PHOTOGRAPHER
Roger Fenton
1819 - 1869
Roger Fenton
Roger Fenton (28 March 1819 – 8 August 1869) was a British photographer, noted as one of the first war photographers. Fenton was born into a Lancashire merchant family. After graduating from London with an arts degree, he became interested in painting. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Fenton has received more than 264,536 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Roger Fenton is the 27th most popular photographer, the 1,344th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,214th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Photographer.
Memorability Metrics
260k
Page Views (PV)
57.18
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
28
Languages Editions (L)
7.04
Effective Languages (L*)
2.68
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among PHOTOGRAPHERS
Among photographers, Roger Fenton ranks 27 out of 148. Before him are Alfred Stieglitz, Josef Koudelka, Richard Avedon, August Sander, Yousuf Karsh, and Robert Mapplethorpe. After him are Irving Penn, Berenice Abbott, Jan Saudek, Nan Goldin, Guillermo Kahlo, and Claude Cahun.
Most Popular Photographers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsAlfred Stieglitz
1864 - 1946
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 21
Josef Koudelka
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 22
Richard Avedon
1923 - 2004
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 23
August Sander
1876 - 1964
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 24
Yousuf Karsh
1908 - 2002
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 25
Robert Mapplethorpe
1946 - 1989
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 26
Roger Fenton
1819 - 1869
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 27
Irving Penn
1917 - 2009
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 28
Berenice Abbott
1898 - 1991
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 29
Jan Saudek
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 30
Nan Goldin
1953 - Present
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 31
Guillermo Kahlo
1871 - 1941
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 32
Claude Cahun
1894 - 1954
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 33
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1819, Roger Fenton ranks 34. Before him are Théodore Chassériau, Annibale de Gasparis, Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia, Elias Howe, Abner Doubleday, and Wilhelm Marr. After him are Felice Orsini, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Franz Abt, Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, and Alfred Escher. Among people deceased in 1869, Roger Fenton ranks 18. Before him are Antoine-Henri Jomini, Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Giovanni Battista Bugatti, Carl Loewe, Alexander Dargomyzhsky, and Alexandrine Tinné. After him are Carl Gustav Carus, Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, John A. Roebling, Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Giulia Grisi.
Others Born in 1819
Go to all RankingsThéodore Chassériau
PAINTER
1819 - 1856
HPI: 59.29
Rank: 28
Annibale de Gasparis
ASTRONOMER
1819 - 1892
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 29
Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1839
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 30
Elias Howe
INVENTOR
1819 - 1867
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 31
Abner Doubleday
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1819 - 1893
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 32
Wilhelm Marr
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1904
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 33
Roger Fenton
PHOTOGRAPHER
1819 - 1869
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 34
Felice Orsini
WRITER
1819 - 1858
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 35
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1874
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 36
Franz Abt
COMPOSER
1819 - 1885
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 37
Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb
WRITER
1819 - 1909
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 38
Otto Wilhelm von Struve
ASTRONOMER
1819 - 1905
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 39
Alfred Escher
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1882
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 40
Others Deceased in 1869
Go to all RankingsAntoine-Henri Jomini
WRITER
1779 - 1869
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 12
Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1869
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 13
Giovanni Battista Bugatti
POLITICIAN
1779 - 1869
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 14
Carl Loewe
COMPOSER
1796 - 1869
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 15
Alexander Dargomyzhsky
COMPOSER
1813 - 1869
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 16
Alexandrine Tinné
EXPLORER
1835 - 1869
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 17
Roger Fenton
PHOTOGRAPHER
1819 - 1869
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 18
Carl Gustav Carus
BIOLOGIST
1789 - 1869
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 19
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
POLITICIAN
1799 - 1869
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 20
Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
NOBLEMAN
1822 - 1869
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 21
John A. Roebling
ENGINEER
1806 - 1869
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 22
Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg
POLITICIAN
1798 - 1869
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 23
Giulia Grisi
SINGER
1811 - 1869
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 24
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Fenton ranks 1,344 out of 8,785. Before him are Horace Walpole (1717), James Glaisher (1809), Paul Scholes (1974), Thomas Tew (1649), George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784), and Anne Perry (1938). After him are Edmund Kean (1787), George Atwood (1745), Edward Waring (1736), William Prout (1785), Peter Burke (1937), and Gideon Mantell (1790).
Others born in United Kingdom
Go to all RankingsHorace Walpole
POLITICIAN
1717 - 1797
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,338
James Glaisher
ASTRONOMER
1809 - 1903
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,339
Paul Scholes
SOCCER PLAYER
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,340
Thomas Tew
PIRATE
1649 - 1695
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1,341
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
POLITICIAN
1784 - 1860
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 1,342
Anne Perry
WRITER
1938 - 2023
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 1,343
Roger Fenton
PHOTOGRAPHER
1819 - 1869
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 1,344
Edmund Kean
ACTOR
1787 - 1833
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 1,345
George Atwood
MATHEMATICIAN
1745 - 1807
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 1,346
Edward Waring
MATHEMATICIAN
1736 - 1798
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 1,347
William Prout
CHEMIST
1785 - 1850
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 1,348
Peter Burke
HISTORIAN
1937 - Present
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 1,349
Gideon Mantell
GEOLOGIST
1790 - 1852
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 1,350
Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United Kingdom
Among photographers born in United Kingdom, Roger Fenton ranks 2. Before him are Eadweard Muybridge (1830). After him are Cecil Beaton (1904), David Bailey (1938), Henry Peach Robinson (1830), Alexander Gardner (1821), Allan Warren (1948), Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869), and Mick Rock (1948).
Eadweard Muybridge
1830 - 1904
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 1
Roger Fenton
1819 - 1869
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 2
Cecil Beaton
1904 - 1980
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 3
David Bailey
1938 - Present
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 4
Henry Peach Robinson
1830 - 1901
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 5
Alexander Gardner
1821 - 1882
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 6
Allan Warren
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 7
Zaida Ben-Yusuf
1869 - 1933
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 8
Mick Rock
1948 - 2021
HPI: 39.56
Rank: 9