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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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bob Ross is the 78th most popular painter (up from 460th in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,479th in 2019) and the 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.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Bob Ross ranks 78 out of 2,023. Before him are Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Henri Rousseau, Pietro Perugino, Rogier van der Weyden, Alfred Sisley, and Gustave Doré. After him are Jackson Pollock, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Georges Seurat, Berthe Morisot, and Canaletto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Bob Ross ranks 15. Before him are Hu Jintao, Calvin Klein, Ratko Mladić, Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, and Harrison Ford. After him are Dino Zoff, Barbra Streisand, Peter Handke, Isabel Allende, Neilia Hunter Biden, and Scatman John. Among people deceased in 1995, Bob Ross ranks 3. Before him are Yitzhak Rabin, and Siad Barre. After him are Emil Cioran, Gilles Deleuze, Juan Manuel Fangio, Emmanuel Levinas, Adolf Butenandt, Eugene Wigner, Hannes Alfvén, Mikhail Botvinnik, and Maurizio Gucci.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Bob Ross ranks 188 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Selleck (1945), Robert Downey Jr. (1965), Bobby Fischer (1943), Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888), Phineas Gage (1823), and Judy Garland (1922). After him are Stan Lee (1922), Jackson Pollock (1912), David Woodard (1964), James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834), John Nance Garner (1868), and Tom Hanks (1956).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Bob Ross ranks 1. After him are Jackson Pollock (1912), James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834), Mary Cassatt (1844), Edward Hopper (1882), Man Ray (1890), Georgia O'Keeffe (1887), Asher Brown Durand (1796), Joseph Kosuth (1945), Norman Rockwell (1894), Robert Rauschenberg (1925), and Lyonel Feininger (1871).

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