COMIC ARTIST

René Goscinny

1926 - 1977

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René Goscinny (French: [ʁəne ɡɔsini]; Polish: [ɡɔɕˈt͡ɕinnɨ] ; 14 August 1926 – 5 November 1977) was a French comic editor and writer, who created the Asterix comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Born in France to a Jewish family from Poland, he spent his childhood in Argentina where he attended French schools and later lived in the United States for a short period of time. There he met Belgian cartoonist Morris. After his return to France, they collaborated for more than 20 years on the comic series Lucky Luke (in what was considered the series' golden age). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. René Goscinny is the 3rd most popular comic artist, the 372nd most popular biography from France (down from 307th in 2019) and the most popular French Comic Artist.

René Goscinny is most famous for being the co-creator of the Asterix series. He also wrote the Lucky Luke series.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, René Goscinny ranks 3 out of 226. Before him are Stan Lee, and Hergé. After him are Osamu Tezuka, Akira Toriyama, Charles M. Schulz, Albert Uderzo, Morris, Frank Miller, Joseph Barbera, Carl Barks, and Hugo Pratt.

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Among people born in 1926, René Goscinny ranks 16. Before him are Thích Nhất Hạnh, Dario Fo, Ben Roy Mottelson, Vasily Arkhipov, Donald A. Glaser, and Klaus Kinski. After him are Sathya Sai Baba, Svetlana Alliluyeva, Nuon Chea, Prince Claus of the Netherlands, Andrzej Wajda, and Chuck Berry. Among people deceased in 1977, René Goscinny ranks 12. Before him are Stefania Turkewich, Wernher von Braun, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Clementine Churchill, Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, and Ludwig Erhard. After him are Lee Miller, Anthony Eden, Roberto Rossellini, Makarios III, Jacques Prévert, and Ernst Bloch.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Goscinny ranks 372 out of 6,770. Before him are Diane de Poitiers (1499), Héloïse (1101), François Mauriac (1885), Henri Charrière (1906), Napoléon Louis Bonaparte (1804), and Claude of France (1499). After him are Marguerite de Navarre (1492), Jean Renoir (1894), Jeanne d'Albret (1528), Robert I, Duke of Normandy (1010), Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès (1748), and Colette (1873).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In France

Among comic artists born in France, René Goscinny ranks 1. After him are Albert Uderzo (1927), 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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