1914 - 1982
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 786,366 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Pierre Balmain is the 32nd most popular designer (up from 33rd in 2019), the 1,617th most popular biography from France (up from 1,708th in 2019) and the 5th most popular French Designer.
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Among designers, Pierre Balmain ranks 32 out of 86. Before him are Miuccia Prada, Dieter Rams, Philippe Starck, Battista Farina, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Claude Garamond. After him are Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Giambattista Bodoni, Alexander McQueen, Jimmy Choo, Jeanne Lanvin, and Betsy Ross.
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 26
1932 - Present
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 27
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 28
1893 - 1966
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 29
1898 - 1960
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 30
1499 - 1561
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 31
1914 - 1982
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 32
1811 - 1899
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 33
1740 - 1813
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 34
1969 - 2010
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 35
1948 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 36
1867 - 1946
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 37
1752 - 1836
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 38
Among people born in 1914, Pierre Balmain ranks 67. Before him are Kurt Franz, Creighton Abrams, Lina Bo Bardi, Edward T. Hall, Jean-Pierre Vernant, and Martin Gardner. After him are Demetrios I of Constantinople, Carlo Maria Giulini, Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, Asger Jorn, Lazar Koliševski, and Akira Nozawa. Among people deceased in 1982, Pierre Balmain ranks 65. Before him are Eduardo Frei Montalva, Leopold Trepper, Leonid Kogan, Giovanni Ferrari, Jack Swigert, and Marty Feldman. After him are Bess Truman, Vic Morrow, Pierre Mendès France, Henry King, King Vidor, and Tadj ol-Molouk.
1914 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 61
1914 - 1974
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 62
1914 - 1992
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 63
1914 - 2009
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 64
1914 - 2007
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 65
1914 - 2010
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 66
1914 - 1982
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 67
1914 - 1991
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 68
1914 - 2005
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 69
1914 - 1971
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 70
1914 - 1973
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 71
1914 - 2000
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 72
1914 - 2000
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 73
1911 - 1982
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 59
1904 - 1982
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 60
1924 - 1982
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 61
1907 - 1982
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 62
1931 - 1982
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 63
1934 - 1982
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 64
1914 - 1982
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 65
1885 - 1982
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 66
1929 - 1982
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 67
1907 - 1982
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 68
1886 - 1982
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 69
1894 - 1982
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 70
1896 - 1982
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 71
Among people born in France, Pierre Balmain ranks 1,617 out of 6,011. Before him are Thoinot Arbeau (1520), Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808), André Martinet (1908), Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552), Claude Françoise de Lorraine (1612), and Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926). After him are Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), Louise Labé (1524), Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715), Germain of Paris (496), Marie Thérèse of France (1667), and Guillaume Budé (1467).
1520 - 1595
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 1,611
1808 - 1889
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 1,612
1908 - 1999
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 1,613
1552 - 1630
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 1,614
1612 - 1648
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 1,615
1926 - 2007
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 1,616
1914 - 1982
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 1,617
1689 - 1755
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 1,618
1524 - 1566
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,619
1715 - 1747
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,620
496 - 576
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,621
1667 - 1672
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,622
1467 - 1540
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 1,623
Among designers born in France, Pierre Balmain ranks 5. Before him are René Lalique (1860), Raymond Loewy (1893), Philippe Starck (1949), and Claude Garamond (1499). After him are Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811), Jeanne Lanvin (1867), Nicolas Jenson (1420), Diana Vreeland (1903), and Louis Majorelle (1859).
1860 - 1945
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 1
1893 - 1986
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 2
1949 - Present
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 3
1499 - 1561
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 4
1914 - 1982
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 5
1811 - 1899
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 6
1867 - 1946
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 7
1420 - 1480
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 8
1903 - 1989
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 9
1859 - 1926
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 10