PAINTER
Marc Chagall
1887 - 1985
Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall (born Moishe Shagal; 6 July [O.S. 24 June] 1887 – 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist. An early modernist, he was associated with the École de Paris as well as several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic formats, including painting, drawings, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramics, tapestries and fine art prints. Chagall was born in 1887, into a Jewish family near Vitebsk, today in Belarus, but at that time in the Pale of Settlement of the Russian Empire. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marc Chagall has received more than 4,061,219 page views. His biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 80 in 2019). Marc Chagall is the 33rd most popular painter (up from 35th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Belarus (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Painter.
Marc Chagall is most famous for his paintings of Jewish life in Russia and Eastern Europe.
Memorability Metrics
4.1M
Page Views (PV)
78.14
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
81
Languages Editions (L)
12.22
Effective Languages (L*)
3.22
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Among PAINTERS
Among painters, Marc Chagall ranks 33 out of 2,023. Before him are Édouard Manet, Wassily Kandinsky, Hieronymus Bosch, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Jan van Eyck, and Edgar Degas. After him are Jacques-Louis David, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Giotto, Joan Miró, René Magritte, and Masaccio.
Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsÉdouard Manet
1832 - 1883
HPI: 79.89
Rank: 27
Wassily Kandinsky
1866 - 1944
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 28
Hieronymus Bosch
1450 - 1516
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 29
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1780 - 1867
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 30
Jan van Eyck
1395 - 1441
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 31
Edgar Degas
1834 - 1917
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 32
Marc Chagall
1887 - 1985
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 33
Jacques-Louis David
1748 - 1825
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 34
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
1841 - 1919
HPI: 78.00
Rank: 35
Giotto
1267 - 1337
HPI: 77.90
Rank: 36
Joan Miró
1893 - 1983
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 37
René Magritte
1898 - 1967
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 38
Masaccio
1401 - 1428
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 39
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1887, Marc Chagall ranks 3. Before him are Le Corbusier, and Erwin Schrödinger. After him are Marcel Duchamp, Chiang Kai-shek, Erich von Manstein, Charles I of Austria, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Padre Pio, Ernst Röhm, Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, and Arthur Rubinstein. Among people deceased in 1985, Marc Chagall ranks 1. After him are Enver Hoxha, Yul Brynner, Konstantin Chernenko, Heinrich Böll, Italo Calvino, Carl Schmitt, Simone Signoret, Fernand Braudel, Orson Welles, László Bíró, and Jean Dubuffet.
Others Born in 1887
Go to all RankingsLe Corbusier
ARCHITECT
1887 - 1965
HPI: 83.05
Rank: 1
Erwin Schrödinger
PHYSICIST
1887 - 1961
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 2
Marc Chagall
PAINTER
1887 - 1985
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 3
Marcel Duchamp
ARTIST
1887 - 1968
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 4
Chiang Kai-shek
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1975
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 5
Erich von Manstein
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1973
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 6
Charles I of Austria
POLITICIAN
1887 - 1922
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 7
Srinivasa Ramanujan
MATHEMATICIAN
1887 - 1920
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 8
Padre Pio
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1887 - 1968
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 9
Ernst Röhm
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1934
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 10
Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk
POLITICIAN
1887 - 1977
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 11
Arthur Rubinstein
MUSICIAN
1887 - 1982
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1985
Go to all RankingsMarc Chagall
PAINTER
1887 - 1985
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 1
Enver Hoxha
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1985
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 2
Yul Brynner
ACTOR
1920 - 1985
HPI: 76.99
Rank: 3
Konstantin Chernenko
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1985
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 4
Heinrich Böll
WRITER
1917 - 1985
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 5
Italo Calvino
WRITER
1923 - 1985
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 6
Carl Schmitt
PHILOSOPHER
1888 - 1985
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 7
Simone Signoret
ACTOR
1921 - 1985
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 8
Fernand Braudel
HISTORIAN
1902 - 1985
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 9
Orson Welles
ACTOR
1915 - 1985
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 10
László Bíró
INVENTOR
1899 - 1985
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 11
Jean Dubuffet
PAINTER
1901 - 1985
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 12
In Belarus
Among people born in Belarus, Marc Chagall ranks 2 out of 368. Before him are Shimon Peres (1923). After him are Lev Vygotsky (1896), Menachem Begin (1913), Chaim Weizmann (1874), Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877), Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746), Alexander Lukashenko (1954), Stanisław August Poniatowski (1732), Andrei Gromyko (1909), Simon Kuznets (1901), and Chaim Soutine (1893).
Others born in Belarus
Go to all RankingsShimon Peres
POLITICIAN
1923 - 2016
HPI: 79.16
Rank: 1
Marc Chagall
PAINTER
1887 - 1985
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 2
Lev Vygotsky
PSYCHOLOGIST
1896 - 1934
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 3
Menachem Begin
POLITICIAN
1913 - 1992
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 4
Chaim Weizmann
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1952
HPI: 72.63
Rank: 5
Felix Dzerzhinsky
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1926
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 6
Tadeusz Kościuszko
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1746 - 1817
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 7
Alexander Lukashenko
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 8
Stanisław August Poniatowski
POLITICIAN
1732 - 1798
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 9
Andrei Gromyko
POLITICIAN
1909 - 1989
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 10
Simon Kuznets
ECONOMIST
1901 - 1985
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 11
Chaim Soutine
PAINTER
1893 - 1943
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 12
Among PAINTERS In Belarus
Among painters born in Belarus, Marc Chagall ranks 1. After him are Chaim Soutine (1893), Léon Bakst (1866), Władysław Strzemiński (1893), January Suchodolski (1797), Kazimierz Alchimowicz (1840), and Maja Berezowska (1893).
Marc Chagall
1887 - 1985
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 1
Chaim Soutine
1893 - 1943
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 2
Léon Bakst
1866 - 1924
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 3
Władysław Strzemiński
1893 - 1952
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 4
January Suchodolski
1797 - 1875
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 5
Kazimierz Alchimowicz
1840 - 1916
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 6
Maja Berezowska
1893 - 1978
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 7