1957 - 2015
Bernard Jean-Charles Verlhac (21 August 1957 – 7 January 2015), known by the pseudonym Tignous (French pronunciation: [tiɲus], from Occitan: Tinhós), was a French cartoonist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tignous has received more than 120,032 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Tignous is the 84th most popular comic artist (up from 99th in 2019), the 3,483rd most popular biography from France (up from 3,622nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Tignous ranks 84 out of 174. Before him are Hiromu Arakawa, Tetsuya Chiba, Jacques Tardi, Jean-Michel Charlier, Kazuki Takahashi, and Héctor Germán Oesterheld. After him are Sanpei Shirato, Lee Falk, Hermann Huppen, Juan Giménez, Joe Simon, and Jijé.
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 78
1939 - Present
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 79
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 80
1924 - 1989
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 81
1961 - 2022
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 82
1919 - 1978
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 83
1957 - 2015
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 84
1932 - 2021
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 85
1911 - 1999
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 86
1938 - Present
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 87
1943 - 2020
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 88
1913 - 2011
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 89
1914 - 1980
HPI: 49.09
Rank: 90
Among people born in 1957, Tignous ranks 145. Before him are Bruce Rauner, Tsai Ming-liang, Duško Ivanović, Kenji Kawai, Mikhail Pletnev, and Tan Dun. After him are Martin Donovan, Kumar Sanu, Nikos Galis, José Mário Vaz, Ruy Ramos, and Judge Reinhold. Among people deceased in 2015, Tignous ranks 196. Before him are Movita Castaneda, Ron Clarke, Guy Béart, Ahmed Chalabi, Gheorghe Gruia, and Bernard Maris. After him are Robert Manzon, Karl H. Pribram, Charb, Jacques Sernas, Charles Pasqua, and Jeralean Talley.
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 139
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 140
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 141
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 142
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 143
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 144
1957 - 2015
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 145
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 146
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 147
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 148
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 149
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 150
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 151
1916 - 2015
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 190
1937 - 2015
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 191
1930 - 2015
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 192
1944 - 2015
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 193
1940 - 2015
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 194
1946 - 2015
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 195
1957 - 2015
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 196
1917 - 2015
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 197
1919 - 2015
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 198
1967 - 2015
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 199
1925 - 2015
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 200
1927 - 2015
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 201
1899 - 2015
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 202
Among people born in France, Tignous ranks 3,483 out of 6,011. Before him are Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (1801), Bernard Maris (1946), René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1694), Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883), Louis Réard (1897), and Hubertine Auclert (1848). After him are Claude Bourgelat (1712), Maurice de Guérin (1810), Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765), Robert Marchand (1911), Michel Delpech (1946), and Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury (1914).
1801 - 1884
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 3,477
1946 - 2015
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 3,478
1694 - 1757
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 3,479
1883 - 1963
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,480
1897 - 1984
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,481
1848 - 1914
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,482
1957 - 2015
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,483
1712 - 1779
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,484
1810 - 1839
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,485
1765 - 1843
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 3,486
1911 - 2021
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 3,487
1946 - 2016
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 3,488
1914 - 1993
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 3,489
Among comic artists born in France, Tignous ranks 10. Before him are Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932), Jean-Claude Mézières (1938), Cabu (1938), Philippe Honoré (1941), Émile Cohl (1857), and Jacques Tardi (1946). After him are Jacques Martin (1921), Claire Bretécher (1940), Gotlib (1934), Sylvain Chomet (1963), François Bourgeon (1945), and Joann Sfar (1971).
1932 - 2022
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 4
1938 - 2022
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 5
1938 - 2015
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 6
1941 - 2015
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 7
1857 - 1938
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 8
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 9
1957 - 2015
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 10
1921 - 2010
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 11
1940 - 2020
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 12
1934 - 2016
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 13
1963 - Present
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 14
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 15
1971 - Present
HPI: 36.75
Rank: 16