COMIC ARTIST

Stan Lee

1922 - 2018

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Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber ; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Comics which later became Marvel Comics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stan Lee has received more than 36,882,683 page views. His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Stan Lee is the most popular comic artist, the 148th most popular biography from United States (down from 95th in 2019) and the most popular American Comic Artist.

Stan Lee is most famous for his work as the writer and editor for Marvel Comics. He is credited with co-creating Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, Black Widow, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Daredevil, the Fantastic Four, and many other comic book characters.

Memorability Metrics

  • 37M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 73.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 86

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Stan Lee ranks 1 out of 226. After him are Osamu Tezuka, René Goscinny, Hergé, Akira Toriyama, Albert Uderzo, Peyo, Joseph Barbera, Carl Barks, Jean Giraud, Hugo Pratt, and Morris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Stan Lee ranks 6. Before him are Yitzhak Rabin, José Saramago, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Joan Fuster, and Christopher Lee. After him are Norodom Sihanouk, Judy Garland, Franjo Tuđman, Pierre Cardin, Thomas Kuhn, and Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Among people deceased in 2018, Stan Lee ranks 9. Before him are George H. W. Bush, Kofi Annan, Charles Aznavour, Ingvar Kamprad, Montserrat Caballé, and Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark. After him are Bernardo Bertolucci, Miloš Forman, Amos Oz, Isao Takahata, John McCain, and Philip Roth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stan Lee ranks 148 out of 20,380. Before him are Kirk Douglas (1916), Alan Alda (1936), Henry Fonda (1905), Johnny Depp (1963), Harvey Weinstein (1952), and Carl Rogers (1902). After him are Ray Charles (1930), David Letterman (1947), Steven Seagal (1952), John Adams (1735), Tom Selleck (1945), and Francis Ford Coppola (1939).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Stan Lee ranks 1. After him are Joseph Barbera (1911), Carl Barks (1901), Matt Groening (1954), Jack Kirby (1917), Bob Kane (1915), Steve Ditko (1927), Don Rosa (1951), Winsor McCay (1867), Will Eisner (1917), Charles Addams (1912), and Bill Finger (1914).

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