PHOTOGRAPHER

Cornell Capa

1918 - 2008

Cornell Capa

Cornell Capa (; born Kornél Friedmann; April 10, 1918 – May 23, 2008) was a Hungarian-American photographer, member of Magnum Photos, photo curator, and the younger brother of photo-journalist and war photographer Robert Capa. Graduating from Imre Madách Gymnasium in Budapest, he initially intended to study medicine, but instead joined his brother in Paris to pursue photography. Cornell was an ambitious photo enthusiast who founded the International Center of Photography in New York in 1974 with help from Micha Bar-Am after a stint of working for both Life magazine and Magnum Photos. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cornell Capa is the 68th most popular photographer (up from 72nd in 2019), the 388th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 378th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Cornell Capa ranks 68 out of 148. Before him are Hippolyte Bayard, Patrick Demarchelier, Lothar Wolleh, Herb Ritts, Gertrude Käsebier, and Alexander Gardner. After him are René Burri, Imogen Cunningham, Karl Blossfeldt, Erich Salomon, Karimeh Abbud, and Marc Riboud.

Most Popular Photographers in Wikipedia

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Hippolyte Bayard
1801 - 1887
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 62
Patrick Demarchelier
1943 - 2022
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 63
Lothar Wolleh
1930 - 1979
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 64
Herb Ritts
1952 - 2002
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 65
Gertrude Käsebier
1852 - 1934
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 66
Alexander Gardner
1821 - 1882
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 67
Cornell Capa
1918 - 2008
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 68
René Burri
1933 - 2014
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 69
Imogen Cunningham
1883 - 1976
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 70
Karl Blossfeldt
1865 - 1932
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 71
Erich Salomon
1886 - 1944
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 72
Karimeh Abbud
1893 - 1940
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 73
Marc Riboud
1923 - 2016
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 74

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Cornell Capa ranks 158. Before him are Douglas Bennett, Elmore James, Bobby Riggs, Mehdi Huseynzade, Jay Wright Forrester, and María Mercader. After him are James Aldridge, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Oles Honchar, Ted Williams, Helen Stephens, and Kazuo Sakamaki. Among people deceased in 2008, Cornell Capa ranks 163. Before him are Bernie Mac, Jean-Daniel Cadinot, Tsutomu Miyazaki, León Febres Cordero, Dee Dee Warwick, and Dorival Caymmi. After him are Claude Abbes, Buck Adams, Odetta, Rina Zaripova, Majel Barrett, and Ibrahim Nasir.

Others Born in 1918

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Douglas Bennett
ATHLETE
1918 - 2008
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 152
Elmore James
MUSICIAN
1918 - 1963
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 153
Bobby Riggs
TENNIS PLAYER
1918 - 1995
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 154
Mehdi Huseynzade
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1918 - 1944
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 155
Jay Wright Forrester
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1918 - 2016
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 156
María Mercader
ACTOR
1918 - 2011
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 157
Cornell Capa
PHOTOGRAPHER
1918 - 2008
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 158
James Aldridge
WRITER
1918 - 2015
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 159
Gérard de Vaucouleurs
ASTRONOMER
1918 - 1995
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 160
Oles Honchar
WRITER
1918 - 1995
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 161
Ted Williams
BASEBALL PLAYER
1918 - 2002
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 162
Helen Stephens
ATHLETE
1918 - 1994
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 163
Kazuo Sakamaki
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1918 - 1999
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 164

Others Deceased in 2008

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Bernie Mac
COMEDIAN
1957 - 2008
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 157
Jean-Daniel Cadinot
FILM DIRECTOR
1944 - 2008
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 158
Tsutomu Miyazaki
EXTREMIST
1962 - 2008
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 159
León Febres Cordero
POLITICIAN
1931 - 2008
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 160
Dee Dee Warwick
MUSICIAN
1942 - 2008
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 161
Dorival Caymmi
MUSICIAN
1914 - 2008
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 162
Cornell Capa
PHOTOGRAPHER
1918 - 2008
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 163
Claude Abbes
SOCCER PLAYER
1927 - 2008
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 164
Buck Adams
PORNOGRAPHIC ACTOR
1955 - 2008
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 165
Odetta
SINGER
1930 - 2008
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 166
Rina Zaripova
BUSINESSPERSON
1941 - 2008
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 167
Majel Barrett
ACTOR
1932 - 2008
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 168
Ibrahim Nasir
POLITICIAN
1926 - 2008
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 169

In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Cornell Capa ranks 388 out of 1,077. Before him are Eva Gabor (1919), Vilmos Zsigmond (1930), Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun (1677), Dénes Kőnig (1884), Joseph Böhm (1795), and Ferenc Hirzer (1902). After him are Ferenc Nagy (1903), Kálmán Mészöly (1941), Márta Rudas (1937), Lili Kraus (1903), György Lázár (1924), and Jenő Fuchs (1882).

Others born in Hungary

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Eva Gabor
ACTOR
1919 - 1995
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 382
Vilmos Zsigmond
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1930 - 2016
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 383
Otto Ferdinand von Abensperg und Traun
NOBLEMAN
1677 - 1748
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 384
Dénes Kőnig
MATHEMATICIAN
1884 - 1944
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 385
Joseph Böhm
MUSICIAN
1795 - 1876
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 386
Ferenc Hirzer
SOCCER PLAYER
1902 - 1957
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 387
Cornell Capa
PHOTOGRAPHER
1918 - 2008
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 388
Ferenc Nagy
POLITICIAN
1903 - 1979
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 389
Kálmán Mészöly
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 2022
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 390
Márta Rudas
ATHLETE
1937 - 2017
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 391
Lili Kraus
MUSICIAN
1903 - 1986
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 392
György Lázár
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2014
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 393
Jenő Fuchs
POLITICIAN
1882 - 1955
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 394