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Josef Koudelka

1938 - Today

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Josef Koudelka (born 10 January 1938) is a Czech-French photographer. He is a member of Magnum Photos and has won awards such as the Prix Nadar (1978), a Grand Prix National de la Photographie (1989), a Grand Prix Henri Cartier-Bresson (1991), and the Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography (1992). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Koudelka has received more than 227,579 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Josef Koudelka is the 22nd most popular photographer, the 177th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 165th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Josef Koudelkas by language

Over the past year Josef Koudelka has had the most page views in the with 22,182 views, followed by Czech (7,938), and French (6,672). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (118.75%), Armenian (97.31%), and Georgian (59.23%)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Josef Koudelka ranks 22 out of 148. Before him are André Kertész, Nobuyoshi Araki, Brassaï, Annie Leibovitz, Diane Arbus, and Alfred Stieglitz. After him are Richard Avedon, August Sander, Yousuf Karsh, Robert Mapplethorpe, Roger Fenton, and Irving Penn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Josef Koudelka ranks 99. Before him are Giuliano Amato, Juliet Anderson, Frank Langella, Eddie Cochran, Georg Baselitz, and Fela Kuti. After him are Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, Robert Smithson, Larry Scott, Cabu, Karin Dor, and Tom Regan.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Koudelka ranks 177 out of 1,200. Before him are Petr Čech (1982), David Popper (1843), Ivo Viktor (1942), Bedřich Hrozný (1879), Ignaz Moscheles (1794), and Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863). After him are Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760), Blanche of Valois (1316), Ottokar Czernin (1872), Catherine of Bohemia (1342), Jan Patočka (1907), and Carl von Rokitansky (1804).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Czechia

Among photographers born in Czechia, Josef Koudelka ranks 1. After him are Jan Saudek (1935), Josef Sudek (1896), and František Drtikol (1883).

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