1903 - 1975
Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer and photojournalist best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression. Much of Evans' work from the FSA period uses the large-format, 8×10-inch (200×250 mm) view camera. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walker Evans has received more than 513,484 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Walker Evans is the 17th most popular journalist (up from 22nd in 2019), the 1,738th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,035th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Journalist.
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Among journalists, Walker Evans ranks 17 out of 129. Before him are Julian Assange, Anna Politkovskaya, Beate Klarsfeld, W. T. Stead, Lee Miller, and Jean-Marie Balestre. After him are Alexander Berkman, David Seymour, Jeremy Clarkson, Endre Ady, Charles Dow, and W. Eugene Smith.
1971 - Present
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 11
1958 - 2006
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 12
1939 - Present
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 13
1849 - 1912
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 14
1907 - 1977
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 15
1921 - 2008
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 16
1903 - 1975
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 17
1870 - 1936
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 18
1911 - 1956
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 19
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 20
1877 - 1919
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 21
1851 - 1902
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 22
1918 - 1978
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 23
Among people born in 1903, Walker Evans ranks 76. Before him are Haldan Keffer Hartline, George Davis Snell, Maria Reiche, Yevgeny Mravinsky, Evelyn Waugh, and Vladimir Bartol. After him are Sadegh Hedayat, Henry Corbin, Alice Herz-Sommer, Silvina Ocampo, Benjamin Spock, and Johannes Heesters. Among people deceased in 1975, Walker Evans ranks 56. Before him are Rex Stout, Gunnar Gunnarsson, George Stevens, Ivan Maisky, Georg Ots, and Fredric March. After him are William A. Wellman, Carlo Levi, Joseph Bech, Per Wahlöö, Hans Bellmer, and Elijah Muhammad.
1903 - 1983
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 70
1903 - 1996
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 71
1903 - 1998
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 72
1903 - 1988
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 73
1903 - 1966
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 74
1903 - 1967
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 75
1903 - 1975
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 76
1903 - 1951
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 77
1903 - 1978
HPI: 67.61
Rank: 78
1903 - 2014
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 79
1903 - 1993
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 80
1903 - 1998
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 81
1903 - 2011
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 82
1886 - 1975
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 50
1889 - 1975
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 51
1904 - 1975
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 52
1884 - 1975
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 53
1920 - 1975
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 54
1897 - 1975
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 55
1903 - 1975
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 56
1896 - 1975
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 57
1902 - 1975
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 58
1887 - 1975
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 59
1926 - 1975
HPI: 67.32
Rank: 60
1902 - 1975
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 61
1897 - 1975
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 62
Among people born in United States, Walker Evans ranks 1,738 out of 15,968. Before him are Thomas J. Sargent (1943), LeBron James (1984), Tom Skerritt (1933), Madeleine Stowe (1958), Kevin A. Lynch (1918), and John Frankenheimer (1930). After him are Patricia Neal (1926), Wayne Dyer (1940), Martin Gardner (1914), Robert Smithson (1938), Jennifer Garner (1972), and Cy Twombly (1928).
1943 - Present
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 1,732
1984 - Present
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 1,733
1933 - Present
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 1,734
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 1,735
1918 - 1984
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 1,736
1930 - 2002
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 1,737
1903 - 1975
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 1,738
1926 - 2010
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 1,739
1940 - 2015
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 1,740
1914 - 2010
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 1,741
1938 - 1973
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 1,742
1972 - Present
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 1,743
1928 - 2011
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 1,744
Among journalists born in United States, Walker Evans ranks 5. Before him are Dorothea Lange (1895), John Reed (1887), Anna Politkovskaya (1958), and Lee Miller (1907). After him are Charles Dow (1851), W. Eugene Smith (1918), Steve McCurry (1950), Eddie Adams (1933), Joe Rosenthal (1911), Edgar Snow (1905), and Margaret Bourke-White (1904).
1895 - 1965
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 1
1887 - 1920
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 2
1958 - 2006
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 3
1907 - 1977
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 4
1903 - 1975
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 5
1851 - 1902
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 6
1918 - 1978
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 7
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 8
1933 - 2004
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 9
1911 - 2006
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 10
1905 - 1972
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 11
1904 - 1971
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 12