COMIC ARTIST

Hugo Pratt

1927 - 1995

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Ugo Eugenio Prat (15 June 1927 – 20 August 1995), better known as Hugo Pratt, was an Italian comic book creator who was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as Corto Maltese. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2005, and was awarded the 15th anniversary special Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême at the Angoulême Festival. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Pratt has received more than 303,633 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Hugo Pratt is the 11th most popular comic artist, the 955th most popular biography from Italy (up from 963rd in 2019) and the most popular Italian Comic Artist.

Hugo Pratt is most famous for his comic book series Corto Maltese.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Hugo Pratt ranks 11 out of 226. Before him are Akira Toriyama, Albert Uderzo, Peyo, Joseph Barbera, Carl Barks, and Jean Giraud. After him are Morris, Matt Groening, Jack Kirby, Zdeněk Miler, Leiji Matsumoto, and Tsugumi Ohba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Hugo Pratt ranks 42. Before him are Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Emmanuelle Riva, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, Angelo Sodano, Robert Ludlum, and Daniel Keyes. After him are Don Shirley, Harry Mulisch, Harry Markowitz, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, George Andrew Olah, and Maurice Ronet. Among people deceased in 1995, Hugo Pratt ranks 33. Before him are William Alfred Fowler, Jonas Salk, Alec Douglas-Home, Ginger Rogers, Fred Perry, and John B. Calhoun. After him are Christian B. Anfinsen, Aziz Nesin, Edda Mussolini, Roger Zelazny, Louis Malle, and U Nu.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Hugo Pratt ranks 955 out of 5,161. Before him are Franco Modigliani (1918), Pietro Bembo (1470), Nina Ricci (1883), Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases (1569), Gabriele Falloppio (1523), and Filippo Maria Visconti (1392). After him are Jacopo Bassano (1510), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), Faustina the Elder (105), Frances of Rome (1384), Orazio Gentileschi (1563), and Giacomo Agostini (1942).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Italy

Among comic artists born in Italy, Hugo Pratt ranks 1. After him are Milo Manara (1945), Guido Crepax (1933), Marco Rota (1942), Romano Scarpa (1927), Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri (1944), Sergio Toppi (1932), and Iginio Straffi (1965).

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