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- 1878: birth of Mary Tourtel, British comics author best known for Rupert Bear
- 1943: birth of Dany, Belgian comics artist best known for Olivier Rameau
- 1947: birth of Daerick Gross Sr., American illustrator, writer, editor, and art director, primarily within the comic industry
- 1951: birth of Todd Klein, American comic book letterer, logo designer, and occasional writer, primarily for DC Comics
- 1960: birth of Mike Luckovich, American cartoonist known for SuperZeros
- 1969: birth of Tony Harris, American comic book artist and co-creator of DC comics' Starman
- 1983: death of Frank Chiaramonte, American comic book artist best known as an inker
- 1996: death of Jerry Siegel, American comics author, co-creator of Superman
- 1996: death of Burne Hogarth, influential American comic book artist best known for his Tarzan comic strip in newspapers and for co-founding the prestigious School of Visual Arts in New York City
- 2005: death of Daniel Branca, Argentine comics artist best known for his work on Disney comics
