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Bob Ross

1942 - 1995

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Robert Norman Ross (October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995) was an American painter and art instructor who created and hosted The Joy of Painting, an instructional television program that aired from 1983 to 1994 on PBS in the United States, CBC in Canada, and similar channels in Latin America, Europe and elsewhere. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bob Ross has received more than 32,238,873 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Bob Ross is the 460th most popular painter (down from 406th in 2019), the 1,479th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,420th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Painter.

Bob Ross is most famous for his painting show "The Joy of Painting" that aired on PBS. He was also an artist and instructor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 32M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Bob Ross ranks 460 out of 2,023. Before him are Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Han Gan, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Ernest Meissonier, Anselm Feuerbach, and Gu Kaizhi. After him are Hendrick ter Brugghen, Matthäus Merian, James Tissot, Pierre Puget, Giovanni Boldini, and Jacopo de' Barbari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Bob Ross ranks 107. Before him are Mike Newell, Jacques Dubochet, Conrad Schumann, Daniel Dennett, Prince Michael of Kent, and Barry Levinson. After him are Larry Flynt, Manolo Blahnik, Kang Kek Iew, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Lee Kun-hee, and Terry Jones. Among people deceased in 1995, Bob Ross ranks 57. Before him are Peter Townsend, Miklós Rózsa, Don Cherry, César Rodríguez Álvarez, Georges J. F. Köhler, and Rose Kennedy. After him are Mária Telkes, Mehdi Bazargan, Lola Flores, Günter Guillaume, Jeremy Brett, and Georges Canguilhem.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Ross ranks 1,479 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Stanley (1952), David Gross (1941), Barry Levinson (1942), Tom Ford (1961), Irving Stone (1903), and Margaret Hamilton (1936). After him are Daniel Bell (1919), George Clinton (1739), Michael Madsen (1957), Larry Flynt (1942), Clive Cussler (1931), and Red Cloud (1822).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Bob Ross ranks 13. Before him are Richard Serra (1939), Norman Rockwell (1894), Robert Rauschenberg (1925), Frederic Edwin Church (1826), Joseph Kosuth (1945), and James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834). After him are Lyonel Feininger (1871), Sol LeWitt (1928), Margaret Keane (1927), Jasper Johns (1930), Frank Stella (1936), and Carl Andre (1935).

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