barks, Jean Giraud, Hugo Pratt, and Morris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Hergé ranks 12. Before him are John Wayne, Edwin McMillan, Mircea Eliade, J. Hans D. Jensen, Alberto Moravia, and Laurence Olivier. After him are Yakov Dzhugashvili, Baldur von Schirach, Rachel Carson, Frank Whittle, Junji Nishikawa, and Jacques Tati. Among people deceased in 1983, Hergé ranks 7. Before him are Louis de Funès, Joan Miró, Garrincha, Leopold III of Belgium, Luis Buñuel, and Umberto II of Italy. After him are Idris of Libya, Jon Brower Minnoch, Felix Bloch, Tennessee Williams, Meyer Lansky, and Arthur Koestler.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Hergé ranks 42 out of 1,190. Before him are Jacques Brel (1929), Guillaume Du Fay (1397), Eleanor of Austria (1498), César Franck (1822), Pepin of Herstal (635), and Philippe of Belgium (1960). After him are Victor Horta (1861), Henry van de Velde (1863), Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), Henri La Fontaine (1854), Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568), and Jules Bordet (1870).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Belgium

Among comic artists born in Belgium, Hergé ranks 1. After him are Peyo (1928), Morris (1923), André Franquin (1924), Benoît Sokal (1954), Jean Van Hamme (1939), Hermann Huppen (1938), Jean-Michel Charlier (1924), Jijé (1914), Willy Vandersteen (1913), and Greg (1931).

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