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Julia Child

1912 - 2004

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Julia Carolyn Child (née McWilliams; August 15, 1912 – August 13, 2004) was an American chef, author, and television personality. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Julia Child has received more than 12,241,823 page views. Her biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Julia Child is the 3rd most popular chef (down from 1st in 2019), the 1,566th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,586th in 2019) and the most popular American Chef.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.69

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEFS

Among chefs, Julia Child ranks 3 out of 7. Before her are Marcus Gavius Apicius and Joël Robuchon. After her are Gordon Ramsay, Marie Harel, Alain Ducasse, Charles Joughin, Ferran Adrià, Jamie Oliver, René Redzepi, Floyd Cardoz, and Rachael Ray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Julia Child ranks 69. Before her are Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Hermann Graf, Duško Popov, Lev Gumilyov, Herbert C. Brown, and Pat Nixon. After her are Ivan Yakubovsky, Dinmukhamed Kunaev, Abbé Pierre, Marina Raskova, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, and Yuen Siu-tien. Among people deceased in 2004, Julia Child ranks 46. Before her are Edward B. Lewis, Theo van Gogh, Arthur Hailey, Norberto Bobbio, John Pople, and Herbert C. Brown. After her are Nicolai Ghiaurov, Otto Kumm, José López Portillo y Pacheco, Elmer Bernstein, Fanny Blankers-Koen, and Ko Yong-hui.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Julia Child ranks 1,566 out of 18,182. Before her are Valerie Solanas (1936), Anthony Bourdain (1956), Eddie Cochran (1938), John Saxon (1935), James Earl Ray (1928), and Paul Greengard (1925). After her are Diane Lane (1965), James Gandolfini (1961), Lee de Forest (1873), Joseph Nye (1937), George C. Scott (1927), and Frederic Edwin Church (1826).

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Among CHEFS In United States

Among chefs born in United States, Julia Child ranks 1. After her are Rachael Ray (1968).

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