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Iris Apfel

1921 - 2024

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Iris Apfel ( AP-fəl; née Barrel; August 29, 1921 – March 1, 2024) was an American businesswoman, interior designer, and fashion designer, known for her flamboyant style, outspoken personality and oversized eyeglasses. In business with her husband, Carl, from 1950 to 1992, Apfel had a career in textiles, including a contract with the White House that spanned nine presidencies. In retirement, she drew acclaim for a 2005 show at the Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art featuring her collection of costume jewelry and styled with clothes on mannequins as she would wear them. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Iris Apfel has received more than 4,123,586 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Iris Apfel is the 28th most popular designer (down from 24th in 2019), the 1,772nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,369th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Iris Apfel ranks 28 out of 104. Before her are René Lalique, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Philippe Starck, Battista Farina, Manolo Blahnik, and Raymond Loewy. After her are Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Pierre Balmain, Claude Garamond, Dieter Rams, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Giambattista Bodoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Iris Apfel ranks 90. Before her are Ágnes Keleti, Leonardo Sciascia, Gene Roddenberry, Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Seretse Khama, and Dirk Bogarde. After her are Donna Reed, Shin Kyuk-ho, Stanley Ho, Herta Bothe, Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, and Ariel Ramírez. Among people deceased in 2024, Iris Apfel ranks 83. Before her are Helena Rojo, Artur Jorge, Bob Newhart, Sergio Sebastiani, Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, and Maryse Condé. After her are Jerzy Stuhr, Roger Corman, Brigitte Bierlein, Don Murray, Miguel Ángel González Suárez, and Frank Stella.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Iris Apfel ranks 1,772 out of 20,380. Before her are Madeleine Stowe (1958), June Carter Cash (1929), Coolio (1963), George Stigler (1911), Paul Michael Glaser (1943), and Eva Mendes (1974). After her are Clement Greenberg (1909), Elizabeth George (1949), Donna Reed (1921), Malcolm Glazer (1928), Frank Wilczek (1951), and Asa Gray (1810).

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Among DESIGNERS In United States

Among designers born in United States, Iris Apfel ranks 2. Before her are Steve Jobs (1955). After her are Betsy Ross (1752), Syd Mead (1933), Milton Glaser (1929), Paul Rand (1914), Ruth St. Denis (1879), Ollie Johnston (1912), Alan Freed (1921), Marc Davis (1913), Colleen Atwood (1948), and Norman Bel Geddes (1893).

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