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): Adrienn Hegedűs • Cecilia Costa Melgar • Cory Jefferson • Craig Teitzel • Eden Sher • Makis Katsavakis • Marius Canard • Ozzie Smith • Raja Pervaiz Ashraf • René Bazin • Rolf Botvid • Ruud Kaiser

Born in the same month (December 1927): Denis Quilley • James Wright (poet) • Jim Fuchs • Leo Kubiak • Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark • Niklas Luhmann • Peter Dickinson • Ralph Beard • Ramsey Clark • Richard Long (actor) • Roméo LeBlanc • W. D. Amaradeva