PHOTOGRAPHER

William Eggleston

1939 - Today

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William Eggleston (born July 27, 1939) is an American photographer. He is widely credited with increasing recognition of color photography as a legitimate artistic medium. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Eggleston has received more than 677,110 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. William Eggleston is the 82nd most popular photographer (up from 86th in 2019), the 4,969th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,620th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, William Eggleston ranks 82 out of 148. Before him are Karl Blossfeldt, Paolo Monti, Werner Bischof, Weegee, René Burri, and Lothar Wolleh. After him are Marc Riboud, Alexandre Michon, Lennart Nilsson, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Grete Stern, and Heinrich Zille.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, William Eggleston ranks 296. Before him are Tetsuya Chiba, John Neumeier, Alexandra Stewart, Gösta Ekman, Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró, and Irenaios. After him are Ivar Jacobson, Joseph Vilsmaier, Judy Collins, Valery Rozhdestvensky, Giulio Angioni, and Litokwa Tomeing.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Eggleston ranks 4,969 out of 20,380. Before him are Tracy Pollan (1960), Leontyne Price (1927), Charles Yerkes (1837), Richard Speck (1941), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), and Bryan Singer (1965). After him are Mia Hamm (1972), Sonny Stitt (1924), Gabriel Macht (1972), Asia Carrera (1973), Constance Towers (1933), and Marsha Mason (1942).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, William Eggleston ranks 22. Before him are Ansel Adams (1902), Imogen Cunningham (1883), Wilson Bentley (1865), Helen Levitt (1913), Berry Berenson (1948), and Gertrude Käsebier (1852). After him are Spencer Tunick (1967), Karl Struss (1886), Joel-Peter Witkin (1939), Mary Ellen Mark (1940), Bob Guccione (1930), and David Douglas Duncan (1916).

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