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Tignous

1957 - 2015

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Tignous ranks 84 out of 174Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Tignous ranks 145Before 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 196Before 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.

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In France

Among people born in France, Tignous ranks 3,483 out of 6,011Before 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).

Among COMIC ARTISTS In France

Among comic artists born in France, Tignous ranks 10Before 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).