1860 - 1939
Louis William Wain (5 August 1860 – 4 July 1939) was an English artist best known for his drawings, which consistently featured anthropomorphized large-eyed cats and kittens. Later in life, he was confined to mental institutions and has been alleged to suffer from schizophrenia. This claim is disputed among specialists. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Wain has received more than 627,650 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Louis Wain is the 762nd most popular painter (down from 613th in 2019), the 1,551st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,226th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Painter.
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Among painters, Louis Wain ranks 762 out of 1,428. Before him are Thomas Cole, Abraham Mignon, Maurycy Gottlieb, Anton Janša, Alvise Vivarini, and Andrea Appiani. After him are Jan van der Heyden, Eugène Fromentin, Bramantino, Hercules Seghers, George Maciunas, and Constantin Hansen.
1801 - 1848
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 756
1640 - 1679
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 757
1856 - 1879
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 758
1734 - 1773
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 759
1445 - 1504
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 760
1754 - 1817
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 761
1860 - 1939
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 762
1637 - 1712
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 763
1820 - 1876
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 764
1465 - 1530
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 765
1589 - 1638
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 766
1931 - 1978
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 767
1804 - 1880
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 768
Among people born in 1860, Louis Wain ranks 55. Before him are Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz, Walter Sickert, Sergey Sazonov, Sunanda Kumariratana, Christen C. Raunkiær, and Grand Duke Dmitry Konstantinovich of Russia. After him are Friedrich Naumann, Charles Lwanga, Waldemar Haffkine, Paul Ulrich Villard, Albert Kahn, and Katō Takaaki. Among people deceased in 1939, Louis Wain ranks 49. Before him are Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro, Evald Aav, Arthur Rackham, Grigori Sokolnikov, Norman Bethune, and Louis Trousselier. After him are Harvey Cushing, Oscar Milosz, Havelock Ellis, Yevgeny Miller, Franz Schmidt, and Konstantin Korovin.
1860 - 1917
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 49
1860 - 1942
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 50
1860 - 1927
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 51
1860 - 1880
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 52
1860 - 1938
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 53
1860 - 1919
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 54
1860 - 1939
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 55
1860 - 1919
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 56
1860 - 1886
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 57
1860 - 1930
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 58
1860 - 1934
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 59
1860 - 1940
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 60
1860 - 1926
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 61
1871 - 1939
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 43
1900 - 1939
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 44
1867 - 1939
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 45
1888 - 1939
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 46
1890 - 1939
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 47
1881 - 1939
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 48
1860 - 1939
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 49
1869 - 1939
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 50
1877 - 1939
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 51
1859 - 1939
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 52
1867 - 1939
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 53
1874 - 1939
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 54
1861 - 1939
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 55
Among people born in United Kingdom, Louis Wain ranks 1,551 out of 6,924. Before him are George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784), Rafael Merry del Val (1865), Rosamund Pike (1979), Michael Halliday (1925), Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862), and John Loudon McAdam (1756). After him are Anne Perry (1938), Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473), Michael Sheen (1969), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), Edward Vernon (1684), and James McAvoy (1979).
1784 - 1860
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 1,545
1865 - 1930
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 1,546
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 1,547
1925 - 2018
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 1,548
1862 - 1933
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 1,549
1756 - 1836
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 1,550
1860 - 1939
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 1,551
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 1,552
1473 - 1554
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 1,553
1969 - Present
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 1,554
1806 - 1861
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 1,555
1684 - 1757
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 1,556
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 1,557
Among painters born in United Kingdom, Louis Wain ranks 23. Before him are Evelyn De Morgan (1855), George Stubbs (1724), Arthur Rackham (1867), John Collier (1850), John William Godward (1861), and Thomas Cole (1801). After him are James Gillray (1756), Walter Crane (1845), Effie Gray (1828), Thomas Rowlandson (1756), Frank Dicksee (1853), and Herbert James Draper (1863).
1855 - 1919
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 17
1724 - 1806
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 18
1867 - 1939
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 19
1850 - 1934
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 20
1861 - 1922
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 21
1801 - 1848
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 22
1860 - 1939
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 23
1756 - 1815
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 24
1845 - 1915
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 25
1828 - 1897
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 26
1756 - 1827
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 27
1853 - 1928
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 28
1863 - 1920
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 29