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- 1892: birth of Alfred Bestall, British comic strip author best known for continuing Rupert the Bear
- 1914: birth of Jack Cole, American comic book artist, creator of Plastic Man
- 1959: birth of David Quinn, American comic book writer, known for writing and co-creating Faust
- 1971: birth of John Cassaday, American comic book artist, best known for his work on Planetary
- 1979: birth of Øystein Runde, Norwegian comics artist best known for Margarin
- 1987: birth of James Tynion IV, American comic book writer
- 2011: death of Joe Simon, co-creator of Captain America
