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Ron Cobb

American cartoonist (1937-2020)
Person Human Q3441378

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
September 21, 1937
Date of death
September 21, 2020
Place of birth
Los Angeles
Place of death
Sydney
Country of citizenship
United States[10]
Occupation
visual artist, scenographer, film director, cartoonist, comics artist, film actor, director[5][6][7][8][9][11]
Official website
www.roncobb.net[16]
Cause of death
Lewy body dementia[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[20]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Described by source
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum biographical files, Ron Cobb, a Pioneer in Science Fiction Design, Dies at 83[18][19]
Different from
Ronald Cobb[22]
Family name
Cobb[14]
Given name
Ronald[15]
Has works in the collection
International Institute of Social History
Manner of death
natural causes[17]
Name in native language
Ron Cobb[21]
Number of children
+1
🏷️ Also known as
en R. Cobb en Ronald Ray Cobb en Ron Cobb ar رون كوب el Ρον Κομπ fr Ron cobb he רון קוב it Ronald Ray Cobb ja ロン・コッブ ja ロン・コブ pt Ronald Ray Cobb ru Рон Кобб zh 隆·科博
🔖 Identifiers · 58
ISNI
0000000027554178
VIAF cluster ID
67980683
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n87146222
GND ID
1109777469
ACMI ID
creators/35395
AllMovie person ID
p85339
Allcinema person ID
1027415
AlloCiné person ID
70772
American Film Institute person ID
252678
Artnet artist ID
ron-cobb
BD Gest' author ID
8810
BFI Films, TV and people ID (archived)
4ce2ba1398898
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BiblioNet author ID
22077
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
140881833
CineMagia person ID
1446125
Ciné-Ressources person ID
221850
Danish National Filmography person ID
8255
Design & Art Australia Online ID
ron-cobb
Deutsche Synchronkartei actor ID
160472
Deutsche Synchronkartei person ID
G73FyFOBZ
Elonet person ID
263661
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID
cobb_ron
Europeana entity
agent/base/155778
FAST ID
211785
Fandango person ID
128080
Film.ru person ID
ron-kobb
Freebase ID
/m/06y6tj
GCD creator ID
11528
GeneaStar person ID
cobbronald
Giant Bomb ID (former scheme)
3040-21920
Giant Bomb Wiki ID
People/Ron_Cobb
HAND ID
EACF-EA86-D836-14C2-18E6
IMDb ID
nm0167803
ISFDB author ID
25775
IdRef ID
236313290
Invaluable.com person ID
6zrnvfhj8s
Kinobox person ID
172615
Kinopoisk person ID
162834
Lambiek Comiclopedia artist ID
c/cobb_ron
Levadia Library ID
59de6bd221c0c8f86d48a40d, 59de6bd221c0c8f86d48a65a
Libraries Australia ID
35143938
MYmovies person ID
138523
NDL Authority ID
032749618
NLA Trove people ID
1487260, 478622
National Library of Greece ID
63555
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX6173632
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071988130
RERO ID (legacy)
A003112946
SBN author ID
SBLV193241
SHARE Catalogue author ID
514574
SNAC ARK ID
w6k213bw
Swedish Film Database person ID
90209
TMDB person ID
25195
Unz Review author ID
CobbRon
WikiTree person ID
Cobb-13523
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJhmQPtf8M4GfydWdqt9Xd
Yale LUX ID
person/890df804-6b87-4f19-94bf-40fb6b6987af
ČSFD person ID
271376

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 7
film director, director, film actor, scenographer, cartoonist, comics artist, visual artist
← Production designer 2
Conan the Barbarian, The Last Starfighter
Cause of death 1
Lewy body dementia
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Family name 1
Cobb
Given name 1
Ronald
Has works in the collection 1
International Institute of Social History
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Place of birth 1
Los Angeles
Place of death 1
Sydney
Sex or gender 1
male
← Cast member 1
Conan the Barbarian
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Summary

Born in Los Angeles[1], he… he was born on September 21, 1937[2]. He passed away in Sydney[3]. He died on September 21, 2020[4]. He worked as a visual artist[5], scenographer[6], film director[7], cartoonist[8], and comics artist[9].

FAQs

Where was Ron Cobb born?

Ron Cobb was born in Los Angeles[1].

Where did Ron Cobb die?

Ron Cobb passed away in Sydney[3].

What did Ron Cobb do for work?

Ron Cobb worked as visual artist[5], scenographer[6], film director[7], cartoonist[8], and comics artist[9].

Related Entities

Conan the Barbarian International Institute of Social History Los Angeles Sydney United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved . hollywoodreporter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . roncobb.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved . hollywoodreporter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [4] ↑ . GeneaStar. hollywoodreporter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved . hollywoodreporter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . cartoons.osu.edu. cartoons.osu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Allcinema person ID → 1027415
    HAND ID → EACF-EA86-D836-14C2-18E6
    "Created claim: Allcinema person ID: 1027415, Matched to ロン・コッブ (#322762392) in Allcinema person #mix'n"
  2. 15w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Giant Bomb Wiki ID → People/Ron_Cobb
    "Created claim: Giant Bomb Wiki ID: People/Ron_Cobb, Adding missing P14470 and P9675 qualifier based on P5247"
  3. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Ronald
    Instance of → human
    Sex or gender → male
    Different from → Ronald Cobb
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32084: import P21 and P106 from GND (26)"
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