1842 - 1910
Osman Hamdi Bey (30 December 1842 – 24 February 1910) was an Ottoman administrator, intellectual, art expert and also a prominent and pioneering painter. He was the Ottoman Empire's first modern archaeologist, and is regarded as the founding father of both archaeology and the museum curator's professions in Turkey. He was the founder of Istanbul Archaeology Museums and of the Istanbul Academy of Fine Arts (Turkish: Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi) known today as the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Osman Hamdi Bey has received more than 266,951 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Osman Hamdi Bey is the 730th most popular painter (down from 666th in 2019), the 643rd most popular biography from Turkey (down from 571st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Turkish Painter.
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Among painters, Osman Hamdi Bey ranks 730 out of 1,421. Before him are Hans Richter, Takashi Murakami, Charlotte Salomon, Julian Schnabel, Roberto Ferruzzi, and Ramon Casas. After him are Dorothea Tanning, Wolf Huber, Sin Yun-bok, Pedro Berruguete, Vincenzo Catena, and Willem van de Velde the Younger.
1888 - 1976
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 724
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 725
1917 - 1943
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 726
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 727
1853 - 1934
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 728
1866 - 1932
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 729
1842 - 1910
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 730
1910 - 2012
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 731
1485 - 1553
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 732
1758 - Present
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 733
1450 - 1504
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 734
1470 - 1531
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 735
1633 - 1707
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 736
Among people born in 1842, Osman Hamdi Bey ranks 40. Before him are Mykola Lysenko, Alphonse Borrelly, Gaston, Count of Eu, Georg Ritter von Schönerer, Charles Cros, and Maria Konopnicka. After him are Grand Duchess Alexandra Alexandrovna of Russia, Nikolaos Gyzis, Rikard Nordraak, Alexandre Ribot, Carl Zeller, and José-Maria de Heredia. Among people deceased in 1910, Osman Hamdi Bey ranks 40. Before him are Henri-Edmond Cross, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, Andreas Achenbach, Charles Rolls, Eliza Orzeszkowa, and Maria Konopnicka. After him are Boutros Ghali, Auguste Charlois, Winslow Homer, Richard Abegg, Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, and Princess Marie of the Netherlands.
1842 - 1912
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 34
1842 - 1926
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 35
1842 - 1922
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 36
1842 - 1921
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 37
1842 - 1888
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 38
1842 - 1910
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 39
1842 - 1910
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 40
1842 - 1849
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 41
1842 - 1901
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 42
1842 - 1866
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 43
1842 - 1923
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 44
1842 - 1898
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 45
1842 - 1905
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 46
1856 - 1910
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 34
1844 - 1910
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 35
1815 - 1910
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 36
1877 - 1910
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 37
1841 - 1910
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 38
1842 - 1910
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 39
1842 - 1910
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 40
1846 - 1910
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 41
1864 - 1910
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 42
1836 - 1910
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 43
1869 - 1910
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 44
1841 - 1910
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 45
1841 - 1910
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 46
Among people born in Turkey, Osman Hamdi Bey ranks 643 out of 1,301. Before him are Macrina the Younger (324), Magali Noël (1931), Hethum I, King of Armenia (1215), Theodore I (1290), Cleomedes (110), and Isaac Komnenos (1093). After him are Adnan Oktar (1956), Artabazos II (-400), Dolon (null), Theon of Smyrna (70), Theophano Martinakia (865), and Vahide Perçin (1965).
324 - 379
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 637
1931 - 2015
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 638
1215 - 1270
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 639
1290 - 1338
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 640
110 - 1
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 641
1093 - 1152
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 642
1842 - 1910
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 643
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 644
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 645
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 646
70 - 135
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 647
865 - 893
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 648
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 649
Among painters born in Turkey, Osman Hamdi Bey ranks 5. Before him are Apelles (-370), Parrhasius (-500), Arshile Gorky (1904), and Theophanes the Greek (1340). After him are Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid (1901), Echion (-350), and Iaia (-100).
370 BC - 306 BC
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 1
500 BC - 460 BC
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 2
1904 - 1948
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 3
1340 - 1410
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 4
1842 - 1910
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 5
1901 - 1991
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 6
350 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 7
100 BC - Present
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 8