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Bob Guccione

1930 - 2010

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Robert Charles Joseph Edward Sabatini Guccione ( goo-chee-OH-nee; December 17, 1930 – October 20, 2010) was an American visual artist, photographer and publisher. He founded the adult magazine Penthouse in 1965. This was aimed at competing with Playboy, but with more explicit erotic content, a special style of soft focus photography, and in-depth reporting of government corruption scandals and the art world. By 1982 Guccione was listed in the Forbes 400 wealth list, and owned one of the biggest mansions in Manhattan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Guccione is the 108th most popular photographer (down from 97th in 2019), the 7,756th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,876th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Photographer.

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Bob Guccione ranks 108 out of 148. Before him are Adolfo Farsari, František Drtikol, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, William Eggleston, Gaudenzio Marconi, and Graciela Iturbide. After him are Lotte Jacobi, Hedi Slimane, Sabine Weiss, David Douglas Duncan, Joel-Peter Witkin, and Karl Struss.

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Among people born in 1930, Bob Guccione ranks 440. Before him are Alakbar Mammadov, Estela de Carlotto, Kei Kumai, Marisol Escobar, Eino Tamberg, and Magomedali Magomedov. After him are Éva Novák-Gerard, Jean Brankart, Sándor Rozsnyói, Alan Shugart, Ora Namir, and Heinz Schiller. Among people deceased in 2010, Bob Guccione ranks 300. Before him are Bobby Hebb, Susanna Amatuni, Takeshi Shudo, Bohumil Němeček, Eino Tamberg, and Tom Walkinshaw. After him are Kazimir Hnatow, Hans van Mierlo, Maury Chaykin, Carla Del Poggio, Cammie King, and Bernard Clavel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Guccione ranks 7,758 out of 20,380. Before him are Andrew McCarthy (1962), Adoniram Judson (1788), Katie Eder (1950), Mal Waldron (1925), Niger at the 2020 Summer Olympics#Judo (null), and Richard Hilton (1955). After him are Val Avery (1924), Jennifer Batten (1957), Jack Medica (1914), Greg Louganis (1960), Camille Keaton (1947), and Burton Jastram (1910).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Bob Guccione ranks 27. Before him are Berry Berenson (1948), Ansel Adams (1902), Helen Levitt (1913), Spencer Tunick (1967), Francesca Woodman (1958), and William Eggleston (1939). After him are David Douglas Duncan (1916), Joel-Peter Witkin (1939), Karl Struss (1886), Bert Stern (1929), Mary Ellen Mark (1940), and Milton H. Greene (1922).

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