Sebastian John Ross (24 April 1919 – 24 August 2008) was an American-born Australian caricature artist and showman, famous for his miniature silhouette portraits cut in black card and mounted on a white background.

[1] In 1948, Ross began to tour the circuit of agricultural shows as a silhouette artist, encouraged by the travelling showman and boxing entrepreneur Jimmy Sharman.

[1] He established his name on the show circuit, with generations of families taking their children to have their portraits cut out by him.

After some four weeks in hospital, Ross passed away on Sunday 24 August 2008 with his wife Phyllis (1918-2011) and younger son Philip present.

[3] Ross generally worked at shows in a little open booth, surrounded by a display of portraits that he had created of famous people.

According to Ross, the art of making silhouettes was very important before the era of photography, and went back to Ancient Greece.

[2] He worked quickly with a pair of small scissors, cutting portraits from thin matt black card.

[2] Among the celebrities whose portraits he made were Queen Elizabeth II, Sir Robert Menzies, Vivien Leigh and Nicole Kidman.

In the United States, he had made portraits of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Stan Laurel, Al Jolson, Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, Ernest Borgnine, Johnnie Ray and John Mills.