1874 - 1951
Joseph Christian Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – July 25, 1951) was one of the most prominent and financially successful freelance commercial artists in the U.S. He was active between 1895 and 1951 producing drawings and paintings for hundreds of posters, books, advertisements, and magazine covers and stories. He is best known for his 80 covers for Collier's Weekly, 322 covers for The Saturday Evening Post, and advertising illustrations for B. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. C. Leyendecker has received more than 825,804 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. J. C. Leyendecker is the 1,492nd most popular painter, the 3,992nd most popular biography from Germany and the 123rd most popular German Painter.
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Among painters, J. C. Leyendecker ranks 1,492 out of 1,421. Before him are Morris Louis, Rihard Jakopič, Jenny Holzer, Theodore Robinson, Thomas Moran, and Arpenik Nalbandyan. After him are Gaspar Becerra, Hashimoto Gahō, Paulus Moreelse, Eugene Lanceray, Alberto Vargas, and Gwen John.
1912 - 1962
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 1,486
1869 - 1943
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 1,487
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 1,488
1852 - 1896
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 1,489
1837 - 1926
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 1,490
1916 - 1964
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 1,491
1874 - 1951
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 1,492
1520 - 1568
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 1,493
1835 - 1908
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 1,494
1571 - 1638
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 1,495
1875 - 1946
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 1,496
1896 - 1982
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 1,497
1876 - 1939
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 1,498
Among people born in 1874, J. C. Leyendecker ranks 150. Before him are Steve Bloomer, Dmitry Gulia, Abbas Sahhat, Frank Elmore Ross, Henry Travers, and Honus Wagner. After him are Kiyotsugu Hirayama, Theodore Lyman IV, Leonard Eugene Dickson, Ernst Streeruwitz, Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, and Johannes Baumann. Among people deceased in 1951, J. C. Leyendecker ranks 117. Before him are Fanny Brice, Leopold Andrian, Fritz Julius Kuhn, Anna Tumarkin, Alfrēds Kalniņš, and Dorothea Bate. After him are Ivor Novello, Miyamoto Yuriko, Ignaty Krachkovsky, Nikola Mushanov, Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias, and Richard Schorr.
1874 - 1938
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 144
1874 - 1960
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 145
1874 - 1918
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 146
1874 - 1960
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 147
1874 - 1965
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 148
1874 - 1955
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 149
1874 - 1951
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 150
1874 - 1943
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 151
1874 - 1954
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 152
1874 - 1954
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 153
1874 - 1952
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 154
1874 - 1949
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 155
1874 - 1953
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 156
1891 - 1951
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 111
1875 - 1951
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 112
1896 - 1951
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 113
1875 - 1951
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 114
1879 - 1951
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 115
1878 - 1951
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 116
1874 - 1951
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 117
1893 - 1951
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 118
1899 - 1951
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 119
1883 - 1951
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 120
1872 - 1951
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 121
1874 - 1951
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 122
1867 - 1951
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 123
Among people born in Germany, J. C. Leyendecker ranks 3,992 out of 6,142. Before him are Ludwig Goldbrunner (1908), Gustav Hartlaub (1814), Klaus Groth (1819), Max Lorenz (1901), Rudi Assauer (1944), and Paul Pietsch (1911). After him are Emil Welti (1825), Ignaz von Rudhart (1790), Karl Knies (1821), Adolf Urban (1914), Bernd Storck (1963), and Carl Sternheim (1878).
1908 - 1981
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 3,986
1814 - 1900
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 3,987
1819 - 1899
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 3,988
1901 - 1975
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 3,989
1944 - 2019
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 3,990
1911 - 2012
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 3,991
1874 - 1951
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 3,992
1825 - 1899
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 3,993
1790 - 1838
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 3,994
1821 - 1898
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 3,995
1914 - 1943
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 3,996
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 3,997
1878 - 1942
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 3,998
Among painters born in Germany, J. C. Leyendecker ranks 123. Before him are Agnes Block (1629), Augustin Hirschvogel (1503), Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1807), Karl Ferdinand Sohn (1805), Johan Zoffany (1733), and Karl Schorn (1803). After him are Christian Wilhelm Allers (1857), Christian Albrecht Jensen (1792), Georg Holtzendorff (null), and Kiki Smith (1954).
1629 - 1704
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 117
1503 - 1553
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 118
1807 - 1863
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 119
1805 - 1867
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 120
1733 - 1810
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 121
1803 - 1850
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 122
1874 - 1951
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 123
1857 - 1915
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 124
1792 - 1870
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 125
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 126
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 127