1819 - 1869
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 252,141 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Roger Fenton is the 27th most popular photographer (up from 30th in 2019), the 1,218th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,190th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Photographer.
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Among photographers, Roger Fenton ranks 27 out of 105. Before him are Gunter Sachs, Josef Koudelka, Richard Avedon, August Sander, Elliott Erwitt, and Robert Mapplethorpe. After him are Peter Lindbergh, Irving Penn, Lewis Hine, Philippe Halsman, Yousuf Karsh, and Jan Saudek.
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
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 33
Among people born in 1819, Roger Fenton ranks 30. Before him are Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Stanisław Moniuszko, Gottfried Keller, Elias Howe, Johan Jongkind, and Théodore Chassériau. After him are Annibale de Gasparis, Abner Doubleday, Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia, Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Christopher Latham Sholes, and Felice Orsini. Among people deceased in 1869, Roger Fenton ranks 16. Before him are Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Thomas Graham, Carl Loewe, Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Hijikata Toshizō, and Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. After him are Alexander Dargomyzhsky, Carl Gustav Carus, Carl Reichenbach, Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, John A. Roebling, and Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.
1819 - 1876
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 24
1819 - 1872
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 25
1819 - 1890
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 26
1819 - 1867
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 27
1819 - 1891
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 28
1819 - 1856
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 29
1819 - 1869
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 30
1819 - 1892
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 31
1819 - 1893
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 32
1819 - 1839
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 33
1819 - 1887
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 34
1819 - 1890
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 35
1819 - 1858
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 36
1787 - 1869
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 10
1805 - 1869
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 11
1796 - 1869
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 12
1859 - 1869
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 13
1835 - 1869
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 14
1822 - 1869
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 15
1819 - 1869
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 16
1813 - 1869
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 17
1789 - 1869
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 18
1788 - 1869
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 19
1799 - 1869
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 20
1806 - 1869
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 21
1798 - 1869
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 22
Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger Fenton ranks 1,218 out of 7,765. Before him are David Warner (1941), Ryan Giggs (1973), Thomas Lipton (1848), Ginger Baker (1939), Gareth Jones (1905), and Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001). After him are Keira Knightley (1985), P. D. James (1920), David Byron (1947), George Atwood (1745), John Russell Hind (1823), and Jason Isaacs (1963).
1941 - 2022
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 1,212
1973 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 1,213
1848 - 1931
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 1,214
1939 - 2019
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 1,215
1905 - 1935
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 1,216
1001 - 1053
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 1,217
1819 - 1869
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 1,218
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 1,219
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 1,220
1947 - 1985
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 1,221
1745 - 1807
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 1,222
1823 - 1895
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 1,223
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 1,224
Among photographers born in United Kingdom, Roger Fenton ranks 2. Before him are Eadweard Muybridge (1830). After him are Cecil Beaton (1904), Henry Peach Robinson (1830), David Bailey (1938), Mick Rock (1948), and Allan Warren (1948).
1830 - 1904
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 1
1819 - 1869
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 2
1904 - 1980
HPI: 52.66
Rank: 3
1830 - 1901
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 4
1938 - Present
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 5
1948 - 2021
HPI: 44.65
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 7