Iwao Takamoto

Iwao Takamoto was a Japanese-American animator, television producer, and film director. He began his career as a production and character designer for Walt Disney Animation Studios films such as Cinderella (1950), Lady and the Tramp (1955), and Sleeping Beauty (1959). Later, he moved to Hanna-Barbera Productions, where he designed a great majority of the characters, including Scooby-Doo and Astro, and eventually became a director and producer. ^{Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (d. 2007)}

29 April 1925

Born on the same birth date (29 April 1925): John Compton

Born on the same birth day (29 April): Alexander II of Russia • April Stevens • Bernie Madoff • Bob Bryan • Chris Johnson (basketball, born 1990) • David Cox (artist) • David Tindle • Harold Shapero • Hugh Hopper • Luis Aparicio • Pedro Pires • Peter Diamond • Phillip Noyce • Polly Samson • Tammi Terrell

Born in the same month (April 1925): Abel Muzorewa • Anthony Mason (judge) • Art Kane • Corinne Calvet • Emmett Williams • George MacDonald Fraser • John Compton • John Kraaijkamp Sr. • John Thorn (headmaster) • Pierre Nihant • René Moawad • T. John Lesinski • Tony Benn • Virginia Gibson • Yuriy Lituyev