1917 - 2009
Irving Penn (June 16, 1917 – October 7, 2009) was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake and Clinique. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Irving Penn has received more than 645,661 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Irving Penn is the 29th most popular photographer (down from 26th in 2019), the 2,007th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,793rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Photographer.
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Among photographers, Irving Penn ranks 29 out of 105. Before him are Richard Avedon, August Sander, Elliott Erwitt, Robert Mapplethorpe, Roger Fenton, and Peter Lindbergh. After him are Lewis Hine, Philippe Halsman, Yousuf Karsh, Jan Saudek, Guillermo Kahlo, and Edward Weston.
1923 - 2004
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 23
1876 - 1964
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 24
1928 - 2023
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 25
1946 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 26
1819 - 1869
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 27
1944 - 2019
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 28
1917 - 2009
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 29
1874 - 1940
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 30
1906 - 1979
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 31
1908 - 2002
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 32
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 33
1871 - 1941
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 34
1886 - 1958
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 35
Among people born in 1917, Irving Penn ranks 89. Before him are Buddy Rich, Alparslan Türkeş, Zhang Chunqiao, Asmahan, Nikolai Ogarkov, and Vera Lynn. After him are Otto Kittel, Giuseppe De Santis, Vasily Petrov, Maurice Trintignant, Yigael Yadin, and László Szabó. Among people deceased in 2009, Irving Penn ranks 68. Before him are Arne Næss, Takashi Takabayashi, Sydney Chaplin, Shih Kien, Susan Atkins, and Israel Gelfand. After him are Pavle, Serbian Patriarch, James Whitmore, Jack Kemp, Ricardo Montalbán, Luís Cabral, and Achille Compagnoni.
1917 - 1987
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 83
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 84
1917 - 2005
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 85
1917 - 1944
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 86
1917 - 1994
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 87
1917 - 2020
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 88
1917 - 2009
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 89
1917 - 1945
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 90
1917 - 1997
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 91
1917 - 2014
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 92
1917 - 2005
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 93
1917 - 1984
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 94
1917 - 1998
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 95
1912 - 2009
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 62
1931 - 2009
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 63
1926 - 2009
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 64
1913 - 2009
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 65
1948 - 2009
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 66
1913 - 2009
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 67
1917 - 2009
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 68
1914 - 2009
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 69
1921 - 2009
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 70
1935 - 2009
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 71
1920 - 2009
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 72
1931 - 2009
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 73
1914 - 2009
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 74
Among people born in United States, Irving Penn ranks 2,007 out of 18,182. Before him are Harlow Shapley (1885), George Lakoff (1941), John Landis (1950), Peter Criss (1945), Jim Henson (1936), and Jack Welch (1935). After him are Charles Sweeney (1919), Jim Parsons (1973), Megan Fox (1986), King Vidor (1894), Jamie Foxx (1967), and Ben Carson (1951).
1885 - 1972
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 2,001
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 2,002
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 2,003
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 2,004
1936 - 1990
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 2,005
1935 - 2020
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 2,006
1917 - 2009
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 2,007
1919 - 2004
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 2,008
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 2,009
1986 - Present
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 2,010
1894 - 1982
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 2,011
1967 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 2,012
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 2,013
Among photographers born in United States, Irving Penn ranks 7. Before him are Vivian Maier (1926), Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Diane Arbus (1923), Annie Leibovitz (1949), Richard Avedon (1923), and Robert Mapplethorpe (1946). After him are Lewis Hine (1874), Edward Weston (1886), Berenice Abbott (1898), Paul Strand (1890), Carl Van Vechten (1880), and Ansel Adams (1902).
1926 - 2009
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 1
1864 - 1946
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 2
1923 - 1971
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 3
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 4
1923 - 2004
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 5
1946 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 6
1917 - 2009
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 7
1874 - 1940
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 8
1886 - 1958
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 9
1898 - 1991
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 10
1890 - 1976
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 11
1880 - 1964
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 12
1902 - 1984
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 13