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Hermann Zapf

1918 - 2015

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Hermann Zapf (German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈtsapf]; 8 November 1918 – 4 June 2015) was a German type designer and calligrapher who lived in Darmstadt, Germany. He was married to the calligrapher and typeface designer Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse. Typefaces he designed include Palatino, Optima, and Zapfino. He is considered one of the greatest type designers of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Zapf is the 1,579th most popular painter (down from 1,431st in 2019), the 4,181st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,798th in 2019) and the 141st most popular German Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Hermann Zapf ranks 1,579 out of 2,023. Before him are Tetyana Yablonska, Durdy Bayramov, M. F. Husain, Ernst Josephson, Haddon Sundblom, and Carl Joseph Begas. After him are Hans Baluschek, Stanisław Witkiewicz, Vladimír Vašíček, Nathan Altman, Rik Wouters, and Maxime Maufra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Hermann Zapf ranks 192. Before him are Alfred Bickel, Anatoly Tarasov, Edward Van Dijck, Otis Bowen, Cameron Mitchell, and George Constantine. After him are Georgios Rallis, Anne Stine Ingstad, Shinobu Hashimoto, Willy den Ouden, Robert Ettinger, and André Pilette. Among people deceased in 2015, Hermann Zapf ranks 260. Before him are Slavko Avsenik, Oʻtkir Sultonov, Melissa Mathison, Richard Anthony, Karl H. Pribram, and Elizabeth Wilson. After him are Danièle Delorme, Gheorghe Gruia, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Geoffrey Howe, Florence Arthaud, and Theodore Bikel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hermann Zapf ranks 4,183 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick Loewe (1901), Sibylla of Anhalt (1564), Lothar Metz (1939), Karl-Friedrich Haas (1931), Hans Cieslarczyk (1937), and Carl Joseph Begas (1794). After him are Christian Berkel (1957), Friedrich Eduard Beneke (1798), Marlies Göhr (1958), Woldemar, Prince of Lippe (1824), Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen (1803), and Mehmet Scholl (1970).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Hermann Zapf ranks 141. Before him are Peter von Hess (1792), David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (1628), Georg Schrimpf (1889), Christian Albrecht Jensen (1792), Christian Rohlfs (1849), and Carl Joseph Begas (1794). After him are Willi Baumeister (1889), Jan Boeckhorst (1604), Hans Leonhard Schäufelein (1480), Ferdinand Keller (1842), Karl Schorn (1803), and Karl Ferdinand Sohn (1805).

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