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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 280,058 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jean-Jacques Sempé is the 30th most popular comic artist, the 1,654th most popular biography from France and the 4th most popular French Comic Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

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  • 57.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Jean-Jacques Sempé ranks 30 out of 174. Before him are Milo Manara, Alan Moore, Winsor McCay, Will Eisner, Don Rosa, and Georges Wolinski. After him are Hirohiko Araki, Jean-Claude Mézières, Masashi Kishimoto, Cabu, Katsuhiro Otomo, and Eiichiro Oda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Jean-Jacques Sempé ranks 97. Before him are Manmohan Singh, Rodion Shchedrin, Lalo Schifrin, Aharon Appelfeld, Wojciech Kilar, and Paolo Villaggio. After him are Gyula Horn, Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Ingemar Johansson, Khaled al-Asaad, Dušan Makavejev, and Tatsuya Nakadai. Among people deceased in 2022, Jean-Jacques Sempé ranks 95. Before him are Toshiki Kaifu, Boris Pahor, Jozef Tomko, Saul Kripke, Jean-Jacques Beineix, and Klaus Schulze. After him are Jean-Claude Mézières, Ruggero Deodato, Yuri Averbakh, David Warner, Borislav Ivkov, and Mino Raiola.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Jacques Sempé ranks 1,654 out of 6,011. Before him are Christian Boltanski (1944), Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (1806), René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (1643), Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville (1803), Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), and Louis, Prince of Condé (1668). After him are Jean Rouch (1917), Jean Chardin (1643), Fulcher of Chartres (1059), Raymond Domenech (1952), Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811), and Édouard Roche (1820).

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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 Jean-Claude Mézières (1938), Cabu (1938), Philippe Honoré (1941), Émile Cohl (1857), Jacques Tardi (1946), Tignous (1957), Jacques Martin (1921), and Claire Bretécher (1940).

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