1930 - 2023
John Victor Romita (; January 24, 1930 – June 12, 2023) was an American comic book artist best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man and for co-creating characters including Mary Jane Watson, the Punisher, Kingpin, Wolverine, and Luke Cage. Romita was the father of John Romita Jr., also a comic book artist, and the husband of Virginia Romita, who was for many years Marvel's traffic manager. His first comics work was in 1949 as a ghost artist for Timely Comics, the precursor to Marvel, through which Romita met editor-in-chief Stan Lee. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Romita Sr. has received more than 826,480 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). John Romita Sr. is the 102nd most popular comic artist (up from 105th in 2019), the 5,718th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,428th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Comic Artist.
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Among comic artists, John Romita Sr. ranks 102 out of 174. Before him are Willy Vandersteen, Francisco Ibáñez Talavera, Hal Foster, Jacques Martin, Greg, and Roy Thomas. After him are Hajime Isayama, Tsukasa Hojo, Claire Bretécher, Jean Tabary, Nobuhiro Watsuki, and Yoshiyuki Sadamoto.
1913 - 1990
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 96
1936 - 2023
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 97
1892 - 1982
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 98
1921 - 2010
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 99
1931 - 1999
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 100
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 101
1930 - 2023
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 102
1986 - Present
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 103
1959 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 104
1940 - 2020
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 105
1930 - 2011
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 106
1970 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 107
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 108
Among people born in 1930, John Romita Sr. ranks 327. Before him are Jānis Krūmiņš, Herbert Erhardt, Roger Vonlanthen, Henri Coppens, Malcolm Fraser, and Ivan Kolev. After him are Odetta, Horst Bienek, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, Marni Nixon, Arsenio Iglesias, and Jan P. Syse. Among people deceased in 2023, John Romita Sr. ranks 232. Before him are Menahem Pressler, Ion Druță, Sherif Ismail, Geraldo Majella Agnelo, Raoul Servais, and Theodoros Pangalos. After him are Aracy Balabanian, Arsenio Iglesias, Klaus Teuber, Mikio Sato, Charles Simic, and Barry Newman.
1930 - 1994
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 321
1930 - 2010
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 322
1930 - 2020
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 323
1930 - 2015
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 324
1930 - 2015
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 325
1930 - 2005
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 326
1930 - 2023
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 327
1930 - 2008
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 328
1930 - 1990
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 329
1930 - Present
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 330
1930 - 2016
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 331
1930 - 2023
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 332
1930 - 1997
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 333
1923 - 2023
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 226
1928 - 2023
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 227
1955 - 2023
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 228
1933 - 2023
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 229
1928 - 2023
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 230
1938 - 2023
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 231
1930 - 2023
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 232
1940 - 2023
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 233
1930 - 2023
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 234
1952 - 2023
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 235
1928 - 2023
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 236
1938 - 2023
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 237
1938 - 2023
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 238
Among people born in United States, John Romita Sr. ranks 5,718 out of 18,182. Before him are Freddie Prinze Jr. (1976), Mary Wickes (1910), Hart Crane (1899), Jessica Harper (1949), Mykelti Williamson (1960), and Irwin Allen (1916). After him are Frankie Laine (1913), Harold Rainsford Stark (1880), Bob Bondurant (1933), Stephen F. Austin (1793), Jennifer Carpenter (1979), and Phyllis Diller (1917).
1976 - Present
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 5,712
1910 - 1995
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 5,713
1899 - 1932
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 5,714
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 5,715
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 5,716
1916 - 1991
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 5,717
1930 - 2023
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 5,718
1913 - 2007
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 5,719
1880 - 1972
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 5,720
1933 - 2021
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 5,721
1793 - 1836
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 5,722
1979 - Present
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 5,723
1917 - 2012
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 5,724
Among comic artists born in United States, John Romita Sr. ranks 24. Before him are Robert Crumb (1943), Al Taliaferro (1905), Lee Falk (1911), Joe Simon (1913), Jim Davis (1945), and Roy Thomas (1940). After him are Floyd Gottfredson (1905), Richard Corben (1940), Alex Raymond (1909), Larry Lieber (1931), John Buscema (1927), and George Herriman (1880).
1943 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 18
1905 - 1969
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 19
1911 - 1999
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 20
1913 - 2011
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 21
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 22
1940 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 23
1930 - 2023
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 24
1905 - 1986
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 25
1940 - 2020
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 26
1909 - 1956
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 27
1931 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 28
1927 - 2002
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 29
1880 - 1944
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 30