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Gilbert Baker

1951 - 2017

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Gilbert Baker (June 2, 1951 – March 31, 2017) was an American artist, designer, activist, and vexillographer, best known as the creator of the rainbow flag. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gilbert Baker is the 75th most popular artist (down from 65th in 2019), the 6,121st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,019th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Artist.

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Among ARTISTS

Among artists, Gilbert Baker ranks 75 out of 125. Before him are Bas Jan Ader, Mary Blair, Heorhiy Narbut, Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, Lado Gudiashvili, and Hu Zhengyan. After him are Mary Delany, Gordon Matta-Clark, Annette Messager, Aleksandr Golovin, Daniel Hopfer, and Antonie Brentano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Gilbert Baker ranks 298. Before him are Stanley Clarke, Anatoly Alyabyev, Dragan Pantelić, Walter Meeuws, Jagdeep Dhankhar, and Phyllis Smith. After him are Cassandra Peterson, Robert Joy, Eugenio Torre, Steve Perryman, Michel Pollentier, and Kim Manners. Among people deceased in 2017, Gilbert Baker ranks 302. Before him are Josef Musil, Tim Pigott-Smith, Gösta Ekman, Victor Lanoux, Leonid Bronevoy, and Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi. After him are Otto Warmbier, István Mészáros, François Van der Elst, Cipriano Chemello, Vitaly Churkin, and Ángel Berni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gilbert Baker ranks 6,121 out of 20,380. Before him are Evelyn Fox Keller (1936), James Thurber (1894), William Daniels (1927), Matthew Lillard (1970), John McIntire (1907), and Charlotte Flair (1986). After him are Johnny Hodges (1906), Jennifer Tilly (1958), Ken Ribet (1948), Catherine Hardwicke (1955), Fred Alderman (1905), and Sally Kellerman (1937).

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Among ARTISTS In United States

Among artists born in United States, Gilbert Baker ranks 15. Before him are Judy Chicago (1939), Bill Viola (1951), Vito Acconci (1940), Robert Indiana (1928), James Montgomery Flagg (1877), and Mary Blair (1911). After him are Gordon Matta-Clark (1943), Dan Graham (1942), Maud Wagner (1877), Carolee Schneemann (1939), Martha Rosler (1943), and Art Babbitt (1907).

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