FASHION DESIGNER

Oscar de la Renta

1932 - 2014

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Óscar Arístides Renta Fiallo (22 July 1932 – 20 October 2014), known professionally as Oscar de la Renta, was a Dominican fashion designer. Born in Santo Domingo, he was trained by Cristóbal Balenciaga and Antonio del Castillo. De la Renta became internationally known in the 1960s as one of the couturiers who dressed Jacqueline Kennedy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oscar de la Renta has received more than 1,833,708 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Oscar de la Renta is the 21st most popular fashion designer, the 2nd most popular biography from Dominican Republic and the most popular Dominican Fashion Designer.

Oscar de la Renta is most famous for his evening wear.

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FASHION DESIGNERS

Among fashion designers, Oscar de la Renta ranks 21 out of 51. Before him are Kenzō Takada, Roberto Cavalli, Mary Quant, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Yohji Yamamoto, and Tom Ford. After him are Paul Poiret, Rose Bertin, John Galliano, Thierry Mugler, Gianfranco Ferré, and Donna Karan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Oscar de la Renta ranks 88. Before him are Emmanuelle Arsan, Alan Bean, Petula Clark, Peter Eisenman, Alfredo Ferrari, and Corry Brokken. After him are Naina Yeltsina, Quino, Khaled al-Asaad, Walter Gilbert, Tatsuya Nakadai, and Nikolai Kardashev. Among people deceased in 2014, Oscar de la Renta ranks 62. Before him are Stephanie Kwolek, Jean-Claude Duvalier, Robert A. Dahl, James Garner, Tito Vilanova, and Chespirito. After him are Věra Chytilová, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Gabriel Axel, Ernst Albrecht, Vujadin Boškov, and Hilderaldo Bellini.

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In Dominican Republic

Among people born in Dominican Republic, Oscar de la Renta ranks 2 out of 51. Before him are Rafael Trujillo (1891). After him are Théodore Chassériau (1819), Joaquín Balaguer (1906), Juan Pablo Duarte (1813), Hatuey (1478), Maria Montez (1912), Juan Bosch (1909), Danilo Medina (1951), Leonel Fernández (1953), Máximo Gómez (1836), and Héctor Trujillo (1908).

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Among FASHION DESIGNERS In Dominican Republic

Among fashion designers born in Dominican Republic, Oscar de la Renta ranks 1. 

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