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PHOTOGRAPHER

Robert Doisneau

1912 - 1994

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Robert Doisneau (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ dwano]; 14 April 1912 – 1 April 1994) was a French photographer. From the 1930s, he photographed the streets of Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Doisneau has received more than 395,591 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Robert Doisneau is the 7th most popular photographer, the 720th most popular biography from France (down from 713th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Photographer.

Robert Doisneau is most famous for his photo of a couple kissing on the streets of Paris.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

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  • 64.80

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Robert Doisneau ranks 7 out of 105. Before him are Nadar, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alexander Rodchenko, Eadweard Muybridge, Helmut Newton, and Alberto Korda. After him are Dora Maar, Vivian Maier, Heinrich Hoffmann, Claude Cahun, Alfred Stieglitz, and Diane Arbus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Robert Doisneau ranks 28. Before him are Millvina Dean, Hanna Reitsch, Gene Kelly, Kim Philby, James Callaghan, and Konrad Emil Bloch. After him are Maria Mandl, Alois Brunner, Pierre Boulle, Sergiu Celibidache, Edward Mills Purcell, and Jozef Gabčík. Among people deceased in 1994, Robert Doisneau ranks 29. Before him are George Peppard, Dorothy Hodgkin, Henry Mancini, Jan Tinbergen, Telly Savalas, and Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia. After him are Vladimir Ivashko, Gian Maria Volonté, Domenico Modugno, Witold Lutosławski, Pierre Boulle, and Marija Gimbutas.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Doisneau ranks 720 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788), Georges Sorel (1847), Raoul Dufy (1877), Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736), Marin Marais (1656), and Jean Giraud (1938). After him are Louis Le Vau (1612), Gabrielle d'Estrées (1573), Raymond Aron (1905), Pope Stephen IX (1020), Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490), and Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In France

Among photographers born in France, Robert Doisneau ranks 3. Before him are Nadar (1820) and Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908). After him are Dora Maar (1907), Claude Cahun (1894), Elliott Erwitt (1928), Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894), Hippolyte Bayard (1801), Sabine Weiss (1924), André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819), Marc Riboud (1923), and Sophie Calle (1953).

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