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Shepard Fairey

1970 - Today

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Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American contemporary artist, activist and founder of OBEY Clothing who emerged from the skateboarding scene. In 1989 he designed the "Andre the Giant Has a Posse" (...OBEY...) sticker campaign while attending the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Fairey designed the Barack Obama "Hope" poster for the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shepard Fairey has received more than 2,599,390 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Shepard Fairey is the 86th most popular artist (up from 1,411th in 2019), the 11,274th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,911th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Artist.

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  • 2.6M

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  • 39.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Shepard Fairey ranks 86 out of 78. Before him are Genco Gulan, Art Babbitt, William Wallace Denslow, Borka Pavićević, Tyrus Wong, and John Butler Yeats. After him are Vanessa Beecroft, Peter Sellars, Rachel Whiteread, Neil Harbisson, Oksana Shachko, and Kat Von D.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Shepard Fairey ranks 383. Before him are Naoko Yamazaki, Sean Hayes, Ricco Groß, Amy Jo Johnson, Tomoko Kawakami, and Daniel Cosgrove. After him are Vanna, Marina Foïs, Moses Kiptanui, Nicklas Lidström, Joumana Haddad, and Mike Epps.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shepard Fairey ranks 11,274 out of 18,182. Before him are Faith Evans (1973), Gene Fullmer (1931), Tony Ferguson (1984), Virginia Brown Faire (1904), Joe Fortenberry (1911), and Norman Podhoretz (1930). After him are Wayne Kramer (1948), Robb Flynn (1967), Charlie Ruggles (1886), Susan Saint James (1946), Jim Webb (1946), and Jon Abrahams (1977).

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Among ARTISTS In United States

Among artists born in United States, Shepard Fairey ranks 22. Before him are Gilbert Baker (1951), Carolee Schneemann (1939), Red Skelton (1913), Alex Grey (1953), Art Babbitt (1907), and William Wallace Denslow (1856). After him are Peter Sellars (1957) and Dave Dave (1976).

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