COMIC ARTIST

Matt Groening

1954 - Today

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Matthew Abram Groening ( GRAY-ning; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. He is best known as the creator of the television series The Simpsons (1989–present), Futurama (1999–2003, 2008–2013, 2023–present), and Disenchantment (2018–2023), and the comic strip Life in Hell (1977–2012). The Simpsons is the longest-running U.S. primetime television series in history and the longest-running U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matt Groening has received more than 7,187,311 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Matt Groening is the 13th most popular comic artist (down from 12th in 2019), the 986th most popular biography from United States (down from 984th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Comic Artist.

Matt Groening is most famous for his creation of the animated TV series The Simpsons.

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  • 7.2M

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  • 62.71

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  • 62

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Matt Groening ranks 13 out of 226Before him are Peyo, Joseph Barbera, Carl Barks, Jean Giraud, Hugo Pratt, and Morris. After him are Jack Kirby, Zdeněk Miler, Leiji Matsumoto, Tsugumi Ohba, Jean-Jacques Sempé, and Rumiko Takahashi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Matt Groening ranks 30Before him are Ang Lee, Jorge Jesus, Serzh Sargsyan, Annie Lennox, Harald Schumacher, and Condoleezza Rice. After him are Vojislav Šešelj, João Lourenço, Robert Kocharyan, Jim Belushi, David Grossman, and Paolo Gentiloni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Matt Groening ranks 986 out of 20,380Before him are Jonathan Demme (1944), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Queen Noor of Jordan (1951), Tippi Hedren (1930), Harry Markowitz (1927), and Cormac McCarthy (1933). After him are Nat Turner (1800), Martha Graham (1894), Éamon de Valera (1882), James Tobin (1918), Frances Marion (1888), and Grant Wood (1891).

Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Matt Groening ranks 4Before him are Stan Lee (1922), Joseph Barbera (1911), and Carl Barks (1901). After him are Jack Kirby (1917), Bob Kane (1915), Steve Ditko (1927), Don Rosa (1951), Winsor McCay (1867), Will Eisner (1917), Charles Addams (1912), and Bill Finger (1914).