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William P. Gottlieb

1917 - 2006

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William Paul Gottlieb (January 28, 1917 – April 23, 2006) was an American photographer and newspaper columnist who is best known for his classic photographs of the leading performers of the Golden Age of American jazz in the 1930s and 1940s. Gottlieb's photographs are among the best known and widely reproduced images of this jazz era. Gottlieb took pictures of hundreds of prominent jazz musicians and personalities, typically while they were playing or singing at well-known New York City jazz clubs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William P. Gottlieb has received more than 114,187 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). William P. Gottlieb is the 108th most popular photographer (down from 96th in 2019), the 6,877th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,622nd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, William P. Gottlieb ranks 108 out of 148. Before him are Erwin Olaf, Garry Winogrand, Lucien Clergue, F. Holland Day, Bert Stern, and František Drtikol. After him are Gaudenzio Marconi, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, Bertha Valerius, Annemarie Heinrich, Lotte Jacobi, and Sabine Weiss.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, William P. Gottlieb ranks 251. Before him are Torsten Lindberg, Odd Lundberg, Juan Tuñas, Vernon A. Walters, Edgar Barth, and Phyllis Diller. After him are Durward Knowles, Gösta Andersson, Kenkichi Iwasawa, Tony Cliff, Richard Boone, and Pavel Solovyov. Among people deceased in 2006, William P. Gottlieb ranks 245. Before him are Ferenc Machos, Ondina Valla, Candy Barr, Suzan Kahramaner, Schafik Hándal, and Mary Boyce. After him are Rajkumar, Frank Beyer, Dana Reeve, Alan Shugart, Ole Madsen, and Fritz Schwab.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William P. Gottlieb ranks 6,877 out of 20,380. Before him are Mark Lanegan (1964), Keri Russell (1976), Miguel Sandoval (1951), Ken Jeong (1969), Marshall Berman (1940), and Mary Oliver (1935). After him are Kate Mara (1983), Cameron Crowe (1957), Ron Asheton (1948), Allan Bloom (1930), Richard Simmons (1948), and Matt Frewer (1958).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, William P. Gottlieb ranks 32. Before him are Mary Ellen Mark (1940), Bob Guccione (1930), David Douglas Duncan (1916), Garry Winogrand (1928), F. Holland Day (1864), and Bert Stern (1929). After him are Martha Cooper (1943), Sally Mann (1951), Francesca Woodman (1958), David LaChapelle (1963), Sean Flynn (1941), and Milton H. Greene (1922).

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