COMIC ARTIST

Bob Kane

1915 - 1998

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Robert Kane (né Kahn ; October 24, 1915 – November 3, 1998) was an American comic book writer, animator and artist who co-created Batman (with Bill Finger) and most early related characters for DC Comics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Kane has received more than 2,095,887 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Kane is the 20th most popular comic artist (down from 15th in 2019), the 1,379th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,111th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Comic Artist.

Bob Kane is most famous for being the creator of Batman.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Bob Kanes by language

Over the past year Bob Kane has had the most page views in the with 233,901 views, followed by Spanish (29,831), and Italian (14,804). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (68.50%), Catalan (50.28%), and Tagalog (48.08%)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Bob Kane ranks 20 out of 226. Before him are Jack Kirby, Zdeněk Miler, Leiji Matsumoto, Tsugumi Ohba, Jean-Jacques Sempé, and Rumiko Takahashi. After him are Eiichiro Oda, Milo Manara, Georges Wolinski, Kentaro Miura, Naoki Urasawa, and Alan Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Bob Kane ranks 39. Before him are Thomas Huckle Weller, Brother Roger, Shoichi Yokoi, Rudolf Kirchschläger, Chung Ju-yung, and Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland. After him are Franz Josef Strauss, Mario Del Monaco, Robert A. Dahl, Laurent Schwartz, Rashid Behbudov, and Denis Thatcher. Among people deceased in 1998, Bob Kane ranks 33. Before him are Alfred Schnittke, George H. Hitchings, André Weil, Lúcio Costa, Kenichi Fukui, and Galina Ulanova. After him are Derek Barton, Nelson Goodman, Florence Griffith Joyner, Martha Gellhorn, Conrad Schumann, and Alan J. Pakula.

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Others Deceased in 1998

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Kane ranks 1,379 out of 20,380. Before him are Vincente Minnelli (1903), Dorothy Vaughan (1910), Leland H. Hartwell (1939), E. Howard Hunt (1918), Kelly Lynch (1959), and Max Wright (1943). After him are Scott Wilson (1942), Norman Borlaug (1914), Jim Lovell (1928), George Strait (1952), John Jacob Astor IV (1864), and John Zorn (1953).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Bob Kane ranks 6. Before him are Stan Lee (1922), Joseph Barbera (1911), Carl Barks (1901), Matt Groening (1954), and Jack Kirby (1917). After him are Steve Ditko (1927), Don Rosa (1951), Winsor McCay (1867), Will Eisner (1917), Charles Addams (1912), and Bill Finger (1914).

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