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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 219,390 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Sam Francis is the 1,010th most popular painter (down from 893rd in 2019), the 3,512th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,063rd in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Painter.

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  • 52.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Sam Francis ranks 1,010 out of 1,421. Before him are Adriaen van de Venne, Caspar van Wittel, Othon Friesz, François-Auguste Biard, Jaume Huguet, and Leonaert Bramer. After him are Antoine Coypel, Anthon van Rappard, Bertha Wegmann, Nicolas Mignard, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, and Taddeo Zuccari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Sam Francis ranks 160. Before him are Jean Hagen, Rhonda Fleming, Holden Roberto, Carl Djerassi, Ferenc Szusza, and Erroll Garner. After him are Cesare Siepi, Inge Morath, Ellsworth Kelly, Evelyn McHale, Ziba Ganiyeva, and Lydia Clarke. Among people deceased in 1994, Sam Francis ranks 138. Before him are Jean Carmet, Billy Wright, Leonid Leonov, Giovanni Spadolini, Stephen Cole Kleene, and Manfred Wörner. After him are Stanisław Maczek, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Mildred Natwick, Vitas Gerulaitis, Luis Donaldo Colosio, and Zoltán Fábri.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sam Francis ranks 3,512 out of 18,182. Before him are Carmen Electra (1972), Seth MacFarlane (1973), John Paul Getty III (1956), Tim Buckley (1947), Michael Graves (1934), and Tracey Adams (1958). After him are Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Alan Perlis (1922), Natacha Rambova (1897), Vince Vaughn (1970), Richard E. Bellman (1920), and William P. Rogers (1913).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Sam Francis ranks 41. Before him are Chuck Close (1940), Henry Hill (1943), Barbara Kruger (1945), Lawrence Weiner (1942), Evel Knievel (1938), and John Frederick Kensett (1816). After him are Beatrice Wood (1893), Ellsworth Kelly (1923), Franz Kline (1910), Maso di Banco (1250), Helen Frankenthaler (1928), and Benjamin West (1738).

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