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Thomas Kinkade

1958 - 2012

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William Thomas Kinkade III (January 19, 1958 – April 6, 2012) was an American painter of popular realistic, pastoral, and idyllic subjects. He is notable for achieving success during his lifetime with the mass marketing of his work as printed reproductions and other licensed products by means of the Thomas Kinkade Company. According to Kinkade's company, one in every 20 American homes owned a copy of one of his paintings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Kinkade has received more than 3,057,004 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Kinkade is the 2,002nd most popular painter (down from 1,695th in 2019), the 13,399th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,730th in 2019) and the 155th most popular American Painter.

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  • 19

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  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Thomas Kinkade ranks 2,002 out of 2,023. Before him are Eastman Johnson, Milo Moiré, Robert S. Duncanson, Fathi Hassan, Ahmed Al Safi, and Lauren Faust. After him are Viktor Lyapkalo, Frederick McCubbin, Marc Quinn, Laurel Holloman, Pacita Abad, and Alfred Freddy Krupa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Thomas Kinkade ranks 640. Before him are Kavita Krishnamurthy, Yekaterina Fesenko, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, John M. Grunsfeld, Joseph Finder, and Mohamed Kaci-Saïd. After him are José Manuel Abascal, Petr Rada, Olga Homeghi, Michael Dokes, Pietro Fanna, and Jean-Christophe Thouvenel. Among people deceased in 2012, Thomas Kinkade ranks 488. Before him are António Leitão, Roman Totenberg, Jerry Nelson, Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Joan Taylor, and Sylvia Fedoruk. After him are Michael Dokes, Eduard Ivanov, Miguel Calero, Dave Sexton, Keith Gardner, and Nina Bawden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Kinkade ranks 13,399 out of 20,380. Before him are Lucien Hubbard (1888), Derrick May (1963), Max Holloway (1991), Meldrick Taylor (1966), Fred Melamed (1956), and Brit Marling (1983). After him are Russell A. Alger (1836), Bobby Bare (1935), Drake Bell (1986), Jill Abramson (1954), Bobby Charles (1938), and Raymond Hatton (1887).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Thomas Kinkade ranks 155. Before him are Jacob Lawrence (1917), George Peter Alexander Healy (1813), Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859), Eastman Johnson (1824), Robert S. Duncanson (1821), and Lauren Faust (1974). After him are Laurel Holloman (1971), Kara Walker (1969), Kehinde Wiley (1977), and Clayton Lewis (1915).

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