COMIC ARTIST
Jean Giraud
1938 - 2012
Jean Giraud
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (French: [ʒiʁo]; 8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French artist, cartoonist and writer who worked in the Franco-Belgian bandes dessinées (BD) tradition. Giraud garnered worldwide acclaim predominantly under the pseudonym Mœbius (; French: [møbjys]) for his fantasy/science-fiction work, and to a slightly lesser extent as Gir (French: [ʒiʁ]), which he used for the Blueberry series and his other Western themed work. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Giraud has received more than 2,043,686 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Jean Giraud is the 10th most popular comic artist (down from 7th in 2019), the 898th most popular biography from France (down from 718th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Comic Artist.
Jean Giraud was a French artist who is most famous for his work on the French comic series, "The Adventures of Tintin".
Memorability Metrics
2.0M
Page Views (PV)
63.75
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
42
Languages Editions (L)
5.94
Effective Languages (L*)
3.32
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among COMIC ARTISTS
Among comic artists, Jean Giraud ranks 10 out of 226. Before him are Hergé, Akira Toriyama, Albert Uderzo, Peyo, Joseph Barbera, and Carl Barks. After him are Hugo Pratt, Morris, Matt Groening, Jack Kirby, Zdeněk Miler, and Leiji Matsumoto.
Most Popular Comic Artists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsHergé
1907 - 1983
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 4
Akira Toriyama
1955 - 2024
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 5
Albert Uderzo
1927 - 2020
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 6
Peyo
1928 - 1992
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 7
Joseph Barbera
1911 - 2006
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 8
Carl Barks
1901 - 2000
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 9
Jean Giraud
1938 - 2012
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 10
Hugo Pratt
1927 - 1995
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 11
Morris
1923 - 2001
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 12
Matt Groening
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 13
Jack Kirby
1917 - 1994
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 14
Zdeněk Miler
1921 - 2011
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 15
Leiji Matsumoto
1938 - 2023
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 16
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1938, Jean Giraud ranks 46. Before him are Donald Knuth, Kenny Rogers, Robert Nozick, Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, César Luis Menotti, and Ahmed Qurei. After him are Jiří Menzel, Alpha Condé, Raymond Carver, Ayaz Mutallibov, Kurt Wüthrich, and Viktor Chernomyrdin. Among people deceased in 2012, Jean Giraud ranks 29. Before him are Robin Gibb, Matilde Camus, Carlos Fuentes, Antoni Tàpies, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, and Sven Hassel. After him are John Demjanjuk, Antonio Tabucchi, Ravi Shankar, Sun Myung Moon, Larry Hagman, and Kiro Gligorov.
Others Born in 1938
Go to all RankingsDonald Knuth
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 40
Kenny Rogers
SINGER
1938 - 2020
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 41
Robert Nozick
PHILOSOPHER
1938 - 2002
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 42
Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 43
César Luis Menotti
SOCCER PLAYER
1938 - 2024
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 44
Ahmed Qurei
POLITICIAN
1938 - 2023
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 45
Jean Giraud
COMIC ARTIST
1938 - 2012
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 46
Jiří Menzel
FILM DIRECTOR
1938 - 2020
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 47
Alpha Condé
POLITICIAN
1938 - Present
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 48
Raymond Carver
WRITER
1938 - 1988
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 49
Ayaz Mutallibov
POLITICIAN
1938 - 2022
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 50
Kurt Wüthrich
CHEMIST
1938 - Present
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 51
Viktor Chernomyrdin
DIPLOMAT
1938 - 2010
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 52
Others Deceased in 2012
Go to all RankingsRobin Gibb
SINGER
1949 - 2012
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 23
Matilde Camus
WRITER
1919 - 2012
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 24
Carlos Fuentes
WRITER
1928 - 2012
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 25
Antoni Tàpies
PAINTER
1923 - 2012
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 26
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1923 - 2012
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 27
Sven Hassel
WRITER
1917 - 2012
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 28
Jean Giraud
COMIC ARTIST
1938 - 2012
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 29
John Demjanjuk
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1920 - 2012
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 30
Antonio Tabucchi
WRITER
1943 - 2012
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 31
Ravi Shankar
MUSICIAN
1920 - 2012
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 32
Sun Myung Moon
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1920 - 2012
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 33
Larry Hagman
ACTOR
1931 - 2012
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 34
Kiro Gligorov
POLITICIAN
1917 - 2012
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 35
In France
Among people born in France, Jean Giraud ranks 898 out of 6,770. Before him are Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656), Pierre Boulle (1912), Jules Ferry (1832), Edmond de Goncourt (1822), Claudine Auger (1941), and Richard I of Normandy (933). After him are Paul Delaroche (1797), Louis-Jules Trochu (1815), John I of Aragon (1350), Edgar Morin (1921), Jean-Claude Killy (1943), and Claude Lelouch (1937).
Others born in France
Go to all RankingsJoseph Pitton de Tournefort
BIOLOGIST
1656 - 1708
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 892
Pierre Boulle
WRITER
1912 - 1994
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 893
Jules Ferry
POLITICIAN
1832 - 1893
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 894
Edmond de Goncourt
WRITER
1822 - 1896
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 895
Claudine Auger
ACTOR
1941 - 2019
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 896
Richard I of Normandy
POLITICIAN
933 - 996
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 897
Jean Giraud
COMIC ARTIST
1938 - 2012
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 898
Paul Delaroche
PAINTER
1797 - 1856
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 899
Louis-Jules Trochu
POLITICIAN
1815 - 1896
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 900
John I of Aragon
POLITICIAN
1350 - 1396
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 901
Edgar Morin
PHILOSOPHER
1921 - Present
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 902
Jean-Claude Killy
SKIER
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 903
Claude Lelouch
FILM DIRECTOR
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 904
Among COMIC ARTISTS In France
Among comic artists born in France, Jean Giraud ranks 3. Before him are René Goscinny (1926), and Albert Uderzo (1927). After him are Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932), Cabu (1938), Philippe Honoré (1941), Émile Cohl (1857), Jacques Tardi (1946), Tignous (1957), Jean-Claude Mézières (1938), Jacques Martin (1921), and Gotlib (1934).
René Goscinny
1926 - 1977
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 1
Albert Uderzo
1927 - 2020
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 2
Jean Giraud
1938 - 2012
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 3
Jean-Jacques Sempé
1932 - 2022
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 4
Cabu
1938 - 2015
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 5
Philippe Honoré
1941 - 2015
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 6
Émile Cohl
1857 - 1938
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 7
Jacques Tardi
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 8
Tignous
1957 - 2015
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 9
Jean-Claude Mézières
1938 - 2022
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 10
Jacques Martin
1921 - 2010
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 11
Gotlib
1934 - 2016
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 12