COMIC ARTIST

Peyo

1928 - 1992

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Pierre Culliford (French: [kylifɔʁd]; 25 June 1928 – 24 December 1992) was a Belgian comics writer and artist who worked under the pseudonym Peyo ([pejo]). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peyo has received more than 790,839 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Peyo is the 7th most popular comic artist (up from 10th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Belgium (up from 100th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Comic Artist.

Peyo is most famous for the Moomins, which are a family of white, hippopotamus-like creatures that live in a valley.

Memorability Metrics

  • 790k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.11

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Peyo ranks 7 out of 226. Before him are Stan Lee, Osamu Tezuka, René Goscinny, Hergé, Akira Toriyama, and Albert Uderzo. After him are Joseph Barbera, Carl Barks, Jean Giraud, Hugo Pratt, Morris, and Matt Groening.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Peyo ranks 36. Before him are Elie Wiesel, Martin Cooper, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Martin Landau, Alberto Korda, and Domenico Modugno. After him are Hans Küng, George Peppard, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Manfred Gerlach, Vera Rubin, and Federico Bahamontes. Among people deceased in 1992, Peyo ranks 24. Before him are Ernst Happel, Li Xiannian, Satyajit Ray, Paolo Borsellino, Daniel Bovet, and Jan Oort. After him are Aribert Heim, David Bohm, Félix Guattari, Algirdas Julien Greimas, Karl Carstens, and James E. Webb.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Peyo ranks 81 out of 1,190. Before him are Adrian Willaert (1490), Dominique Pire (1910), Émile Verhaeren (1855), Corneille Heymans (1892), Henri Pirenne (1862), and Father Damien (1840). After him are Ernest Solvay (1838), Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), Jacky Ickx (1945), Étienne Lenoir (1822), Ferdinand Verbiest (1623), and Matilda of Flanders (1031).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Belgium

Among comic artists born in Belgium, Peyo ranks 2. Before him are Hergé (1907). After him are Morris (1923), André Franquin (1924), Benoît Sokal (1954), Jean Van Hamme (1939), Hermann Huppen (1938), Jean-Michel Charlier (1924), Jijé (1914), Willy Vandersteen (1913), and Greg (1931).

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