PHOTOGRAPHER

Bob Guccione

1930 - 2010

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Robert Charles Joseph Edward Sabatini Guccione ( goo-chee-OH-nee; December 17, 1930 – October 20, 2010) was an American visual artist, photographer and publisher. He founded the adult magazine Penthouse in 1965. This was aimed at competing with Hugh Hefner's Playboy, but with more explicit erotic content, a special style of soft focus photography, and in-depth reporting of government corruption scandals and the art world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Guccione has received more than 1,525,066 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Bob Guccione is the 97th most popular photographer (down from 82nd in 2019), the 5,877th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,528th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Bob Guccione ranks 97 out of 148. Before him are Karl Struss, Joel-Peter Witkin, Willy Ronis, Henry Peach Robinson, Mary Ellen Mark, and Roman Vishniac. After him are David Douglas Duncan, Mario Testino, Alexander Gardner, Hedi Slimane, Erwin Olaf, and Garry Winogrand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Bob Guccione ranks 345. Before him are Bobby Bland, Odetta, Anthony Harvey, Kjell Eugenio Laugerud García, Ellen Schwiers, and Giorgio Ghezzi. After him are Francesco Maselli, Jeannette Altwegg, Heinz Kubsch, Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Stephen Fumio Hamao, and Owen Garriott. Among people deceased in 2010, Bob Guccione ranks 238. Before him are Brian G. Marsden, Dezső Bundzsák, Chushiro Hayashi, Harry Vos, Galimzyan Khusainov, and Jonathan Motzfeldt. After him are José Ramos Delgado, John du Pont, Ingrid Pitt, Yvonne Loriod, Beverly Aadland, and Azzeddine Laraki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Guccione ranks 5,877 out of 20,380. Before him are Usher (1978), Lawrence Roberts (1937), Sandy Koufax (1935), Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884), John Hopcroft (1939), and Annabella Sciorra (1960). After him are Michael Stuhlbarg (1968), Anna Katharine Green (1846), The Ultimate Warrior (1959), Leonard Rosenman (1924), Sharon Gless (1943), and Robert Henri (1865).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Bob Guccione ranks 27. Before him are Gertrude Käsebier (1852), William Eggleston (1939), Spencer Tunick (1967), Karl Struss (1886), Joel-Peter Witkin (1939), and Mary Ellen Mark (1940). After him are David Douglas Duncan (1916), Garry Winogrand (1928), F. Holland Day (1864), Bert Stern (1929), William P. Gottlieb (1917), and Martha Cooper (1943).

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