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Pierre Balmain

1914 - 1982

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Pierre Alexandre Claudius Balmain (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ balmɛ̃]; 18 May 1914 – 29 June 1982) was a French fashion designer and founder of leading post-war fashion house Balmain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Balmain has received more than 873,517 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Pierre Balmain is the 30th most popular designer (up from 32nd in 2019), the 1,725th most popular biography from France (down from 1,612th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 870k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Pierre Balmain ranks 30 out of 104. Before him are Philippe Starck, Battista Farina, Manolo Blahnik, Raymond Loewy, Iris Apfel, and Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. After him are Claude Garamond, Dieter Rams, Salvatore Ferragamo, Giambattista Bodoni, Josiah Wedgwood, and Alexander McQueen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Pierre Balmain ranks 72. Before him are Carlo Maria Giulini, Achille Compagnoni, Lina Bo Bardi, Larbi Benbarek, Jean-Pierre Vernant, and Lazar Koliševski. After him are Edward T. Hall, Felice Borel, Agostino Casaroli, Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Omar Ali Saifuddien III, and Pietro Germi. Among people deceased in 1982, Pierre Balmain ranks 71. Before him are Kristján Eldjárn, Leopold Trepper, Pierre Mendès France, Patrick Dewaere, Elis Regina, and Ville Ritola. After him are Jack Swigert, Tadj ol-Molouk, Jakov Gotovac, Leonid Kogan, Wifredo Lam, and Werner Naumann.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Balmain ranks 1,725 out of 6,770. Before him are Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721), Nicolas Catinat (1637), Adam de la Halle (1245), Fernand Cormon (1845), René Grousset (1885), and Jacques de Vitry (1170). After him are Antoine Barnave (1761), Thoinot Arbeau (1520), John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683), Henri-Edmond Cross (1856), Alix of France (1151), and Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1830).

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Among DESIGNERS In France

Among designers born in France, Pierre Balmain ranks 5. Before him are René Lalique (1860), Philippe Starck (1949), Raymond Loewy (1893), and Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811). After him are Claude Garamond (1499), Jeanne Lanvin (1867), Louis Majorelle (1859), Diana Vreeland (1903), Nicolas Jenson (1420), and Jean Louis (1907).

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