1923 - 2001
Maurice De Bevere (Dutch: [ˈmoːriz də ˈbeːvərə]; French: [mɔʁis də bəvɛʁ, moʁ-]; 1 December 1923 – 16 July 2001), better known as Morris, was a Belgian cartoonist, comics artist, illustrator and the creator of Lucky Luke, a bestselling comic series about a gunslinger in the American Wild West. He was inspired by the adventures of the historic Dalton Gang and other outlaws. It was a bestselling series for more than 50 years that was translated into 23 languages and published internationally. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Morris has received more than 210,650 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Morris is the 16th most popular comic artist (down from 15th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 112th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Comic Artist.
Morris is most famous for the Morris chair, a type of chair with a curved back that was popular in the 18th century.
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Among comic artists, Morris ranks 16 out of 174. Before him are Peyo, Hugo Pratt, Matt Groening, Zdeněk Miler, Jack Kirby, and Bob Kane. After him are Tsugumi Ohba, Rumiko Takahashi, Go Nagai, Steve Ditko, André Franquin, and Quino.
1928 - 1992
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 10
1927 - 1995
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 11
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 12
1921 - 2011
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 13
1917 - 1994
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 14
1915 - 1998
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 15
1923 - 2001
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 16
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 17
1957 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 18
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 19
1927 - 2018
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 20
1924 - 1997
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 21
1932 - 2020
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 22
Among people born in 1923, Morris ranks 39. Before him are Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, Frederick Herzberg, René Girard, Mauno Koivisto, Diane Arbus, and Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. After him are Alice Miller, Cliff Robertson, Jorge Semprún, Edgar F. Codd, Stephanie Kwolek, and Merton Miller. Among people deceased in 2001, Morris ranks 35. Before him are Nikolay Basov, Zhang Xueliang, Gilbert Bécaud, Clifford Shull, Charles Trenet, and Juan Antonio Villacañas. After him are Stanley Kramer, Chung Ju-yung, Jacques Mayol, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Timothy McVeigh, and Isaac Stern.
1923 - 2012
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 33
1923 - 2000
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 34
1923 - 2015
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 35
1923 - 2017
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 36
1923 - 1971
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 37
1923 - 1941
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 38
1923 - 2001
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 39
1923 - 2010
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 40
1923 - 2011
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 41
1923 - 2011
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 42
1923 - 2003
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 43
1923 - 2014
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 44
1923 - 2000
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 45
1922 - 2001
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 29
1901 - 2001
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 30
1927 - 2001
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 31
1915 - 2001
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 32
1913 - 2001
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 33
1922 - 2001
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 34
1923 - 2001
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 35
1913 - 2001
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 36
1915 - 2001
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 37
1927 - 2001
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 38
1914 - 2001
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 39
1968 - 2001
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 40
1920 - 2001
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 41
Among people born in Belgium, Morris ranks 124 out of 1,019. Before him are Louis, Prince Napoléon (1914), Victor D'Hondt (1841), Paul Deschanel (1855), Siger of Brabant (1240), Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876), and Ermengarde of Hesbaye (778). After him are Marguerite Porete (1250), Auguste Perret (1874), Luce Irigaray (1930), Adriaen Brouwer (1605), Pierre Louÿs (1870), and Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (1903).
1914 - 1997
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 118
1841 - 1902
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 119
1855 - 1922
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 120
1240 - 1284
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 121
1876 - 1942
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 122
778 - 818
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 123
1923 - 2001
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 124
1250 - 1310
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 125
1874 - 1954
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 126
1930 - Present
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 127
1605 - 1638
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 128
1870 - 1925
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 129
1903 - 1983
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 130
Among comic artists born in Belgium, Morris ranks 3. Before him are Hergé (1907) and Peyo (1928). After him are André Franquin (1924), Benoît Sokal (1954), Jean-Michel Charlier (1924), Hermann Huppen (1938), Jijé (1914), Willy Vandersteen (1913), and Greg (1931).
1907 - 1983
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 1
1928 - 1992
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 2
1923 - 2001
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 3
1924 - 1997
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 4
1954 - 2021
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 5
1924 - 1989
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 6
1938 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 7
1914 - 1980
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 8
1913 - 1990
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 9
1931 - 1999
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 10