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Salvatore Ferragamo

1898 - 1960

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Salvatore Ferragamo (5 June 1898 – 7 August 1960) was an Italian shoe designer and the founder of luxury goods high-end retailer Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. An innovative shoe designer, Salvatore Ferragamo established a reputation in the 1930s. In addition to experimenting with alternative materials such as fish skin, Ferragamo drew on historic inspiration for his shoes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Salvatore Ferragamo is the 39th most popular designer (down from 33rd in 2019), the 1,963rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,737th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Italian Designer.

Salvatore Ferragamo is most famous for his work as a shoe designer. He was the first to make shoes with a square toe.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Salvatore Ferragamo ranks 39 out of 104. Before him are Jimmy Choo, Dieter Rams, Claude Garamond, Beau Brummell, Jeanne Lanvin, and Andokides painter. After him are Giambattista Bodoni, Mariano Fortuny, Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., Alexander McQueen, Margarete Steiff, and Luigi Colani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Salvatore Ferragamo ranks 87. Before him are Eben Dönges, Gulzarilal Nanda, Vladimir Fock, Leo McCarey, Emil Artin, and Helmuth von Pannwitz. After him are Fyodor Kuznetsov, Leon Štukelj, Hans Globke, Lotte Lenya, Kang Sheng, and Desanka Maksimović. Among people deceased in 1960, Salvatore Ferragamo ranks 63. Before him are Maurice de Broglie, José Antonio Aguirre, Abram Ioffe, Pierre Reverdy, Alexandre Benois, and Edwin Fischer. After him are Bruno Loerzer, The Great Gama, Hans Wilsdorf, Leonard Woolley, Georges Claude, and Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Salvatore Ferragamo ranks 1,963 out of 5,161. Before him are Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (1947), Giorgio Chinaglia (1947), Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (1781), Carlo Sforza (1872), Lina Cavalieri (1874), and Isa Miranda (1909). After him are Gianfranco Ravasi (1942), Niccolò de' Conti (1395), Marcello Bacciarelli (1731), Gigi D'Agostino (1967), Claudio Gugerotti (1955), and Remo Giazotto (1910).

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Among DESIGNERS In Italy

Among designers born in Italy, Salvatore Ferragamo ranks 10. Before him are Aldus Manutius (1449), Giorgetto Giugiaro (1938), Valentino (1932), Miuccia Prada (1949), Nina Ricci (1883), and Battista Farina (1893). After him are Giambattista Bodoni (1740), Milena Canonero (1946), Enzo Mari (1932), Laura Biagiotti (1943), Piero Tosi (1927), and Stefano Gabbana (1962).

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