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Philippe Petit

1949 - Today

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Philippe Petit (French pronunciation: [filip pəti]; born 13 August 1949) is a French highwire artist who gained fame for his unauthorized highwire walks between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1971 and of Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1973, as well as between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City in August 1974. Since then, Petit has lived in New York, where he has been artist-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, also a location of other aerial performances. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe Petit has received more than 8,195,206 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Petit is the 34th most popular celebrity (down from 17th in 2019), the 1,268th most popular biography from France (down from 755th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Celebrity.

Philippe Petit is most famous for walking on a wire between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

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  • 8.2M

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  • 66.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Philippe Petit ranks 34 out of 265. Before him are Margaret Brown, Peggy Guggenheim, Thérésa Tallien, Keke Geladze, Besarion Jughashvili, and Blanche Monnier. After him are Rosemary Kennedy, Don King, Rodney King, Sarah Knauss, Jacques Mayol, and Albert Pierrepoint.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Philippe Petit ranks 71. Before him are Tom Berenger, Teófilo Cubillas, Sissy Spacek, Issei Sagawa, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, and Cliff Williams. After him are Valery Leontiev, Philippe Starck, Ivana Trump, Vicky Leandros, Mick Taylor, and Morten Olsen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe Petit ranks 1,268 out of 6,770. Before him are André Masson (1896), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), Aimé Jacquet (1941), Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil (1831), Jean-Pierre Serre (1926), and Joël Robuchon (1945). After him are Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz (1936), Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968), Élisée Reclus (1830), Eva Gonzalès (1849), Queen Anne of Romania (1923), and Roger Ducos (1747).

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Among CELEBRITIES In France

Among celebrities born in France, Philippe Petit ranks 4. Before him are Jeanne Calment (1875), Marie Duplessis (1824), and Blanche Monnier (1849). After him are Joseph Meister (1876), Jean-Marie Loret (1918), Nicolas Chopin (1771), Denise Perrier (1935), Michel Lotito (1950), Apollonie Sabatier (1822), Sébastien Foucan (1974), and Iris Mittenaere (1993).

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