1908 - 2002
Yousuf Karsh, FRPS (December 23, 1908 – July 13, 2002) was an Armenian-Canadian photographer known for his portraits of notable individuals. He has been described as one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 20th century. An Armenian genocide survivor, Karsh migrated to Canada as a refugee. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yousuf Karsh has received more than 1,053,328 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Yousuf Karsh is the 32nd most popular photographer (up from 50th in 2019), the 581st most popular biography from Turkey (up from 750th in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Photographer.
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Among photographers, Yousuf Karsh ranks 32 out of 105. Before him are Robert Mapplethorpe, Roger Fenton, Peter Lindbergh, Irving Penn, Lewis Hine, and Philippe Halsman. After him are Jan Saudek, Guillermo Kahlo, Edward Weston, Berenice Abbott, Jacques Henri Lartigue, and Daidō Moriyama.
1946 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 26
1819 - 1869
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 27
1944 - 2019
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 28
1917 - 2009
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 29
1874 - 1940
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 30
1906 - 1979
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 31
1908 - 2002
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 32
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 33
1871 - 1941
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 34
1886 - 1958
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 35
1898 - 1991
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 36
1894 - 1986
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 37
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 38
Among people born in 1908, Yousuf Karsh ranks 84. Before him are Eduard Roschmann, Rómulo Betancourt, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Michael Redgrave, Libertad Lamarque, and Pablo Dorado. After him are Fritz Witt, Alain Cuny, Van Heflin, Koča Popović, Baby Face Nelson, and Jean Delannoy. Among people deceased in 2002, Yousuf Karsh ranks 78. Before him are Choi Hong Hi, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, Katy Jurado, Kim Hunter, Spyros Kyprianou, and Igor Ansoff. After him are Peggy Lee, Juan Antonio Bardem, Brad Dexter, Uziel Gal, Velibor Vasović, and Thomas Gordon.
1908 - 1977
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 78
1908 - 1981
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 79
1908 - 1992
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 80
1908 - 1985
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 81
1908 - 2000
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 82
1908 - 1978
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 83
1908 - 2002
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 84
1908 - 1944
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 85
1908 - 1994
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 86
1908 - 1971
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 87
1908 - 1992
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 88
1908 - 1934
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 89
1908 - 2008
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 90
1918 - 2002
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 72
1920 - 2002
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 73
1924 - 2002
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 74
1922 - 2002
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 75
1932 - 2002
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 76
1918 - 2002
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 77
1908 - 2002
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 78
1920 - 2002
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 79
1922 - 2002
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 80
1917 - 2002
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 81
1923 - 2002
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 82
1939 - 2002
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 83
1918 - 2002
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 84
Among people born in Turkey, Yousuf Karsh ranks 581 out of 1,301. Before him are Jacob Baradaeus (505), Rhesus of Thrace (null), Adamantios Korais (1748), Leo II, King of Armenia (1236), Namık Kemal (1840), and Stachys the Apostle (20). After him are Pharnaces I of Pontus (-300), Aëtius of Amida (502), Symeon the Metaphrast (900), Ishme-Dagan I (-1780), Artemidorus Ephesius (-150), and Artakama (-350).
505 - 578
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 575
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 576
1748 - 1833
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 577
1236 - 1289
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 578
1840 - 1888
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 579
20 - 54
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 580
1908 - 2002
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 581
300 BC - 159 BC
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 582
502 - 575
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 583
900 - 987
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 584
1780 BC - 1800 BC
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 585
150 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 586
350 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 587
Among photographers born in Turkey, Yousuf Karsh ranks 1.