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Ollie Johnston

1912 - 2008

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Oliver Martin Johnston Jr. (October 31, 1912 – April 14, 2008) was an American motion picture animator. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, and the last surviving at the time of his death from natural causes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ollie Johnston has received more than 495,098 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Ollie Johnston is the 70th most popular designer (up from 72nd in 2019), the 5,967th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,158th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Ollie Johnston ranks 70 out of 104. Before him are Yuko Shimizu, Kaj Franck, Nicolas Jenson, Laura Ashley, Piero Tosi, and Ruth St. Denis. After him are Storm Thorgerson, Stefano Gabbana, Erik Spiekermann, Lia van Leer, Alan Freed, and Max Miedinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Ollie Johnston ranks 254. Before him are Paul Janes, Phạm Hùng, Louis Paul Boon, Enrique Fernández Viola, Pietro Palazzini, and Maguba Syrtlanova. After him are Lightnin' Hopkins, Iuliu Bodola, Glenn Morris, Boris Chertok, Givi Javakhishvili, and Morris Louis. Among people deceased in 2008, Ollie Johnston ranks 217. Before him are Ricardo Infante, Károly Németh, Abdulah Gegić, Mario Rigoni Stern, Leonard Rosenman, and Janwillem van de Wetering. After him are David Gale, Kurt Furgler, Xie Jin, Luis de Souza Ferreira, Ibrahim Nasir, and Neil Aspinall.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ollie Johnston ranks 5,967 out of 20,380. Before him are Ralph Nelson (1916), David Douglas Duncan (1916), John Kuck (1905), Junior Wells (1934), Terence Trent D'Arby (1962), and Raymond Scott (1908). After him are David Gale (1921), James Marsters (1962), Ossie Davis (1917), Gary Dourdan (1966), Don Wilson (1954), and Harold Agnew (1921).

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Among DESIGNERS In United States

Among designers born in United States, Ollie Johnston ranks 8. Before him are Iris Apfel (1921), Betsy Ross (1752), Syd Mead (1933), Milton Glaser (1929), Paul Rand (1914), and Ruth St. Denis (1879). After him are Alan Freed (1921), Marc Davis (1913), Colleen Atwood (1948), Norman Bel Geddes (1893), Virgil Abloh (1980), and Kate Spade (1962).

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