COMIC ARTIST

Albert Uderzo

1927 - 2020

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Alberto Aleandro Uderzo (Italian: [alˈbɛrto aleˈandro uˈdɛrtso]; 25 April 1927 – 24 March 2020), better known as Albert Uderzo (French: [albɛʁ ydɛʁzo]), was a French comic book artist and scriptwriter. He is best known as the co-creator and illustrator of the Astérix series in collaboration with René Goscinny. He also drew other comics such as Oumpah-pah, again with Goscinny. Uderzo retired in September 2011. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert Uderzo is the 7th most popular comic artist (down from 6th in 2019), the 616th most popular biography from France (down from 614th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Comic Artist.

Albert Uderzo is most famous for his work on the Asterix comic book series.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Albert Uderzo ranks 7 out of 226. Before him are Stan Lee, Hergé, René Goscinny, Osamu Tezuka, Akira Toriyama, and Charles M. Schulz. After him are Morris, Frank Miller, Joseph Barbera, Carl Barks, Hugo Pratt, and Peyo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Albert Uderzo ranks 27. Before him are Angelo Sodano, László Kubala, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Maurice Béjart, Manfred Eigen, and Martin Lewis Perl. After him are George Andrew Olah, John McCarthy, Rosalynn Carter, Janet Leigh, Robert Hossein, and Marshall Warren Nirenberg. Among people deceased in 2020, Albert Uderzo ranks 20. Before him are David Prowse, John Saxon, Katherine Johnson, Paolo Rossi, Olivia de Havilland, and Krzysztof Penderecki. After him are Michel Piccoli, Eduard Limonov, Alan Parker, Robert Hossein, Ian Holm, and Jean Kennedy Smith.

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In France

Among people born in France, Albert Uderzo ranks 616 out of 6,770. Before him are Claude Chabrol (1930), Marcel Mauss (1872), Marine Le Pen (1968), Gabriel Marcel (1889), Samuel de Champlain (1567), and Boris Vian (1920). After him are Paul Doumer (1857), Michel Piccoli (1925), Caroline Bonaparte (1782), Pérotin (1160), Avitus (395), and Charles de Foucauld (1858).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In France

Among comic artists born in France, Albert Uderzo ranks 2. Before him are René Goscinny (1926). After him are Jean Giraud (1938), Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932), Cabu (1938), Philippe Honoré (1941), Émile Cohl (1857), Jacques Tardi (1946), Tignous (1957), Jean-Claude Mézières (1938), Jacques Martin (1921), and Claire Bretécher (1940).

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