DESIGNER

Paco Rabanne

1934 - 2023

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Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo (18 February 1934 – 3 February 2023), more commonly known under the pseudonym of Paco Rabanne (French: [pako ʁaban]; Spanish: [ˈpako raˈβan]), was a Spanish-born naturalised-French fashion designer. Rabanne rose to prominence as an enfant terrible of the fashion world in the 1960s with his use of unconventional materials such as metal and plastic in his clothing, and for his incorporation of futuristic elements in his designs, gaining notoriety for his space-age style. He collaborated with a range of iconic fashion houses and designed costumes for films. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paco Rabanne has received more than 1,438,025 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Paco Rabanne is the 8th most popular designer (up from 10th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Spain (up from 140th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Designer.

Paco Rabanne is most famous for their perfume, which was first released in 1966.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Paco Rabanne ranks 8 out of 104. Before him are Antonio Stradivari, Ferdinand Porsche, Giorgio Armani, Peter Carl Fabergé, Gianni Versace, and Thomas Andrews. After him are William Morris, Aldus Manutius, Gerrit Rietveld, Giorgetto Giugiaro, László Moholy-Nagy, and Michael Thonet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Paco Rabanne ranks 18. Before him are Nana Mouskouri, Daniel Kahneman, Judi Dench, Leonid Kravchuk, Vavá, and Jane Goodall. After him are Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ulrike Meinhof, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Pierre Richard, Stjepan Mesić, and Shirley MacLaine. Among people deceased in 2023, Paco Rabanne ranks 23. Before him are Fernando Botero, Lisa Marie Presley, Ted Kaczynski, Louise Glück, Mohamed Al-Fayed, and Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. After him are Ryan O'Neal, Jacques Delors, K. Alex Müller, Harald zur Hausen, Luis Suárez, and Li Keqiang.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Paco Rabanne ranks 104 out of 3,355. Before him are Baltasar Gracián (1601), Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528), José Carreras (1946), Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (1507), Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), and Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895). After him are Louis I of Spain (1707), Pelagius of Asturias (685), Manuel de Falla (1876), Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852), Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1470), and Seneca the Elder (-54).

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Among DESIGNERS In Spain

Among designers born in Spain, Paco Rabanne ranks 1. After him are Manolo Blahnik (1942), and Mariano Fortuny (1871).

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