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Sam Francis

1923 - 1994

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Samuel Lewis Francis (June 25, 1923 – November 4, 1994) was an American painter and printmaker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sam Francis has received more than 232,017 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Sam Francis is the 1,209th most popular painter (down from 1,009th in 2019), the 4,000th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,502nd in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Sam Francis ranks 1,209 out of 2,023. Before him are Tadeusz Ajdukiewicz, Euphranor, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Maso di Banco, Robert Motherwell, and Araniko. After him are Erik Werenskiold, Benedetto Luti, Nicolas Mignard, Jan van Kessel the Elder, Tawaraya Sōtatsu, and Albrecht Adam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Sam Francis ranks 187. Before him are Raoul Bott, Anita Björk, Sam Phillips, René Favaloro, Octavio Lepage, and Václav Ježek. After him are Simeon ten Holt, Norberto Méndez, Valentin Varennikov, José Giovanni, Jean-Paul Riopelle, and Stanisław Skrowaczewski. Among people deceased in 1994, Sam Francis ranks 157. Before him are Russell Bufalino, Agathe Uwilingiyimana, Jack Sharkey, Juan Alonso, Tom Ewell, and Dick Sargent. After him are Karel Kryl, Gary Kildall, Anatoly Alexandrov, Igor Chislenko, Oldřich Černík, and Nick Cravat.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Francis ranks 4,000 out of 20,380. Before him are Dorothy Dandridge (1922), Dean Corll (1939), Renée Taylor (1933), Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899), Valerie Perrine (1943), and Keir Dullea (1936). After him are Belinda Carlisle (1958), Gil Birmingham (1953), William Klein (1928), Mercedes Ruehl (1948), Anthony Delon (1964), and Elihu Yale (1649).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Sam Francis ranks 49. Before him are Evel Knievel (1938), Barbara Kruger (1945), Gilbert Stuart (1755), Richard Estes (1932), Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (1844), and Robert Motherwell (1915). After him are Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856), Sarah Goodridge (1788), Childe Hassam (1859), Lilla Cabot Perry (1848), Joseph Cornell (1903), and Martin Johnson Heade (1819).

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