Art Spiegelman

Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman, professionally known as Art Spiegelman, is an American cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate best known for his graphic novel Maus. His work as co-editor on the comics magazines Arcade and Raw has been influential, and from 1992 he spent a decade as contributing artist for The New Yorker. He is married to designer and editor Françoise Mouly and is the father of writer Nadja Spiegelman. In September 2022, the National Book Foundation announced that he would receive the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

15 February 1948

Born on the same birth day (15 February): Ali Campbell • Charles-André van Loo • Derrick Jones Jr. • Friedrich August Wolf • Gregory Mcdonald • Hugo Savinovich • James Yap • Janice Dickinson • John Trudell • Mary Adshead • Nate Schierholtz • Renee O'Connor • Rich Swann • Sax Rohmer • Spiru Haret

Born in the same month (February 1948): Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo • Christopher Guest • Dan Seals • Dennis Waterman • Errol Morris • Henning Mankell • Ina Garten • John Ashton (actor) • Kaiketsu Masateru • Manoel Maria • Mike Figgis • Patricia A. McKillip • Pierre Bouchard • Steve Priest • Steven Chu • Teller (magician)