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Léon Cogniet

1794 - 1880

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Léon Cogniet (29 August 1794 – 20 November 1880) was a French history and portrait painter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Cogniet has received more than 97,243 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Léon Cogniet is the 747th most popular painter (up from 749th in 2019), the 2,192nd most popular biography from France (up from 2,208th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular French Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Léon Cogniet ranks 747 out of 2,023. Before him are Gillis van Coninxloo, Adam Frans van der Meulen, Spinello Aretino, Eugène Fromentin, Luis de Morales, and Josefa de Óbidos. After him are Juan Sánchez Cotán, Peter Lely, Julian Schnabel, Arthur Rackham, Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, and Marinus van Reymerswaele.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Léon Cogniet ranks 13. Before him are William Whewell, Józef Bem, Ignaz Moscheles, Wilhelm Müller, Aimable Pélissier, and Eduard Rüppell. After him are Eilhard Mitscherlich, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Pyotr Chaadayev, Friedrich Christian Diez, and Ami Boué. Among people deceased in 1880, Léon Cogniet ranks 17. Before him are Emperor Norton, Bettino Ricasoli, Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Édouard Séguin, Jules Antoine Lissajous, and John Sutter. After him are Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Ole Bull, Arnold Ruge, Sunanda Kumariratana, James Craig Watson, and Oliver Winchester.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Cogniet ranks 2,192 out of 6,770. Before him are Philippe Quinault (1635), Hervé (1825), Éric Zemmour (1958), Guillaume Dupuytren (1777), Sami Frey (1937), and Pierre Gringore (1475). After him are Charles Cros (1842), Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (1704), Pierre Nora (1931), Marina Ginestà (1919), Avitus of Vienne (450), and Maria of Navarre (1326).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Léon Cogniet ranks 143. Before him are Victorine Meurent (1844), Sébastien Bourdon (1616), Carle Vernet (1758), Marie Bracquemond (1840), Jean-Baptiste van Loo (1684), and Eugène Fromentin (1820). After him are Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823), Achille Devéria (1800), François-André Vincent (1746), Jean Metzinger (1883), Félix Ziem (1821), and Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686).

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