1914 - 1974
Milton Finger (February 8, 1914 – January 18, 1974), known professionally and personally as Bill Finger, was an American comic strip and comic book writer best known as the creator, with Bob Kane, of the DC Comics character Batman, and the co-architect of the series' development, who mostly worked as his ghostwriter. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bill Finger has received more than 1,094,486 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Bill Finger is the 33rd most popular comic artist (up from 34th in 2019), the 2,012th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,112th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, Bill Finger ranks 33 out of 174. Before him are Don Rosa, Go Nagai, Winsor McCay, Jean-Jacques Sempé, Masashi Kishimoto, and Guillermo Mordillo. After him are Juan Giménez, Saul Steinberg, Eiichiro Oda, Monkey Punch, Cabu, and Émile Cohl.
1951 - Present
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 27
1945 - Present
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 28
1867 - 1934
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 29
1932 - Present
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 30
1974 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 31
1932 - 2019
HPI: 67.23
Rank: 32
1914 - 1974
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 33
1943 - 2020
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 34
1914 - 1999
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 35
1975 - Present
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 36
1937 - 2019
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 37
1938 - 2015
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 38
1857 - 1938
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 39
Among people born in 1914, Bill Finger ranks 80. Before him are Unity Mitford, Dürrüşehvar Sultan, Achille Compagnoni, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Eugene Nida, and Lilli Palmer. After him are Ilmari Juutilainen, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Go Seigen, Pietro Germi, Kurt Franz, and Saul Steinberg. Among people deceased in 1974, Bill Finger ranks 49. Before him are Vannevar Bush, Lajos Zilahy, Salvador Puig Antich, Farid al-Atrash, Jan Tschichold, and Anatole Litvak. After him are Konstantin Melnikov, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Gino Cervi, Samuel Goldwyn, Agnes Moorehead, and Pietro Germi.
1914 - 1948
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 74
1914 - 2006
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 75
1914 - 2009
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 76
1914 - 1991
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 77
1914 - 2011
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 78
1914 - 1986
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 79
1914 - 1974
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 80
1914 - 1999
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 81
1914 - 2007
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 82
1914 - 2014
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 83
1914 - 1974
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 84
1914 - 1998
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 85
1914 - 1999
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 86
1890 - 1974
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 43
1891 - 1974
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 44
1948 - 1974
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 45
1910 - 1974
HPI: 67.22
Rank: 46
1902 - 1974
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 47
1902 - 1974
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 48
1914 - 1974
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 49
1890 - 1974
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 50
1900 - 1974
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 51
1901 - 1974
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 52
1879 - 1974
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 53
1900 - 1974
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 54
1914 - 1974
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 55
Among people born in United States, Bill Finger ranks 2,012 out of 15,968. Before him are Mahalia Jackson (1911), Maria Mitchell (1818), Eva Mendes (1974), Justin Timberlake (1981), William Henry Pickering (1858), and Samuel Adams (1722). After him are Donald J. Cram (1919), Perry Como (1912), Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), Ariana Grande (1993), Richard Pryor (1940), and Henry Winkler (1945).
1911 - 1972
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 2,006
1818 - 1889
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 2,007
1974 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 2,008
1981 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 2,009
1858 - 1938
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 2,010
1722 - 1803
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 2,011
1914 - 1974
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 2,012
1919 - 2001
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 2,013
1912 - 2001
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 2,014
1843 - 1926
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 2,015
1993 - Present
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 2,016
1940 - 2005
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 2,017
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 2,018
Among comic artists born in United States, Bill Finger ranks 11. Before him are Bob Kane (1915), Jack Kirby (1917), Steve Ditko (1927), Will Eisner (1917), Don Rosa (1951), and Winsor McCay (1867). After him are Charles M. Schulz (1922), E. C. Segar (1894), Charles Addams (1912), Jerry Siegel (1914), Al Taliaferro (1905), and Frank Miller (1957).
1915 - 1998
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 5
1917 - 1994
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 6
1927 - 2018
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 7
1917 - 2005
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 8
1951 - Present
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 9
1867 - 1934
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 10
1914 - 1974
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 11
1922 - 2000
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 12
1894 - 1938
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 13
1912 - 1988
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 14
1914 - 1996
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 15
1905 - 1969
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 16
1957 - Present
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 17