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- 1927: birth of Jack Katz, American comic book artist and writer, painter and art teacher known for his graphic novel The First Kingdom
- 1927: birth of Romano Scarpa, Italian comics author best known for his work on Disney comics
- 1946: birth of Bob Sharen, comics colorist best known for his work on Marvel Comics
- 1951: birth of Jim Shooter, American comics writer, editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics
- 1955: birth of Charles Burns, American comics artist and author best known for the graphic novel Black Hole
- 1955: birth of Randy Emberlin, American comics inker
- 1957: birth of Rune T. Kidde, Danish writer, storyteller, musician and artist, a prominent member of 1970s Danish cartoon underground
- 1971: birth of Horacio Sandoval, Mexican comics artist known for his work on Xpctrm
- 1981: birth of Sophie Crumb, American comics artist known as the daughter of Robert Crumb and for Belly Button
- 1988: death of Paul Reinman, German-American comic book artist best known as an inker for the works of Jack Kirby
- 1992: death of Zhang Leping, Chinese manhua artist best known for Sanmao
