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Jan Saudek

1935 - Today

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Jan Saudek (born 13 May 1935) is an art photographer and painter. Saudek's art work represents a unique technique combining photography and painting. In his country of origin, Czechoslovakia, Saudek was considered a disturbed artist and oppressed by authorities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Saudek has received more than 215,800 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jan Saudek is the 30th most popular photographer (up from 33rd in 2019), the 245th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Jan Saudek ranks 30 out of 148. Before him are August Sander, Yousuf Karsh, Robert Mapplethorpe, Roger Fenton, Irving Penn, and Berenice Abbott. After him are Nan Goldin, Guillermo Kahlo, Claude Cahun, Edward Weston, Lewis Hine, and Jacques Henri Lartigue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Jan Saudek ranks 118. Before him are John Phillips, Luboš Kohoutek, Thomas Keneally, Azzedine Alaïa, Richard Kuklinski, and Bruno Sammartino. After him are André Brink, Jerry Orbach, Jerry Fodor, Chaim Topol, Tsutomu Hata, and Mohamed Choukri.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Saudek ranks 245 out of 1,200. Before him are Emil Orlík (1870), Clement Mary Hofbauer (1751), Karel Brückner (1939), Anne of Bavaria (1329), Josef Lada (1887), and Jan Hammer (1948). After him are Johannes Widmann (1460), Spytihněv I, Duke of Bohemia (875), Helena Vondráčková (1947), Alice Herz-Sommer (1903), Jaroslav Drobný (1921), and Erhard Raus (1889).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Czechia

Among photographers born in Czechia, Jan Saudek ranks 2. Before him are Josef Koudelka (1938). After him are Josef Sudek (1896), and František Drtikol (1883).

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