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Lee Falk

1911 - 1999

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Lee Falk (), born Leon Harrison Gross (; April 28, 1911 – March 13, 1999), was an American cartoonist, writer, theater director, and producer, best known as the creator of the comic strips Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom. At the height of their popularity, these strips attracted over 100 million readers every day. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lee Falk has received more than 265,992 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Lee Falk is the 86th most popular comic artist (down from 66th in 2019), the 4,786th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,942nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Comic Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Lee Falk ranks 86 out of 174. Before him are Jacques Tardi, Jean-Michel Charlier, Kazuki Takahashi, Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Tignous, and Sanpei Shirato. After him are Hermann Huppen, Juan Giménez, Joe Simon, Jijé, Jim Davis, and Masamune Shirow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Lee Falk ranks 173. Before him are Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Louis Dumont, Rafael Arnaiz Barón, Broderick Crawford, Robert Marchand, and Big Joe Turner. After him are Viktor Nekrasov, Willem Johan Kolff, Amir Hamzah, Roy Rogers, Floyd Council, and Nagarjun. Among people deceased in 1999, Lee Falk ranks 135. Before him are Umberto Maglioli, Grete Stern, Richard Kiley, Susan Strasberg, Mario Soldati, and Art Farmer. After him are Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Georges Miez, Nise da Silveira, David A. Huffman, Yevgeny Morgunov, and Nilde Iotti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lee Falk ranks 4,786 out of 18,182. Before him are Dennis Frederiksen (1951), Stephen Cook (1939), Robert Wisdom (1953), Norma Talmadge (1894), Charles Brockden Brown (1771), and Leo Frank (1884). After him are Saul Zaentz (1921), Frank James (1843), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), Matthew Lillard (1970), Sean S. Cunningham (1941), and Anne Revere (1903).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Lee Falk ranks 20. Before him are Jerry Siegel (1914), Charles Addams (1912), E. C. Segar (1894), Richard F. Outcault (1863), Robert Crumb (1943), and Al Taliaferro (1905). After him are Joe Simon (1913), Jim Davis (1945), Roy Thomas (1940), John Romita Sr. (1930), Floyd Gottfredson (1905), and Richard Corben (1940).

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