COMIC ARTIST

Joseph Barbera

1911 - 2006

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Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera ( bar-BAIR-ə Italian: [barˈbɛːra]; March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an American animator and cartoonist, best known as the co-founder of the animation studio Hanna-Barbera. Born to Italian immigrants in New York City, Barbera joined Van Beuren Studios in 1927 and subsequently Terrytoons in 1936. In 1937, he moved to California, and while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Barbera met William Hanna. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Barbera has received more than 2,722,999 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Joseph Barbera is the 8th most popular comic artist (down from 6th in 2019), the 687th most popular biography from United States (down from 554th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Comic Artist.

Joseph Barbera is most famous for co-creating the cartoon series Tom and Jerry with William Hanna.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Joseph Barbera ranks 8 out of 226. Before him are Osamu Tezuka, René Goscinny, Hergé, Akira Toriyama, Albert Uderzo, and Peyo. After him are Carl Barks, Jean Giraud, Hugo Pratt, Morris, Matt Groening, and Jack Kirby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Joseph Barbera ranks 27. Before him are Robert Johnson, Tennessee Williams, Klaus Fuchs, Maurice Allais, Wilhelm Mohnke, and Polykarp Kusch. After him are Jean Harlow, Jules Dassin, Milovan Đilas, William Alfred Fowler, Bernard Katz, and Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark. Among people deceased in 2006, Joseph Barbera ranks 28. Before him are Paul Mauriat, Johannes Rau, Melvin Schwartz, Desmond Doss, Choi Kyu-hah, and Muriel Spark. After him are Jack Palance, Clay Regazzoni, Robert Altman, Lennart Meri, Raymond Davis Jr., and Alida Valli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Barbera ranks 687 out of 20,380. Before him are F. Murray Abraham (1939), Chris Isaak (1956), Jane Russell (1921), Bill Cosby (1937), Lana Turner (1921), and Omar Bradley (1893). After him are George Kennedy (1925), David Bohm (1992), Irwin Shaw (1913), Burgess Meredith (1907), Ray Liotta (1954), and Douglas Fairbanks (1883).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Joseph Barbera ranks 2. Before him are Stan Lee (1922). After him are Carl Barks (1901), Matt Groening (1954), Jack Kirby (1917), Bob Kane (1915), Steve Ditko (1927), Don Rosa (1951), Winsor McCay (1867), Will Eisner (1917), Charles Addams (1912), and Bill Finger (1914).

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