1922 - 2011
Lucian Michael Freud, OM CH (; 8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century portraitists. He was born in Berlin, the son of Jewish architect Ernst L. Freud and the grandson of Sigmund Freud. Freud got his first name "Lucian" from his mother in memory of the ancient writer Lucian of Samosata. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucian Freud has received more than 1,673,959 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Lucian Freud is the 273rd most popular painter (up from 285th in 2019), the 677th most popular biography from Germany (up from 703rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Painter.
Lucian Freud is a British painter who is known for his uncompromising portraits of friends and family.
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Among painters, Lucian Freud ranks 273 out of 1,428. Before him are Frans Snyders, Franz Xaver Winterhalter, Joachim Patinir, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Francesco Hayez, and Max Beckmann. After him are Gerard David, Gerrit Dou, Ivan Kramskoi, Masolino da Panicale, Simon Vouet, and Hans von Aachen.
1579 - 1657
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 267
1805 - 1873
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 268
1480 - 1524
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 269
1450 - 1535
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 270
1791 - 1882
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 271
1884 - 1950
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 272
1922 - 2011
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 273
1450 - 1523
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 274
1613 - 1675
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 275
1837 - 1887
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 276
1383 - 1447
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 277
1590 - 1649
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 278
1552 - 1615
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 279
Among people born in 1922, Lucian Freud ranks 42. Before him are Yang Chen-Ning, Nikolay Basov, Julius Nyerere, Hans Georg Dehmelt, Nándor Hidegkuti, and Renata Tebaldi. After him are Leon M. Lederman, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Liliane Bettencourt, Nils Liedholm, Dana Zátopková, and Manolis Glezos. Among people deceased in 2011, Lucian Freud ranks 29. Before him are John Barry, Diana Wynne Jones, Annie Girardot, Rudolf Mössbauer, Necmettin Erbakan, and Willard Boyle. After him are Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Christa Wolf, Manfred Gerlach, Baruch Samuel Blumberg, Lynn Margulis, and John McCarthy.
1922 - Present
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 36
1922 - 2001
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 37
1922 - 1999
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 38
1922 - 2017
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 39
1922 - 2002
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 40
1922 - 2004
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 41
1922 - 2011
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 42
1922 - 2018
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 43
1922 - 1984
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 44
1922 - 2017
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 45
1922 - 2007
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 46
1922 - 2020
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 47
1922 - 2020
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 48
1933 - 2011
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 23
1934 - 2011
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 24
1931 - 2011
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 25
1929 - 2011
HPI: 72.53
Rank: 26
1926 - 2011
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 27
1924 - 2011
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 28
1922 - 2011
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 29
1921 - 2011
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 30
1929 - 2011
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 31
1928 - 2011
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 32
1925 - 2011
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 33
1938 - 2011
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 34
1927 - 2011
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 35
Among people born in Germany, Lucian Freud ranks 677 out of 5,289. Before him are Felix Wankel (1902), Wilhelm Hauff (1802), August Horch (1868), Hermann Weyl (1885), Matilda of Ringelheim (894), and Max Beckmann (1884). After him are Georg Jellinek (1851), Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174), Jakob Fugger (1459), Franz Joseph Gall (1758), Elsa Einstein (1876), and Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929).
1902 - 1988
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 671
1802 - 1827
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 672
1868 - 1951
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 673
1885 - 1955
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 674
894 - 968
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 675
1884 - 1950
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 676
1922 - 2011
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 677
1851 - 1911
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 678
1174 - 1237
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 679
1459 - 1525
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 680
1758 - 1828
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 681
1876 - 1936
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 682
1929 - 2016
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 683
Among painters born in Germany, Lucian Freud ranks 21. Before him are George Grosz (1893), Hans Baldung (1484), August Macke (1887), Max Liebermann (1847), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), and Max Beckmann (1884). After him are Hans von Aachen (1552), Franz Stuck (1863), Oskar Schlemmer (1888), Carl Spitzweg (1808), Philipp Otto Runge (1777), and Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789).
1893 - 1959
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 15
1484 - 1545
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 16
1887 - 1914
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 17
1847 - 1935
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 18
1805 - 1873
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 19
1884 - 1950
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 20
1922 - 2011
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 21
1552 - 1615
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 22
1863 - 1928
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 23
1888 - 1943
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 24
1808 - 1885
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 25
1777 - 1810
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 26
1789 - 1869
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 27