COMIC ARTIST

Jim Davis

1945 - Today

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James Robert Davis (born July 28, 1945) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known as the creator of the comic strips Garfield and U.S. Acres. Published since 1978, Garfield is one of the world's most widely syndicated comic strips. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Davis has received more than 52,514 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Jim Davis is the 72nd most popular comic artist (up from 90th in 2019), the 4,234th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,156th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Comic Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 53k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jim Davis by language

Over the past year Jim Davis has had the most page views in the with 21,605 views, followed by French (12,816), and German (11,497). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (3,533.33%), Volapük (123.37%), and Simple English (92.62%)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Jim Davis ranks 72 out of 226Before him are Jacques Tardi, Yoshito Usui, Vicar, Robert Crumb, Takeshi Obata, and Tignous. After him are Richard F. Outcault, Kazuki Takahashi, Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Kazuo Koike, and Hiromu Arakawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Jim Davis ranks 282Before him are Sammy Gravano, Rüdiger Safranski, Bruno Nuytten, Adrienne Barbeau, Prawit Wongsuwon, and Zdeňka Vávrová. After him are Ali Akbar Velayati, Leif G. W. Persson, Jean-Claude Izzo, Terence Davies, Tom Segev, and Doug Clifford.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Davis ranks 4,234 out of 20,380Before him are Thom Mayne (1944), Joe Johnston (1950), Newt Gingrich (1943), Alexander Payne (1961), James Longstreet (1821), and Dwight L. Moody (1837). After him are Roy Buchanan (1939), Freddie Hubbard (1938), Jesse Jane (1980), Aldo Leopold (1887), Imogen Cunningham (1883), and Jeannette Rankin (1880).

Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Jim Davis ranks 18Before him are Bill Finger (1914), Frank Miller (1957), Charles M. Schulz (1922), Jerry Siegel (1914), E. C. Segar (1894), and Robert Crumb (1943). After him are Richard F. Outcault (1863), Al Taliaferro (1905), Lee Falk (1911), Floyd Gottfredson (1905), John Romita Sr. (1930), and Richard Corben (1940).