COMIC ARTIST

Jerry Siegel

1914 - 1996

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Jerome "Jerry" Siegel ( SEE-gəl; October 17, 1914 – January 28, 1996) was an American comic book writer. He was the co-creator of Superman, in collaboration with his friend Joe Shuster, published by DC Comics. They also created Doctor Occult, who was later featured in The Books of Magic. Siegel and Shuster were inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Siegel is the 63rd most popular comic artist (down from 60th in 2019), the 4,166th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,419th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Jerry Siegel ranks 63 out of 226. Before him are Naoko Takeuchi, Masami Kurumada, Art Spiegelman, Kazuki Takahashi, Émile Cohl, and E. C. Segar. After him are Yoshito Usui, Benoît Sokal, Guido Crepax, Takehiko Inoue, Joe Shuster, and Vicar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jerry Siegel ranks 171. Before him are Tito Okello, Mihailo Lalić, Albert Soboul, Alojs Andritzki, Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, and Taisen Deshimaru. After him are Kenny Clarke, Beatrice Straight, Henri Langlois, Grigol Abashidze, Ken Annakin, and Max Wünsche. Among people deceased in 1996, Jerry Siegel ranks 124. Before him are José Donoso, Idries Shah, Jo Van Fleet, Edison Denisov, Tamara Toumanova, and Tito Okello. After him are Hussein Kamel al-Majid, Gottfried von Einem, Jack Churchill, Annabella, Dan Flavin, and Henri Nouwen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Siegel ranks 4,166 out of 20,380. Before him are Lucretia Mott (1793), Patty Duke (1946), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961), Eric Betzig (1960), Jeralean Talley (1899), and Link Wray (1929). After him are Juliette Lewis (1973), Gloria Grahame (1923), Henry Armstrong (1912), Samuel Jones (1880), Eric Carle (1929), and Aaliyah (1979).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Jerry Siegel ranks 18. Before him are Don Rosa (1951), Will Eisner (1917), Bill Finger (1914), Winsor McCay (1867), Charles Addams (1912), and E. C. Segar (1894). After him are Jim Davis (1945), Richard F. Outcault (1863), Al Taliaferro (1905), Robert Crumb (1943), Lee Falk (1911), and Floyd Gottfredson (1905).

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