PHOTOGRAPHER

Sean Flynn

1941 - 1970

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Sean Leslie Flynn (May 31, 1941 – disappeared April 6, 1970; declared legally dead in 1984) was an American actor and freelance photojournalist best known for his coverage of the Vietnam War.Flynn was the only child of Australian-American actor Errol Flynn and his first wife, French-American actress Lili Damita. After studying briefly at Duke University, he embarked on an acting career. He retired by the mid-1960s to become a freelance photojournalist under contract to Time magazine. In search of exceptional images, Flynn traveled with U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sean Flynn has received more than 103,468 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sean Flynn is the 126th most popular photographer (down from 116th in 2019), the 8,162nd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,388th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 100k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sean Flynns by language

Over the past year Sean Flynn has had the most page views in the with 31,464 views, followed by German (17,394), and English (13,922). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Afrikaans (118.48%), Spanish (117.58%), and Basque (80.75%)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Sean Flynn ranks 126 out of 148. Before him are David LaChapelle, Ellen von Unwerth, Malick Sidibé, Graciela Iturbide, Thomas Struth, and Lola Álvarez Bravo. After him are Ilse Bing, Milton H. Greene, Sanja Iveković, Frank Hurley, Allan Warren, and Emma Schenson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Sean Flynn ranks 483. Before him are Kazuo Imanishi, Abdiqasim Salad, Kaija Mustonen, Ivica Brzić, Ritt Bjerregaard, and Giancarlo Bercellino. After him are Nils Arne Eggen, Ulf Sterner, Paddy Ashdown, Ray Thomas, Viktor Putyatin, and Colin Higgins. Among people deceased in 1970, Sean Flynn ranks 219. Before him are Alexandros Othonaios, Daniel Kinsey, Leopoldo Conti, Helene Madison, Lev Kassil, and Anita Louise. After him are Otis Spann, John Beazley, Matthias Heidemann, Jacob Viner, Georgi Naydenov, and Stefan Andres.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sean Flynn ranks 8,162 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Moseley (1951), Keegan-Michael Key (1971), Amy Acker (1976), Mac Wilkins (1950), John P. Kennedy (1795), and William Wilson Morgan (1906). After him are Otis Spann (1924), Stanley Norman Cohen (1935), Samuel Eliot Morison (1887), Mac Miller (1992), Blind Willie McTell (1898), and Christopher George (1931).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Sean Flynn ranks 37. Before him are Bert Stern (1929), William P. Gottlieb (1917), Martha Cooper (1943), Sally Mann (1951), Francesca Woodman (1958), and David LaChapelle (1963). After him are Milton H. Greene (1922), Toni Frissell (1907), Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882), Clarence Hudson White (1871), Andres Serrano (1950), and Alice Austen (1866).

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