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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 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 1,381,237 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Guccione is the 82nd most popular photographer (down from 73rd in 2019), the 5,540th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,270th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Photographer.

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  • 1.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Bob Guccione ranks 82 out of 105Before him are Wilson Bentley, Abbas, Weegee, Willy Ronis, Spencer Tunick, and Gertrude Käsebier. After him are Karimeh Abbud, Alexandre Michon, Adolfo Farsari, William Eggleston, Gaudenzio Marconi, and Mario Testino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Bob Guccione ranks 315Before him are Donald Moffat, Dawn Addams, Kurt Nielsen, Edna O'Brien, Giuliano Montaldo, and Bobby Bland. After him are Allan Bloom, Bradford Dillman, Hector Bianciotti, Nadezhda Rumyantseva, Michel Deguy, and Jānis Krūmiņš. Among people deceased in 2010, Bob Guccione ranks 222Before him are Jacqueline de Romilly, Jimmy Gardner, Jonathan Motzfeldt, Dixie Carter, Brian G. Marsden, and Otmar Suitner. After him are Jacques Martin, Shirley Verrett, Herbert Erhardt, Loki Schmidt, Daisuke Gōri, and Farooq Leghari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Guccione ranks 5,540 out of 18,182Before him are Kaley Cuoco (1985), Peter Facinelli (1973), Dylan Baker (1959), Henry Knox (1750), Harry Stenqvist (1893), and Cordwainer Smith (1913). After him are Jennifer Ehle (1969), Julie Bowen (1970), Tyler Perry (1969), Susanna Hoffs (1959), Bruce Kulick (1953), and Allan Bloom (1930).

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Bob Guccione ranks 22Before him are William Klein (1928), Herb Ritts (1952), Imogen Cunningham (1883), Wilson Bentley (1865), Spencer Tunick (1967), and Gertrude Käsebier (1852). After him are William Eggleston (1939), David Douglas Duncan (1916), Garry Winogrand (1928), F. Holland Day (1864), William P. Gottlieb (1917), and Alvin Langdon Coburn (1882).