PHOTOGRAPHER

Cecil Beaton

1904 - 1980

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Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was a British fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, and interior designer, as well as costume designer and set designer for stage and screen. His accolades include three Academy Awards and four Tony Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cecil Beaton is the 55th most popular photographer (down from 51st in 2019), the 2,347th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,968th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Cecil Beaton ranks 55 out of 148. Before him are Edward Weston, Claude Cahun, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Paul Strand, Josef Sudek, and Gustav Klutsis. After him are André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, Sean Flynn, Wilson Bentley, Nick Ut, Hiroshi Sugimoto, and Grete Stern.

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Among people born in 1904, Cecil Beaton ranks 137. Before him are Berta Karlik, Alexandrina of Balazar, Frederick Ashton, Edgar P. Jacobs, Vilis Lācis, and Delmer Daves. After him are William L. Shirer, Goffredo Petrassi, Lippo Hertzka, Sergei Yutkevich, Miguel Capuccini, and Necip Fazıl Kısakürek. Among people deceased in 1980, Cecil Beaton ranks 127. Before him are Boun Oum, Justas Paleckis, Gastone Nencini, Rosa Albach-Retty, David Janssen, and Farrokhroo Parsa. After him are Marian Spychalski, Miguel Capuccini, George Borg Olivier, Richard Chase, John W. McCormack, and Toshiko Yuasa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Cecil Beaton ranks 2,347 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Brodie-Sangster (1990), William Fox (1812), Alex Turner (1986), Julian Lennon (1963), James Stirling (1692), and Cary Elwes (1962). After him are Chris Bristow (1937), David Stirling (1915), John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey (1885), John Hughes (1814), Millicent Fawcett (1847), and Ken Tyrrell (1924).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United Kingdom

Among photographers born in United Kingdom, Cecil Beaton ranks 4. Before him are Eadweard Muybridge (1830), Roger Fenton (1819), and David Bailey (1938). After him are Alexander Gardner (1821), Henry Peach Robinson (1830), Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869), Allan Warren (1948), and Mick Rock (1948).

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