1921 - Today
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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Among designers, Iris Apfel ranks 24 out of 86. Before 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.
501 BC - 501 BC
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 18
1868 - 1928
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 19
1883 - 1970
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 20
1885 - 1948
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 21
1718 - 1779
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 22
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 23
1921 - Present
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 24
1893 - 1986
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 25
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 26
1932 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 27
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 28
1893 - 1966
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 29
1898 - 1960
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 30
Among people born in 1921, Iris Apfel ranks 73. Before 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.
1921 - 2005
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 67
1921 - 2015
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 68
1921 - 2015
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 69
1921 - 2007
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 70
1921 - 2008
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 71
1921 - 2020
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 72
1921 - Present
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 73
1921 - 1988
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 74
1921 - 1989
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 75
1921 - 1997
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 76
1921 - 1959
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 77
1921 - 2006
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 78
1921 - 2014
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 79
Among people born in United States, Iris Apfel ranks 1,369 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1946 - 2017
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 1,363
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 1,364
1930 - 2012
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 1,365
1920 - 2012
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 1,366
1935 - 2001
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 1,367
1925 - 2008
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 1,368
1921 - Present
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 1,369
1956 - Present
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 1,370
1894 - 1970
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 1,371
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 1,372
1870 - 1965
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 1,373
1861 - 1912
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 1,374
1886 - 1975
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 1,375
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), Virgil Abloh (1980), Ruth St. Denis (1879), Alan Freed (1921), Colleen Atwood (1948), Ollie Johnston (1912), and Norman Bel Geddes (1893).
1955 - 2011
HPI: 85.63
Rank: 1
1921 - Present
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 2
1752 - 1836
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 3
1933 - 2019
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 4
1929 - 2020
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 5
1914 - 1996
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 6
1980 - 2021
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 7
1879 - 1968
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 8
1921 - 1965
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 9
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 10
1912 - 2008
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 11
1893 - 1958
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 12