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): Alan King • Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg • Craig Teitzel • Fabián Carini • George Dewey • Henry Miller • Hugo Lloris • James Mercer (musician) • Liz Lochhead • Maurice Utrillo • Mika Nurmela • Olga Lopes-Seale • Selen Soyder • Tatiana Sorokko • Wilhelm Xylander

Born in the same month (December 1927): Denis Quilley • Jim Simpson (sportscaster) • Mary Higgins Clark • Nellie Fox • Peter Dickinson • Pierre Henry • Ralph Beard • Ram Narayan • Vladimir Shatalov