COMIC ARTIST

Rudolph Dirks

1877 - 1968

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Rudolph Dirks (February 26, 1877 – April 20, 1968) was one of the earliest and most noted comic strip artists, well known for The Katzenjammer Kids (later known as The Captain and the Kids). Dirks was born in Heide, Germany, to Johannes and Margaretha Dirks. When he was seven years old, his father, a woodcarver, moved the family to Chicago, Illinois. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolph Dirks has received more than 73,470 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Rudolph Dirks is the 122nd most popular comic artist (up from 124th in 2019), the 4,774th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,382nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Comic Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 73k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Rudolph Dirks ranks 122 out of 226. Before him are Keiko Takemiya, Masakazu Katsura, Tite Kubo, Richard Corben, Roy Thomas, and Larry Lieber. After him are Ken Akamatsu, François Bourgeon, Iginio Straffi, Ken Sugimori, Ōten Shimokawa, and Raymond Briggs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Rudolph Dirks ranks 157. Before him are Andrejs Upīts, Charles Collignon, Winifred McNair, Mari Beyleryan, Johann Friedrich Höger, and Louisa Bolus. After him are Camillo Caccia Dominioni, Katherine Sophie Dreier, Marsden Hartley, Joseph Stella, Bill Robinson, and Leopold Skulski. Among people deceased in 1968, Rudolph Dirks ranks 203. Before him are Martin Frič, Sid Kimpton, Martin Noth, León Felipe, William Jordan, and Robert Liottel. After him are Maurice Larrouy, Kōkichi Tsuburaya, Paul Radmilovic, Käthe Kruse, Franco Riccardi, and Herbert Copeland.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolph Dirks ranks 4,774 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin (1943), Klaus Glahn (1942), Johanna Kinkel (1810), Monika Zehrt (1952), Lothar Kurbjuweit (1950), and Brother Alois (1954). After him are Yıldıray Baştürk (1978), Andreas Scholl (1967), Wendelin Werner (1968), Roland Grapow (1959), Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg (1750), and Axel von dem Bussche (1919).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Germany

Among comic artists born in Germany, Rudolph Dirks ranks 2. Before him are E. O. Plauen (1903).

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