1946 - 1989
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe ( MAY-pəl-thorp; November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits, and still-life images. His most controversial works documented and examined the gay male BDSM subculture of New York City in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Mapplethorpe has received more than 3,769,087 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Robert Mapplethorpe is the 26th most popular photographer (up from 31st in 2019), the 1,954th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,923rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Photographer.
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Among photographers, Robert Mapplethorpe ranks 26 out of 105. Before him are André Kertész, Gunter Sachs, Josef Koudelka, Richard Avedon, August Sander, and Elliott Erwitt. After him are Roger Fenton, Peter Lindbergh, Irving Penn, Lewis Hine, Philippe Halsman, and Yousuf Karsh.
1894 - 1985
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 20
1932 - 2011
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 21
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 22
1923 - 2004
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 23
1876 - 1964
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 24
1928 - 2023
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 25
1946 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 26
1819 - 1869
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 27
1944 - 2019
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 28
1917 - 2009
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 29
1874 - 1940
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 30
1906 - 1979
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 31
1908 - 2002
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 32
Among people born in 1946, Robert Mapplethorpe ranks 126. Before him are Paul Schrader, Rodrigo Lara, Robby Krieger, Kim Kyong-hui, Harold Shipman, and Htin Kyaw. After him are Vuk Drašković, Elías Figueroa, Deepak Chopra, Rebiya Kadeer, Billy Preston, and Martin Kove. Among people deceased in 1989, Robert Mapplethorpe ranks 76. Before him are Hans Hartung, Boris Skossyreff, Kazimierz Deyna, Victor French, Pérez Prado, and Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev. After him are Gaetano Scirea, Giuseppe Siri, R. D. Laing, Kateb Yacine, Albert Bormann, and Charles Vanel.
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 120
1946 - 1984
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 121
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 122
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 123
1946 - 2004
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 124
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 125
1946 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 126
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 127
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 128
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 129
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 130
1946 - 2006
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 131
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 132
1904 - 1989
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 70
1896 - 1989
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 71
1947 - 1989
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 72
1934 - 1989
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 73
1916 - 1989
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 74
1906 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 75
1946 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 76
1953 - 1989
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 77
1906 - 1989
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 78
1927 - 1989
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 79
1929 - 1989
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 80
1902 - 1989
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 81
1892 - 1989
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 82
Among people born in United States, Robert Mapplethorpe ranks 1,954 out of 18,182. Before him are Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), Griffin Dunne (1955), Thomas J. Watson (1874), Richard Brooks (1912), Hubert Humphrey (1911), and Burt Bacharach (1928). After him are Chris Evert (1954), Ted Turner (1938), Carol Gilligan (1936), Alfred Vail (1807), Matthew Ridgway (1895), and Chris Kyle (1974).
1930 - 1999
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 1,948
1955 - Present
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 1,949
1874 - 1956
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 1,950
1912 - 1992
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 1,951
1911 - 1978
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 1,952
1928 - 2023
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 1,953
1946 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 1,954
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 1,955
1938 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 1,956
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 1,957
1807 - 1859
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 1,958
1895 - 1993
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1,959
1974 - 2013
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 1,960
Among photographers born in United States, Robert Mapplethorpe ranks 6. Before him are Vivian Maier (1926), Alfred Stieglitz (1864), Diane Arbus (1923), Annie Leibovitz (1949), and Richard Avedon (1923). After him are Irving Penn (1917), Lewis Hine (1874), Edward Weston (1886), Berenice Abbott (1898), Paul Strand (1890), and Carl Van Vechten (1880).
1926 - 2009
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 1
1864 - 1946
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 2
1923 - 1971
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 3
1949 - Present
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 4
1923 - 2004
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 5
1946 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 6
1917 - 2009
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 7
1874 - 1940
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 8
1886 - 1958
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 9
1898 - 1991
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 10
1890 - 1976
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 11
1880 - 1964
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 12