GAME DESIGNER

John Tobias

1969 - Today

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John Tobias is an American comic book artist, graphic designer, video game designer and writer. Tobias is best known for co-creating the Mortal Kombat series along with Ed Boon, to whom he pitched the game concept. Tobias became interested in drawing from an early age, inspired by comic books. During high school he took weekend courses at the Art Institute of Chicago. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). John Tobias is the 60th most popular game designer (down from 54th in 2024), the 13,892nd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,200th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, John Tobias ranks 60 out of 77. Before him are David Cage, Jordan Mechner, Goichi Suda, Mark Cerny, Éric Chahi, and Keiichiro Toyama. After him are Michel Ancel, Amy Hennig, Tetsuya Takahashi, Koji Igarashi, Tim Schafer, and Yoshiaki Koizumi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, John Tobias ranks 633. Before him are Sara Ahmed, Torri Higginson, Wendy Moniz, Archie Kao, Stefan Horngacher, and Vlad Ivanov. After him are Dieter Thoma, Sam Trammell, Eric W. Weisstein, Hussein Ammouta, Jörg Roßkopf, and Carlos Aguilera.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Tobias ranks 13,896 out of 20,380. Before him are Mark Geiger (1974), Beatrice Rosen (1984), Michael A. Baker (1953), Lorrie Moore (1957), Paul Frees (1920), and Chris Pontius (1974). After him are Kurtis Blow (1959), Mageina Tovah (1979), Carly Chaikin (1990), Russell Johnson (1924), Del Harris (1937), and Anthony E. Zuiker (1968).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, John Tobias ranks 19. Before him are Jeff Kaplan (1972), Scott Cawthon (1971), Ron Gilbert (1964), Ed Boon (1964), Jordan Mechner (1964), and Mark Cerny (1964). After him are Amy Hennig (1964), Tim Schafer (1967), Tom Hall (1964), Rebecca Heineman (1963), Michael Morhaime (1967), and Chris Avellone (1971).

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