1853 - 1890
Vincent Willem van Gogh (Dutch: [ˈvɪnsənt ˈʋɪləm vɑŋ ˈɣɔx] (listen); 30 March 1853 – 29 July 1890) was a Dutch post-impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, including around 860 oil paintings, most of which date from the last two years of his life. They include landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits, and are characterised by bold colours and dramatic, impulsive and expressive brushwork that contributed to the foundations of modern art. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vincent van Gogh has received more than 19,308,292 page views. His biography is available in 197 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 190 in 2019). Vincent van Gogh is the 2nd most popular painter, the most popular biography from Netherlands and the most popular Dutch Painter.
Vincent van Gogh is most famous for his paintings.
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Among painters, Vincent van Gogh ranks 2 out of 1,428. Before him are Michelangelo. After him are Pablo Picasso, Raphael, Rembrandt, Salvador Dalí, Albrecht Dürer, Frida Kahlo, Claude Monet, Peter Paul Rubens, Caravaggio, and Edvard Munch.
1475 - 1564
HPI: 94.64
Rank: 1
1853 - 1890
HPI: 93.60
Rank: 2
1881 - 1973
HPI: 92.24
Rank: 3
1483 - 1520
HPI: 92.16
Rank: 4
1606 - 1669
HPI: 91.16
Rank: 5
1904 - 1989
HPI: 90.65
Rank: 6
1471 - 1528
HPI: 89.78
Rank: 7
1907 - 1954
HPI: 89.75
Rank: 8
1840 - 1926
HPI: 89.34
Rank: 9
1577 - 1640
HPI: 89.20
Rank: 10
1571 - 1610
HPI: 88.46
Rank: 11
1863 - 1944
HPI: 88.10
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1853, Vincent van Gogh ranks 1. After him are Cecil Rhodes, Hendrik Lorentz, Wilhelm Ostwald, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Chulalongkorn, Aleksei Brusilov, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Carl Larsson, José Martí, Vladimir Solovyov, and Ferdinand Hodler. Among people deceased in 1890, Vincent van Gogh ranks 1. After him are Heinrich Schliemann, Carlo Collodi, Sitting Bull, César Franck, William III of the Netherlands, Amadeo I of Spain, Joseph Merrick, Henri Nestlé, Gyula Andrássy, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, and Richard Francis Burton.
1853 - 1890
HPI: 93.60
Rank: 1
1853 - 1902
HPI: 84.04
Rank: 2
1853 - 1928
HPI: 81.27
Rank: 3
1853 - 1932
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 4
1853 - 1926
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 5
1853 - 1910
HPI: 75.43
Rank: 6
1853 - 1926
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 7
1853 - 1931
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 8
1853 - 1919
HPI: 74.41
Rank: 9
1853 - 1895
HPI: 74.27
Rank: 10
1853 - 1900
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 11
1853 - 1918
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 12
1853 - 1890
HPI: 93.60
Rank: 1
1822 - 1890
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 2
1826 - 1890
HPI: 81.14
Rank: 3
1831 - 1890
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 4
1822 - 1890
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 5
1817 - 1890
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 6
1845 - 1890
HPI: 76.17
Rank: 7
1862 - 1890
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 8
1814 - 1890
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 9
1823 - 1890
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 10
1834 - 1890
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 11
1821 - 1890
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 12
Among people born in Netherlands, Vincent van Gogh ranks 1 out of 1,209. After him are Rembrandt (1606), Johannes Vermeer (1632), Baruch Spinoza (1632), Erasmus (1466), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Piet Mondrian (1872), Mata Hari (1876), Christiaan Huygens (1629), Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632), and Johan Cruyff (1947).
1853 - 1890
HPI: 93.60
Rank: 1
1606 - 1669
HPI: 91.16
Rank: 2
1632 - 1675
HPI: 87.90
Rank: 3
1632 - 1677
HPI: 87.56
Rank: 4
1466 - 1536
HPI: 87.56
Rank: 5
1525 - 1569
HPI: 86.15
Rank: 6
1450 - 1516
HPI: 85.11
Rank: 7
1872 - 1944
HPI: 84.62
Rank: 8
1876 - 1917
HPI: 83.93
Rank: 9
1629 - 1695
HPI: 83.79
Rank: 10
1632 - 1723
HPI: 83.69
Rank: 11
1947 - 2016
HPI: 83.61
Rank: 12
Among painters born in Netherlands, Vincent van Gogh ranks 1. After him are Rembrandt (1606), Johannes Vermeer (1632), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525), Hieronymus Bosch (1450), Piet Mondrian (1872), Jan Steen (1626), Theo van Gogh (1857), Jacob van Ruisdael (1628), Dieric Bouts (1415), Pieter de Hooch (1629), and Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836).
1853 - 1890
HPI: 93.60
Rank: 1
1606 - 1669
HPI: 91.16
Rank: 2
1632 - 1675
HPI: 87.90
Rank: 3
1525 - 1569
HPI: 86.15
Rank: 4
1450 - 1516
HPI: 85.11
Rank: 5
1872 - 1944
HPI: 84.62
Rank: 6
1626 - 1679
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 7
1857 - 1891
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 8
1628 - 1682
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 9
1415 - 1475
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 10
1629 - 1684
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 11
1836 - 1912
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 12