1952 - Today
Jean Paul Gaultier (French: [ʒɑ̃ pɔl ɡotje]; born 24 June 1952) is a French haute couture and prêt-à-porter fashion designer. He is described as an "enfant terrible" of the fashion industry and is known for his unconventional designs with motifs including corsets, marinières, and tin cans. Gaultier founded his eponymous fashion label in 1982, and expanded with a line of fragrances in 1993. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean-Paul Gaultier has received more than 970,067 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Jean-Paul Gaultier is the 17th most popular fashion designer (down from 14th in 2019), the 891st most popular biography from France (up from 1,032nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Fashion Designer.
Jean-Paul Gaultier is most famous for his provocative and avant-garde designs.
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Among fashion designers, Jean-Paul Gaultier ranks 17 out of 38. Before him are Donatella Versace, Thierry Mugler, Hubert de Givenchy, Maurizio Gucci, Kenzō Takada, and Elsa Schiaparelli. After him are Roberto Cavalli, Yohji Yamamoto, Tom Ford, Oscar de la Renta, Paul Poiret, and Vera Wang.
1955 - Present
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 11
1948 - 2022
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 12
1927 - 2018
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 13
1948 - 1995
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 14
1939 - 2020
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 15
1890 - 1973
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 16
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 17
1940 - Present
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 18
1943 - Present
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 19
1961 - Present
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 20
1932 - 2014
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 21
1879 - 1944
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 22
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 23
Among people born in 1952, Jean-Paul Gaultier ranks 31. Before him are Dan Aykroyd, Sammo Hung, John Goodman, Hun Sen, Douglas Adams, and Isabella Rossellini. After him are Oleg Blokhin, Laura Branigan, Zoran Đinđić, Idriss Déby, Bronisław Komorowski, and Tomislav Nikolić.
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 25
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 26
1952 - Present
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 27
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 28
1952 - 2001
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 29
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 30
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 31
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 32
1952 - 2004
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 33
1952 - 2003
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 34
1952 - 2021
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 35
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 36
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 37
Among people born in France, Jean-Paul Gaultier ranks 891 out of 6,011. Before him are Louis Vuitton (1821), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Odo the Great (650), Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438), Joan the Lame (1293), and Georges Couthon (1755). After him are André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), Jacques MacDonald (1765), Louis Desaix (1768), Inessa Armand (1874), Bruno Latour (1947), and Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy (1143).
1821 - 1892
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 885
1822 - 1896
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 886
650 - 735
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 887
1438 - 1497
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 888
1293 - 1349
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 889
1755 - 1794
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 890
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 891
1769 - 1823
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 892
1765 - 1840
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 893
1768 - 1800
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 894
1874 - 1920
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 895
1947 - 2022
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 896
1143 - 1184
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 897
Among fashion designers born in France, Jean-Paul Gaultier ranks 5. Before him are Coco Chanel (1883), Christian Dior (1905), Thierry Mugler (1948), and Hubert de Givenchy (1927). After him are Paul Poiret (1879), Christian Lacroix (1951), Madeleine Vionnet (1876), Emanuel Ungaro (1933), Christian Louboutin (1964), Jean Patou (1887), and Guy Laroche (1921).
1883 - 1971
HPI: 82.18
Rank: 1
1905 - 1957
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 2
1948 - 2022
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 3
1927 - 2018
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 4
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 5
1879 - 1944
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 6
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 7
1876 - 1975
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 8
1933 - 2019
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 9
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 10
1887 - 1936
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 11
1921 - 1989
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 12