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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 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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  • 58.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.62

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  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Pierre Balmain ranks 32 out of 86Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Pierre Balmain ranks 67Before 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 65Before 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.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Balmain ranks 1,617 out of 6,011Before 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).

Among DESIGNERS In France

Among designers born in France, Pierre Balmain ranks 5Before 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).