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- 1927: birth of Gianni De Luca, Italian comic book artist, illustrator, painter and etcher
- 1948: birth of Dan DeCarlo Jr. and James DeCarlo American comic book artists and twin sons of Dan DeCarlo
- 1952: birth of Steve Leialoha, American comic book artist
- 1954: birth of Peter Laird, American comic book artist best known as co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- 1956: birth of Tom Vincent, American comic book artist, best known for his work for Marvel Comics on the Silver Surfer
- 1957: birth of Frank Miller, influential American comic book artist and writer, best known for his work on Batman and Sin City
- 1959: birth of Stefan Petrucha, American writer of comics and young adult fiction
- 1962: birth of Richard Starkings, American logo designer and letterer
- 1965: birth of Sean Phillips, British comic book artist, best known for his collaborations with Ed Brubaker
- 1968: birth of Eric Burns, American webcomic author and creator of Websnark
- 1973: birth of Chris Sotomayor, American comic book colorist and cover artist
- 1987: death of Rod Ruth, American illustrator and comic artist, best known as the first artist to draw the family comic The Toodles
- 1992: death of Jacques Devos, Belgian comic artist who worked for the magazine Spirou
