COMIC ARTIST

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 284,788 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Lee Falk is the 94th most popular comic artist (down from 85th in 2019), the 5,533rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,774th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Comic Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Lee Falk ranks 94 out of 226. Before him are Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Sergio Toppi, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Fujio Akatsuka, and Sanpei Shirato. After him are Jijé, Willy Vandersteen, Juan Giménez, Jean-Claude Mézières, Hajime Isayama, and Masamune Shirow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Lee Falk ranks 204. Before him are Saalumarada Thimmakka, Antonio Guzmán Fernández, Ronald Neame, Carl Keenan Seyfert, Gustav Wetterström, and Kick Smit. After him are Maclyn McCarty, Antonio Sastre, Mary Blair, Bel Kaufman, Masayuki Mori, and Luise Rinser. Among people deceased in 1999, Lee Falk ranks 163. Before him are Tatevik Sazandaryan, Alfred Bickel, Art Farmer, Zuleykha Seyidmammadova, Jehan Buhan, and Charles Crichton. After him are Galina Bystrova, Joshua Nkomo, Johannes Käbin, Annibale Frossi, Fritz Honegger, and Robert Mills.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lee Falk ranks 5,533 out of 20,380. Before him are Leigh Brackett (1915), Louise Erdrich (1954), Wallace Clement Sabine (1868), Tammy Wynette (1942), Billy Cox (1939), and Sonny Barger (1938). After him are Garry Shandling (1949), Paget Brewster (1969), Leland Sklar (1947), Michael Imperioli (1966), Doug Hutchison (1960), and David Bryan (1962).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Lee Falk ranks 21. Before him are Jerry Siegel (1914), E. C. Segar (1894), Robert Crumb (1943), Jim Davis (1945), Richard F. Outcault (1863), and Al Taliaferro (1905). After him are Floyd Gottfredson (1905), John Romita Sr. (1930), Richard Corben (1940), Roy Thomas (1940), Larry Lieber (1931), and Joe Simon (1913).

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