Denis Gifford

Denis Gifford was a British writer, broadcaster, journalist, comic artist and historian of film, comics, television and radio. In his lengthy career, he wrote and drew for British comics; wrote more than fifty books on the creators, performers, characters and history of popular media; devised, compiled and contributed to popular programmes for radio and television; and directed several short films. Gifford was also a major comics collector, owning what was perhaps the largest collection of British comics in the world.

26 December 1927

Born on the same birth date (26 December 1927): Alan King • Denis Quilley • Stu Miller

Born on the same birth day (26 December): Aksel Lund Svindal • Albert Gore Sr. • Denis Cheryshev • Dion Boucicault • Don Barclay (actor) • Ernst Moritz Arndt • Esteban Fuertes • Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor • George Dewey • Georgios Rallis • Jay Farrar • Marcelo Ríos • Mario Mendoza • Mathieu Cordang • Maurice Utrillo • Norm Ullman • Ragnhild Kaarbø • Raja Pervaiz Ashraf • Tom Wass

Born in the same month (December 1927): Alan King • Antony Gardner • Bob Farrell (motivational speaker) • Edward Meneeley • James Booth • Mary Higgins Clark • Nityanand Swami (politician) • Pierre Henry • Ralph Beard • Ram Narayan • Richard Long (actor) • Robert Noyce • Vladimir Shatalov • W. D. Amaradeva