1967 - Today
Olafur Eliasson (Icelandic: Ólafur Elíasson; born 5 February 1967) is an Icelandic–Danish artist known for sculptured and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer's experience. In 1995 he established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, a laboratory for spatial research. In 2014, Eliasson and his long-time collaborator, German architect Sebastian Behmann founded Studio Other Spaces, an office for architecture and art. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Olafur Eliasson has received more than 638,681 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Olafur Eliasson is the 143rd most popular sculptor (up from 152nd in 2019), the 338th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 370th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Danish Sculptor.
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Among sculptors, Olafur Eliasson ranks 143 out of 190. Before him are Matthias Braun, Eva Hesse, Magda Frank, Tony Cragg, Gerhard Marcks, and W. J. Coffee. After him are Melchiorre Cafà, Ron Mueck, Emmanuel Frémiet, Fuad Abdurahmanov, Mark Antokolsky, and Gregorio Fernández.
1684 - 1738
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 137
1936 - 1970
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 138
1914 - 2010
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 139
1949 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 140
1889 - 1981
HPI: 61.75
Rank: 141
1774 - 1846
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 142
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 143
1636 - 1667
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 144
1958 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 145
1824 - 1910
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 146
1915 - 1971
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 147
1843 - 1902
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 148
1576 - 1636
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 149
Among people born in 1967, Olafur Eliasson ranks 103. Before him are Chris Benoit, Michel Hazanavicius, Tom Hollander, Mamoru Hosoda, Etgar Keret, and Aleksandar Đorđević. After him are Vanilla Ice, Takehito Koyasu, Layne Staley, Satya Nadella, Keith Urban, and Benny Benassi.
1967 - 2007
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 97
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 98
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 99
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 100
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 101
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 102
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 103
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 104
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 105
1967 - 2002
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 106
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 107
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 108
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 109
Among people born in Denmark, Olafur Eliasson ranks 338 out of 783. Before him are Johannes Ewald (1743), Urban Gad (1879), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (1946), Palle Huld (1912), Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1524), and Vilhelm Buhl (1881). After him are Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913), Thorkild Hansen (1927), Kurt Nielsen (1930), Erik Eriksen (1902), Harald Høffding (1843), and Theodor Philipsen (1840).
1743 - 1781
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 332
1879 - 1947
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 333
1946 - 2005
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 334
1912 - 2010
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 335
1524 - 1586
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 336
1881 - 1954
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 337
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 338
1913 - 2007
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 339
1927 - 1989
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 340
1930 - 2011
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 341
1902 - 1972
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 342
1843 - 1931
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 343
1840 - 1920
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 344
Among sculptors born in Denmark, Olafur Eliasson ranks 4. Before him are Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770), Jens Galschiøt (1954), and Robert Jacobsen (1912).
1770 - 1844
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 1
1954 - Present
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 2
1912 - 1993
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 3
1967 - Present
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 4