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Raymond Loewy

1893 - 1986

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Raymond Loewy ( LOH-ee, French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ levi]; November 5, 1893 – July 14, 1986) was a French-born American industrial designer who achieved fame for the magnitude of his design efforts across a variety of industries. He was recognized for this by Time magazine and featured on its cover on October 31, 1949. He spent most of his professional career in the United States, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1938. Among his designs were the Shell, Exxon, TWA and the former BP logos, the Greyhound Scenicruiser bus interior, Coca-Cola vending machines and bottle redesign, the Lucky Strike package, Coldspot refrigerators, the Studebaker Avanti and Champion, and the Air Force One livery. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Loewy is the 29th most popular designer (down from 27th in 2019), the 1,614th most popular biography from France (up from 1,633rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Designer.

Raymond Loewy was a French-born American industrial designer. He is most famous for his design of the Coca-Cola bottle.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Raymond Loewy ranks 29 out of 104. Before him are Thomas Chippendale, Jony Ive, Battista Farina, Iris Apfel, Philippe Starck, and Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. After him are Pierre Balmain, Manolo Blahnik, Josiah Wedgwood, Jimmy Choo, Dieter Rams, and Claude Garamond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Raymond Loewy ranks 61. Before him are Battista Farina, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk, Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, Erwin Piscator, and Walter Christaller. After him are Bill Tilden, Hans Scharoun, Dragiša Cvetković, Paul van Zeeland, Wilhelm Zaisser, and Federico Mompou. Among people deceased in 1986, Raymond Loewy ranks 61. Before him are Erik Bruhn, Adolfo Celi, Otto Preminger, Gusztáv Sebes, Ferdinand Daučík, and Marcel Dassault. After him are Lilli Palmer, Elio de Angelis, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, Maurice Duruflé, Gunnar Björnstrand, and Alfredo Binda.

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In France

Among people born in France, Raymond Loewy ranks 1,614 out of 6,770. Before him are Arletty (1898), Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665), Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922), Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807), Roland Topor (1938), and Étienne Marcel (1315). After him are Bernard Buffet (1928), Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715), André Martinet (1908), Jean-Jacques Ampère (1800), Roger Caillois (1913), and Fulcher of Chartres (1059).

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Among DESIGNERS In France

Among designers born in France, Raymond Loewy ranks 4. Before him are René Lalique (1860), Philippe Starck (1949), and Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811). After him are Pierre Balmain (1914), Claude Garamond (1499), Jeanne Lanvin (1867), Louis Majorelle (1859), Diana Vreeland (1903), Nicolas Jenson (1420), and Jean Louis (1907).

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