John Gilroy (artist)

John Thomas Young Gilroy was an English artist and illustrator, best known for his advertising posters for Guinness, the Irish stout. He signed many of his works, simply, "Gilroy".

30 May 1898

Born on the same birth day (30 May): Anders Michanek • Barbara of Brandenburg (1464–1515) • Colin Blythe • Emil Reesen • Ernest Duchesne • Frank Wise • Gale Sayers • Georg von Peuerbach • Howard Hawks • Jacques Canetti • John Gladwin • Michael López-Alegría • Phil Brown (footballer, born 1959) • Pita Amor • René Barrientos • Steven Gerrard • Sven Pipien • Étienne Marie Antoine Champion de Nansouty

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