DESIGNER

Max Miedinger

1910 - 1980

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Max Miedinger (24 December 1910 – 8 March 1980) was a Swiss typeface designer, best known for creating the Neue Haas Grotesk typeface in 1957, renamed Helvetica in 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Miedinger has received more than 232,135 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Max Miedinger is the 76th most popular designer (up from 83rd in 2019), the 516th most popular biography from Switzerland and the 2nd most popular Swiss Designer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Max Miedinger ranks 76 out of 104. Before him are Ollie Johnston, Storm Thorgerson, Stefano Gabbana, Erik Spiekermann, Lia van Leer, and Alan Freed. After him are Jony Ive, Marc Davis, Colleen Atwood, Philipp Plein, Robert Kalina, and Chiara Ferragni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Max Miedinger ranks 275. Before him are Henry L. Giclas, Duncan McNaughton, Mamadou Dia, Gennady Voronov, William Schuman, and Gunnar Fischer. After him are Mary Lou Williams, Hilde Schrader, John Hammond, Ludwig von Moos, Erik Ode, and Georges Beuchat. Among people deceased in 1980, Max Miedinger ranks 222. Before him are Tim Hardin, Carlo Annovazzi, Pedro Vallana, Erast Garin, Sahir Ludhianvi, and Rudolf Bürger. After him are Christian Møller, André Chéron, Adolph Deutsch, Alfredo Brilhante da Costa, Zezé Procópio, and Jadwiga Jędrzejowska.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Max Miedinger ranks 516 out of 1,015. Before him are Franz von Werra (1914), Albert Gallatin (1761), Renée Colliard (1933), Gaudenzio Marconi (1841), Ciriaco Sforza (1970), and René Fasel (1950). After him are Johannes Baumann (1874), Michelle Hunziker (1977), Bernard Fellay (1958), Elizabeth Thompson (1846), Alain Geiger (1960), and Hoyte van Hoytema (1971).

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Among DESIGNERS In Switzerland

Among designers born in Switzerland, Max Miedinger ranks 2. Before him are Adrian Frutiger (1928).

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