1917 - 2005
William Erwin Eisner (March 6, 1917 – January 3, 2005) was an American cartoonist, writer, and entrepreneur. He was one of the earliest cartoonists to work in the American comic book industry, and his series The Spirit (1940–1952) was noted for its experiments in content and form. In 1978, he popularized the term "graphic novel" with the publication of his book A Contract with God. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Will Eisner has received more than 786,223 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Will Eisner is the 27th most popular comic artist (down from 23rd in 2019), the 1,787th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,524th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Will Eisner ranks 27 out of 174. Before him are André Franquin, Quino, Leiji Matsumoto, Milo Manara, Alan Moore, and Winsor McCay. After him are Don Rosa, Georges Wolinski, Jean-Jacques Sempé, Hirohiko Araki, Jean-Claude Mézières, and Masashi Kishimoto.
1924 - 1997
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 21
1932 - 2020
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 22
1938 - 2023
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 23
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 24
1953 - Present
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 25
1867 - 1934
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 26
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 27
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 28
1934 - 2015
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 29
1932 - 2022
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 30
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 31
1938 - 2022
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 32
1974 - Present
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 33
Among people born in 1917, Will Eisner ranks 77. Before him are Magda Szabó, Stéphane Hessel, John B. Calhoun, Robert Bloch, Urie Bronfenbrenner, and Yevgeny Khaldei. After him are Hirokazu Ninomiya, Obdulio Varela, Jean Rouch, Pedro Infante, Harold Garfinkel, and Buddy Rich. Among people deceased in 2005, Will Eisner ranks 62. Before him are William Westmoreland, Robert Sheckley, Arman, Victoria de los Ángeles, Dana Elcar, and Urie Bronfenbrenner. After him are Robert Moog, Carlo Maria Giulini, Richard Smalley, Ba Jin, Zhang Chunqiao, and Yao Wenyuan.
1917 - 2007
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 71
1917 - 2013
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 72
1917 - 1995
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 73
1917 - 1994
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 74
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 75
1917 - 1997
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 76
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 77
1917 - 2000
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 78
1917 - 1996
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 79
1917 - 2004
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 80
1917 - 1957
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 81
1917 - 2011
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 82
1917 - 1987
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 83
1914 - 2005
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 56
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 57
1928 - 2005
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 58
1923 - 2005
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 59
1927 - 2005
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 60
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 61
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 62
1934 - 2005
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 63
1914 - 2005
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 64
1943 - 2005
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 65
1904 - 2005
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 66
1917 - 2005
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 67
1931 - 2005
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 68
Among people born in United States, Will Eisner ranks 1,787 out of 18,182. Before him are Matthew Broderick (1962), Melinda Gates (1964), Walt Whitman Rostow (1916), Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Zack Snyder (1966), and Ida Tarbell (1857). After him are Jon Favreau (1966), Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), Liv Tyler (1977), Jack Swigert (1931), Lionel Stander (1908), and George Wald (1906).
1962 - Present
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 1,781
1964 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,782
1916 - 2003
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,783
1912 - 2007
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,784
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,785
1857 - 1944
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 1,786
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 1,787
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,788
1925 - 1990
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,789
1977 - Present
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,790
1931 - 1982
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 1,791
1908 - 1994
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 1,792
1906 - 1997
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 1,793
Among comic artists born in United States, Will Eisner ranks 9. Before him are Carl Barks (1901), Matt Groening (1954), Jack Kirby (1917), Bob Kane (1915), Steve Ditko (1927), and Winsor McCay (1867). After him are Don Rosa (1951), Bill Finger (1914), Charles M. Schulz (1922), Frank Miller (1957), Jerry Siegel (1914), and Charles Addams (1912).
1901 - 2000
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 3
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 4
1917 - 1994
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 5
1915 - 1998
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 6
1927 - 2018
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 7
1867 - 1934
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 8
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 9
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 10
1914 - 1974
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 11
1922 - 2000
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 12
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 13
1914 - 1996
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 14
1912 - 1988
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 15