COMIC ARTIST

Jean-Jacques Sempé

1932 - 2022

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Jean-Jacques Sempé, usually known as Sempé (French: [sɑ̃'pe]; 17 August 1932 – 11 August 2022), was a French cartoonist. He is known for the series of children's books he created with René Goscinny, Le Petit Nicolas, and also for his poster-like illustrations, usually drawn from a distant or high viewpoint depicting detailed countrysides or cities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Jacques Sempé has received more than 293,804 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jean-Jacques Sempé is the 18th most popular comic artist (up from 30th in 2019), the 1,232nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,648th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Comic Artist.

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  • 61.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Jean-Jacques Sempé ranks 18 out of 226. Before him are Morris, Matt Groening, Jack Kirby, Zdeněk Miler, Leiji Matsumoto, and Tsugumi Ohba. After him are Rumiko Takahashi, Bob Kane, Eiichiro Oda, Milo Manara, Georges Wolinski, and Kentaro Miura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Jean-Jacques Sempé ranks 76. Before him are Benigno Aquino Jr., Little Richard, Pier Angeli, Sonny Liston, Vladimir Ivashko, and Abdul Halim Khaddam. After him are Marisa Pavan, Fernando Arrabal, Gyula Horn, John Updike, Lalo Schifrin, and Emmanuelle Arsan. Among people deceased in 2022, Jean-Jacques Sempé ranks 62. Before him are Hardy Krüger, Stanislav Shushkevich, Issei Sagawa, Robert Curl, Siniša Mihajlović, and Ricardo Bofill. After him are Kirstie Alley, Claes Oldenburg, Ivana Trump, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Teresa Berganza, and Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Jacques Sempé ranks 1,232 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles, Duke of Berry (1686), Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (1543), Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo (1847), Blanche Monnier (1849), Guillaume Brune (1763), and Charles Péguy (1873). After him are Pierre d'Ailly (1350), Cléo de Mérode (1875), Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (1160), François Clouet (1510), René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451), and Alexandre de Rhodes (1591).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In France

Among comic artists born in France, Jean-Jacques Sempé ranks 4. Before him are René Goscinny (1926), Albert Uderzo (1927), and Jean Giraud (1938). After him are Cabu (1938), Philippe Honoré (1941), Émile Cohl (1857), Jacques Tardi (1946), Tignous (1957), Jean-Claude Mézières (1938), Jacques Martin (1921), and Gotlib (1934).

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