COMIC ARTIST

Bob Kane

1915 - 1998

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Robert Kane (né Kahn ; October 24, 1915 – November 3, 1998) was an American comic book writer, animator, and artist who created Batman together with Bill Finger and many early related characters for DC Comics. He was inducted into the comic book industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993 and into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Kane is the 20th most popular comic artist, the 1,658th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,379th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Comic Artist.

Bob Kane is most famous for being the creator of Batman.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Bob Kane ranks 20 out of 226Before him are Zdeněk Miler, Jean Giraud, Jack Kirby, Matt Groening, Rumiko Takahashi, and Jean-Jacques Sempé. After him are Tsugumi Ohba, André Franquin, Go Nagai, Leiji Matsumoto, Joe Simon, and Georges Wolinski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Bob Kane ranks 48Before him are Modibo Keïta, Aziz Nesin, Brother Roger, Rudolf Kirchschläger, Mario Del Monaco, and Prince George William of Hanover. After him are Takeshi Kamo, Franz Josef Strauss, Chung Ju-yung, Laurent Schwartz, Shoichi Yokoi, and Shogo Kamo. Among people deceased in 1998, Bob Kane ranks 45Before him are Linda McCartney, Lúcio Costa, André Weil, Martin Rodbell, Maria Reiche, and Antonio Quarracino. After him are Hans von Ohain, Zlatko Čajkovski, Lloyd Bridges, David McClelland, Roddy McDowall, and Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Kane ranks 1,658 out of 20,380Before him are Irving Stone (1903), Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933), Danielle Steel (1947), Timothy Leary (1920), Bruce Beutler (1957), and Jack Horner (1946). After him are Edwin G. Krebs (1918), Steven Chu (1948), Jeff Bennett (1962), Aaron Burr (1756), George Akerlof (1940), and Frank Jarvis (1878).

Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Bob Kane ranks 8Before him are Charles M. Schulz (1922), Frank Miller (1957), Joseph Barbera (1911), Carl Barks (1901), Jack Kirby (1917), and Matt Groening (1954). After him are Joe Simon (1913), Steve Ditko (1927), John Romita Sr. (1930), Don Rosa (1951), Will Eisner (1917), and Bill Finger (1914).