PAINTER

Hermann Zapf

1918 - 2015

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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 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Hermann Zapf is the 1,431st most popular painter (down from 1,066th in 2019), the 3,798th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,917th in 2019) and the 127th most popular German Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Hermann Zapfs by language

Over the past year Hermann Zapf has had the most page views in the with 27,667 views, followed by German (7,633), and Spanish (3,573). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Polish (69.15%), Egyptian Arabic (61.07%), and Basque (45.42%)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hermann Zapf ranks 1,431 out of 2,023. Before him are Jenny Nyström, Gabriel François Doyen, Julien Dupré, Cornelis Pietersz Bega, Józef Chełmoński, and Jan Theuninck. After him are George Bellows, Chen Jiru, Alexander Kanoldt, Maruyama Ōkyo, Edwin Austin Abbey, and Cosmas Damian Asam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Hermann Zapf ranks 164. Before him are Ruggiero Ricci, Patachou, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, Cornell Capa, Zakaria Mohieddin, and Alfréd Wetzler. After him are Pyotr Masherov, Venetia Burney, Helen Stephens, Meir Vilner, Ted Post, and Hank Jones. Among people deceased in 2015, Hermann Zapf ranks 209. Before him are Ants Antson, Oʻtkir Sultonov, Nicolae Rainea, Gheorghe Gruia, Tadeusz Konwicki, and Gunnar Hansen. After him are Jules Bianchi, Fred Thompson, Roddy Piper, Qiao Shi, Alex Rocco, and Karl H. Pribram.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Zapf ranks 3,798 out of 7,253. Before him are Georg Hermann Quincke (1834), Albrecht Haushofer (1903), Uwe Rahn (1962), Anton Diffring (1916), Princess Caroline of Great Britain (1713), and Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1574). After him are Albert Betz (1885), Friedrich Gernsheim (1839), Albrecht Thaer (1752), Inge Scholl (1917), Balthasar Permoser (1651), and Otto Witte (1872).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Hermann Zapf ranks 127. Before him are A. R. Penck (1939), Ludwig Emil Grimm (1790), Virgil Solis (1514), Anni Albers (1899), Karl Hofer (1878), and Jan Boeckhorst (1604). After him are Alexander Kanoldt (1881), Cosmas Damian Asam (1686), Jörg Immendorff (1945), Christian Rohlfs (1849), J. C. Leyendecker (1874), and Christian Albrecht Jensen (1792).

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