DESIGNER

Syd Mead

1933 - 2019

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Sydney Jay Mead (July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019) was an American industrial designer and neo-futurist concept artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Syd Mead has received more than 619,987 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Syd Mead is the 50th most popular designer (down from 45th in 2019), the 3,700th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,194th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 620k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Syd Meads by language

Over the past year Syd Mead has had the most page views in the with 72,727 views, followed by Japanese (29,034), and Russian (5,872). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (202.91%), Basque (104.42%), and Slovenian (49.55%)

Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Syd Mead ranks 50 out of 104. Before him are Betsy Ross, Otl Aicher, Luigi Colani, Margarete Steiff, John Baskerville, and Eiko Ishioka. After him are Milton Glaser, Laura Biagiotti, Georg Jensen, Louis Majorelle, Paul Rand, and Anton Koberger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Syd Mead ranks 198. Before him are Jerry Buss, Kamal Ganzouri, Dennis Viollet, Ilya Kabakov, Stuart Roosa, and Meena Kumari. After him are Jesús Gil, Maximilian, Margrave of Baden, Doyle Brunson, Sergio Endrigo, Juzo Itami, and Robert Shavlakadze. Among people deceased in 2019, Syd Mead ranks 184. Before him are Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Momir Bulatović, Édith Scob, Maria Giuseppa Robucci, David Koch, and Ross Perot. After him are Roland Matthes, Peggy Lipton, José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Negasso Gidada, Jean Guillou, and José José.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Syd Mead ranks 3,700 out of 20,380. Before him are Kamehameha IV (1834), Eve Arnold (1912), Jersey Joe Walcott (1914), Holland Smith (1882), Chuck Feeney (1931), and David Cassidy (1950). After him are Timothy Hutton (1960), Peter Senge (1947), Kevin Hagen (1928), Barry Bostwick (1945), Claire Trevor (1910), and Linda McMahon (1948).

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Among DESIGNERS In United States

Among designers born in United States, Syd Mead ranks 4. Before him are Steve Jobs (1955), Iris Apfel (1921), and Betsy Ross (1752). After him are Milton Glaser (1929), Paul Rand (1914), Ruth St. Denis (1879), Ollie Johnston (1912), Alan Freed (1921), Marc Davis (1913), Colleen Atwood (1948), and Norman Bel Geddes (1893).

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