Gary Larson

Gary Larson is an American cartoonist who created The Far Side, a single-panel cartoon series that was syndicated internationally to more than 1,900 newspapers for fifteen years. The series ended with Larson's retirement on January 1, 1995. In September 2019, his website alluded to a "new online era of The Far Side". On July 8, 2020, Larson released three new comics, his first in 25 years. His twenty-three books of collected cartoons have combined sales of more than forty-five million copies. ^{Gary Larson, American cartoonist}

14 August 1950

Born on the same birth day (14 August): Christian Gentner • Christopher Gorham • Earl Weaver • Ernest Thayer • Georges Prêtre • Giambattista Benedetti • Guido Castelnuovo • Jared Borgetti • Jason Dunstall • John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford • Karl Petter Løken • Letitia Elizabeth Landon • Mark Loretta • Marsai Martin • Otto Tief • Raoul Bova • Sarah Brightman • Slim Dunlap • Stanley A. McChrystal • Sverre Fehn • Willy Ronis • Wim Wenders

Born in the same month (August 1950): Alan Keyes • Arthur Bremer • August Darnell • Dorian Harewood • Edmund Weiner • Ernesto Samper • George McGinnis • Hasely Crawford • Jim Beaver • Jussi Adler-Olsen • Mahendra Karma • Marshall Manesh • Neil Murray (British musician) • Ron Guidry • S. Thandayuthapani • Sudha Murty • Ted Turner (guitarist) • Tess Harper