FASHION DESIGNER

Hubert de Givenchy

1927 - 2018

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Count Hubert James Marcel Taffin de Givenchy (pronounced [ybɛʁ də ʒivɑ̃ʃi]; 20 February 1927 – 10 March 2018) was a French aristocrat and fashion designer who founded the luxury fashion and perfume house of Givenchy in 1952. He is famous for having designed much of the personal and professional wardrobe of Audrey Hepburn and clothing for Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hubert de Givenchy has received more than 1,644,906 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Hubert de Givenchy is the 11th most popular fashion designer (up from 13th in 2019), the 663rd most popular biography from France (up from 754th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Fashion Designer.

Hubert de Givenchy is most famous for being a fashion designer who founded the House of Givenchy in 1952.

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Hubert de Givenchy ranks 11 out of 51. Before him are Pierre Cardin, Calvin Klein, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Vivienne Westwood, Ralph Lauren, and Maurizio Gucci. After him are Donatella Versace, Tommy Hilfiger, Elsa Schiaparelli, Kenzō Takada, Roberto Cavalli, and Mary Quant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Hubert de Givenchy ranks 25. Before him are Lawrence Kohlberg, Albert Uderzo, Janet Leigh, Niklas Luhmann, Harry Belafonte, and Simone Veil. After him are Robert Hossein, Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Gilbert Bécaud, Maurice Béjart, Martin Lewis Perl, and Juliette Gréco. Among people deceased in 2018, Hubert de Givenchy ranks 21. Before him are Philip Roth, Stephen Hillenburg, France Gall, Paul Bocuse, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Peter Grünberg. After him are Billy Graham, Ursula K. Le Guin, Burt Reynolds, Riccardo Giacconi, Lys Assia, and Arto Paasilinna.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hubert de Givenchy ranks 663 out of 6,770. Before him are Marie Tussaud (1761), Frédéric Bastiat (1801), René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683), Raoul Dufy (1877), Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786), and Aristide Maillol (1861). After him are Georges Sorel (1847), Jean Nouvel (1945), Nicolas Fouquet (1615), Édouard Lalo (1823), Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (-90), and Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France (1290).

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS In France

Among fashion designers born in France, Hubert de Givenchy ranks 3. Before him are Coco Chanel (1883), and Christian Dior (1905). After him are Jean-Paul Gaultier (1952), Paul Poiret (1879), Rose Bertin (1747), Thierry Mugler (1948), Christian Lacroix (1951), Emanuel Ungaro (1933), Madeleine Vionnet (1876), Christian Louboutin (1964), and Jean Patou (1887).

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