1938 - 1973
Robert Smithson (January 2, 1938 – July 20, 1973) was an American artist known for sculpture and land art who often used drawing and photography in relation to the spatial arts. His work has been internationally exhibited in galleries and museums and is held in public collections. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Smithson has received more than 514,130 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Robert Smithson is the 62nd most popular sculptor (down from 49th in 2019), the 2,174th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,741st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Sculptor.
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Among sculptors, Robert Smithson ranks 62 out of 189. Before him are Chares of Lindos, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Bernardo Rossellino, Antenor, Katarzyna Kobro, and Magdalena Abakanowicz. After him are Igor Mitoraj, Wäinö Aaltonen, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Francesco Laurana, Bonanno Pisano, and Stefano Maderno.
400 BC - 280 BC
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 56
1736 - 1783
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 57
1409 - 1464
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 58
590 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 59
1898 - 1951
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 60
1930 - 2017
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 61
1938 - 1973
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 62
1944 - 2014
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 63
1894 - 1966
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 64
1714 - 1785
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 65
1430 - 1502
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 66
1150 - 1150
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 67
1576 - 1636
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 68
Among people born in 1938, Robert Smithson ranks 117. Before him are Girish Karnad, Morihiro Hosokawa, Lill-Babs, Willy Claes, Radivoj Korać, and Heino. After him are Wu Yi, David Baltimore, Mamadou Tandja, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Ivan Sutherland, and Amfilohije Radović. Among people deceased in 1973, Robert Smithson ranks 75. Before him are Milunka Savić, Alexander Orlov, Robert Ryan, Roger Williamson, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, and Frank Jack Fletcher. After him are Hans Globke, Merian C. Cooper, Bruno Maderna, Clas Thunberg, Sessue Hayakawa, and Soong Ai-ling.
1938 - 2019
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 111
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 112
1938 - 2018
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 113
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 114
1938 - 1969
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 115
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 116
1938 - 1973
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 117
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 118
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 119
1938 - 2020
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 120
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 121
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 122
1938 - 2020
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 123
1890 - 1973
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 69
1895 - 1973
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 70
1909 - 1973
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 71
1948 - 1973
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 72
1879 - 1973
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 73
1885 - 1973
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 74
1938 - 1973
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 75
1898 - 1973
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 76
1893 - 1973
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 77
1920 - 1973
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 78
1893 - 1973
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 79
1886 - 1973
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 80
1888 - 1973
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 81
Among people born in United States, Robert Smithson ranks 2,174 out of 18,182. Before him are Paul P. Harris (1868), Pat Martino (1944), Kevin A. Lynch (1918), Nina Hartley (1959), Sam Loyd (1841), and Jack Warden (1920). After him are Fred Willard (1939), Whitey Bulger (1929), Alyssa Milano (1972), Tony Lip (1930), Peter Agre (1949), and Henry J. Heinz (1844).
1868 - 1947
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 2,168
1944 - 2021
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 2,169
1918 - 1984
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 2,170
1959 - Present
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 2,171
1841 - 1911
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 2,172
1920 - 2006
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 2,173
1938 - 1973
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 2,174
1939 - 2020
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 2,175
1929 - 2018
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 2,176
1972 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 2,177
1930 - 2013
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 2,178
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 2,179
1844 - 1919
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 2,180
Among sculptors born in United States, Robert Smithson ranks 3. Before him are Alexander Calder (1898) and Isamu Noguchi (1904). After him are Dan Flavin (1933), Walter De Maria (1935), Robert Morris (1931), Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), Duane Hanson (1925), Jacob Epstein (1880), Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875), and Audrey Munson (1891).
1898 - 1976
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 1
1904 - 1988
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 2
1938 - 1973
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 3
1933 - 1996
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 4
1935 - 2013
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 5
1931 - 2018
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 6
1938 - 2011
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 7
1878 - 1939
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 8
1925 - 1996
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 9
1880 - 1959
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 10
1875 - 1942
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 11
1891 - 1996
HPI: 43.42
Rank: 12