1915 - 1998
Robert Kane (born Robert 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 1,805,423 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Kane is the 15th most popular comic artist (down from 13th in 2019), the 1,111th most popular biography from United States (down from 943rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Comic Artist.
Bob Kane is most famous for being the creator of Batman.
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Among comic artists, Bob Kane ranks 15 out of 174. Before him are Akira Toriyama, Peyo, Hugo Pratt, Matt Groening, Zdeněk Miler, and Jack Kirby. After him are Morris, Tsugumi Ohba, Rumiko Takahashi, Go Nagai, Steve Ditko, and André Franquin.
1955 - Present
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 9
1928 - 1992
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 10
1927 - 1995
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 11
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 12
1921 - 2011
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 13
1917 - 1994
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 14
1915 - 1998
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 15
1923 - 2001
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 16
1950 - Present
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 17
1957 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 18
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 19
1927 - 2018
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 20
1924 - 1997
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 21
Among people born in 1915, Bob Kane ranks 37. Before him are Shoichi Yokoi, Robert A. Dahl, Thomas Huckle Weller, Clifford Shull, Brother Roger, and Aziz Nesin. After him are Takahito, Prince Mikasa, Chung Ju-yung, Denis Thatcher, Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, Helmut Schön, and Mario Del Monaco. Among people deceased in 1998, Bob Kane ranks 24. Before him are Frederick Reines, Otto Kretschmer, Vasily Arkhipov, Alfred Schnittke, Allan MacLeod Cormack, and Falco. After him are George H. Hitchings, Galina Ulanova, Martha Gellhorn, Alan Hodgkin, Conrad Schumann, and Julien Green.
1915 - 1997
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 31
1915 - 2014
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 32
1915 - 2008
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 33
1915 - 2001
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 34
1915 - 2005
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 35
1915 - 1995
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 36
1915 - 1998
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 37
1915 - 2016
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 38
1915 - 2001
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 39
1915 - 2003
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 40
1915 - 2013
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 41
1915 - 1996
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 42
1915 - 1982
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 43
1918 - 1998
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 18
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 19
1926 - 1998
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 20
1934 - 1998
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 21
1924 - 1998
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 22
1957 - 1998
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 23
1915 - 1998
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 24
1905 - 1998
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 25
1910 - 1998
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 26
1908 - 1998
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 27
1914 - 1998
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 28
1942 - 1998
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 29
1900 - 1998
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 30
Among people born in United States, Bob Kane ranks 1,111 out of 18,182. Before him are Mary Ainsworth (1913), Harry Dean Stanton (1926), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), Richard Barthelmess (1895), David Scott (1932), and William Tecumseh Sherman (1820). After him are Kyle MacLachlan (1959), Jonathan Banks (1947), Vint Cerf (1943), Jill Biden (1951), Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840), and Robert Aldrich (1918).
1913 - 1999
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 1,105
1926 - 2017
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 1,106
1903 - 1983
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 1,107
1895 - 1963
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 1,108
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 1,109
1820 - 1891
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 1,110
1915 - 1998
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 1,111
1959 - Present
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 1,112
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 1,113
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 1,114
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 1,115
1840 - 1914
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 1,116
1918 - 1983
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 1,117
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), Winsor McCay (1867), Will Eisner (1917), Don Rosa (1951), Bill Finger (1914), and Charles M. Schulz (1922).
1922 - 2018
HPI: 75.72
Rank: 1
1911 - 2006
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 2
1901 - 2000
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 3
1954 - Present
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 4
1917 - 1994
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 5
1915 - 1998
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 6
1927 - 2018
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 7
1867 - 1934
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 8
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 9
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 10
1914 - 1974
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 11
1922 - 2000
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 12