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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 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 1,343,357 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Paco Rabanne is the 10th most popular designer (up from 14th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Spain (up from 171st in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Designer.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Paco Rabanne ranks 10 out of 86. Before him are Giorgio Armani, Gianni Versace, Peter Carl Fabergé, William Morris, Thomas Andrews, and Aldus Manutius. After him are Gerrit Rietveld, László Moholy-Nagy, Michael Thonet, Giorgetto Giugiaro, Valentino, and René Lalique.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Paco Rabanne ranks 29. Before him are Alexei Leonov, Manuel Noriega, Stjepan Mesić, Richard Chamberlain, Ronald Wayne, and Pierre Richard. After him are Richard Meier, Georges Moustaki, Larisa Latynina, Abimael Guzmán, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and Roman Herzog. Among people deceased in 2023, Paco Rabanne ranks 21. Before him are Just Fontaine, Kenzaburō Ōe, Martti Ahtisaari, Fernando Botero, Giorgio Napolitano, and Harald zur Hausen. After him are Helmut Berger, Li Keqiang, Carlos Saura, Raquel Welch, Ryan O'Neal, and Harry Belafonte.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Paco Rabanne ranks 140 out of 2,932. Before him are Carlos, Prince of Asturias (1545), Almanzor (930), Avempace (1080), Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1482), Josemaría Escrivá (1902), and Ibn Hazm (994). After him are Mariana Victoria of Spain (1718), Peter IV of Aragon (1319), Inês de Castro (1325), Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), Queen Fabiola of Belgium (1928), and John II of Aragon (1398).

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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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