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Iris Apfel

1921 - Today

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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 3,389,322 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Iris Apfel is the 24th most popular designer (up from 28th in 2019), the 1,369th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,494th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Designer.

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  • 3.4M

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  • 60.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

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  • 5.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Iris Apfel ranks 24 out of 86Before her are Exekias, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Nina Ricci, Hugo Boss, Thomas Chippendale, and Manolo Blahnik. After her are Raymond Loewy, Miuccia Prada, Dieter Rams, Philippe Starck, Battista Farina, and Salvatore Ferragamo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Iris Apfel ranks 73Before her are Mary Jackson, Louis Jourdan, Yitzhak Navon, Paul Watzlawick, Giuseppe Di Stefano, and Jack Steinberger. After her are Farida of Egypt, Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Yuri Nikulin, Mario Lanza, Betty Friedan, and Miklós Jancsó.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Iris Apfel ranks 1,369 out of 18,182Before her are John Heard (1946), Anthony Fauci (1940), Ben Gazzara (1930), George Armitage Miller (1920), Ken Kesey (1935), and Joshua Lederberg (1925). After her are William Fichtner (1956), Percy Spencer (1894), Hamilton O. Smith (1931), Bernard Baruch (1870), Nettie Stevens (1861), and Rex Stout (1886).

Among DESIGNERS In United States

Among designers born in United States, Iris Apfel ranks 2Before her are Steve Jobs (1955). After her are Betsy Ross (1752), Syd Mead (1933), Milton Glaser (1929), Paul Rand (1914), Virgil Abloh (1980), Ruth St. Denis (1879), Alan Freed (1921), Colleen Atwood (1948), Ollie Johnston (1912), and Norman Bel Geddes (1893).