Roy Thomas

Roy William Thomas Jr. is an American comic book writer and editor. He was Stan Lee's first successor as editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and possibly best known for introducing the pulp magazine hero Conan the Barbarian to American comics. Thomas is also known for his championing of Golden Age comic-book heroes – particularly the 1940s superhero team the Justice Society of America – and for lengthy writing stints on Marvel's X-Men and The Avengers, and DC Comics' All-Star Squadron, among other titles.

22 November 1940

Born on the same birth date (22 November 1940): Andrzej Żuławski • Terry Gilliam

Born on the same birth day (22 November): Andrzej Żuławski • Brian Robbins • Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden • Christian Rohlfs • Floyd Sneed • Guion Bluford • Jason Ringenberg • Mick Rock • Nevio Scala • Oscar Pistorius • Pape Sow • Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant • Ralph Guldahl • Rod Price • Sandy Alderson • Scarlett Johansson • Sidse Babett Knudsen

Born in the same month (November 1940): Chuck Mangione • Delbert McClinton • Denny Doherty • Elke Sommer • Freddy Beras-Goico • Hank Wangford • Johnny Giles • Karl Offmann • Oscar Espinosa Chepe • Quentin Skinner • Sam Waterston • Shyamal Kumar Sen