1918 - 2015
Hermann Zapf (German: [tsapf]; 8 November 1918 – 4 June 2015) was a German type designer and calligrapher who lived in Darmstadt, Germany. He was married to the calligrapher and typeface designer Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse. Typefaces he designed include Palatino, Optima, and Zapfino. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Zapf has received more than 275,601 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Zapf is the 1,067th most popular painter (up from 1,069th in 2019), the 2,920th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,897th in 2019) and the 94th most popular German Painter.
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Among painters, Hermann Zapf ranks 1,067 out of 1,421. Before him are Louis Marcoussis, Taddeo di Bartolo, Simon Hollósy, Philip de Koninck, Bartolomeo Carducci, and Jankel Adler. After him are Pieter de Molijn, Gerrit Berckheyde, Helen Frankenthaler, Benjamin West, Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz, and Otto Marseus van Schrieck.
1878 - 1941
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 1,061
1362 - 1422
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 1,062
1857 - 1918
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 1,063
1619 - 1688
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 1,064
1554 - 1608
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 1,065
1895 - 1949
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 1,066
1918 - 2015
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 1,067
1595 - 1661
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 1,068
1638 - 1698
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 1,069
1928 - 2011
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 1,070
1738 - 1820
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 1,071
1824 - Present
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 1,072
1619 - 1678
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 1,073
Among people born in 1918, Hermann Zapf ranks 140. Before him are Alejandro Agustín Lanusse, Anatoly Tarasov, Abdul Haris Nasution, Elmore James, Ján Kadár, and Cornell Capa. After him are Georgios Rallis, Sandro Puppo, Mehdi Huseynzade, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Patachou, and Giovanni Canestri. Among people deceased in 2015, Hermann Zapf ranks 153. Before him are Renzo Zorzi, Vicente Aranda, Elena Obraztsova, Dean Jones, Nils Christie, and Klaus Roth. After him are Władysław Bartoszewski, Valentin Rasputin, Søren Kam, Ignacio Zoco, Mile Mrkšić, and Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs.
1918 - 1996
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 134
1918 - 1995
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 135
1918 - 2000
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 136
1918 - 1963
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 137
1918 - 1979
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 138
1918 - 2008
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 139
1918 - 2015
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 140
1918 - 2006
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 141
1918 - 1986
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 142
1918 - 1944
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 143
1918 - 2014
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 144
1918 - 2015
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 145
1918 - 2015
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 146
1946 - 2015
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 147
1926 - 2015
HPI: 52.27
Rank: 148
1939 - 2015
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 149
1931 - 2015
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 150
1928 - 2015
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 151
1925 - 2015
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 152
1918 - 2015
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 153
1922 - 2015
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 154
1937 - 2015
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 155
1921 - 2015
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 156
1939 - 2015
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 157
1947 - 2015
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 158
1923 - 2015
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 159
Among people born in Germany, Hermann Zapf ranks 2,920 out of 6,142. Before him are Ernst von Glasersfeld (1917), Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn (1809), Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1910), Isdal Woman (1940), Engelbert II of Berg (1185), and Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819). After him are Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern (1868), Max Dehn (1878), Carl Peters (1856), Anton Ulrich, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1687), Alfred Abel (1879), and Werner Goldberg (1919).
1917 - 2010
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 2,914
1809 - 1864
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 2,915
1910 - 2001
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 2,916
1940 - 1970
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 2,917
1185 - 1225
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 2,918
1819 - 1904
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 2,919
1918 - 2015
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 2,920
1868 - 1919
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 2,921
1878 - 1952
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 2,922
1856 - 1918
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 2,923
1687 - 1763
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 2,924
1879 - 1937
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 2,925
1919 - 2004
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 2,926
Among painters born in Germany, Hermann Zapf ranks 94. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow (1789), Ludwig Richter (1803), Hans von Kulmbach (1476), Peter Lely (1618), Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1805), and Hans von Marées (1837). After him are Fritz von Uhde (1848), Max Slevogt (1868), Fritz Bleyl (1880), Paul Renner (1878), Hans Hofmann (1880), and Georg Pencz (1500).
1789 - 1862
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 88
1803 - 1884
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 89
1476 - 1522
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 90
1618 - 1680
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 91
1805 - 1874
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 92
1837 - 1887
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 93
1918 - 2015
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 94
1848 - 1911
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 95
1868 - 1932
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 96
1880 - 1966
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 97
1878 - 1956
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 98
1880 - 1966
HPI: 51.27
Rank: 99
1500 - 1550
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 100