COMIC ARTIST

Rose O'Neill

1874 - 1944

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Rose Cecil O'Neill (June 25, 1874 – April 6, 1944) was an American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer. She rose to fame for her creation of the popular comic strip characters, Kewpies, in 1909, and was also the first published female cartoonist in the United States. The daughter of a book salesman and a homemaker, O'Neill was raised in rural Nebraska. She exhibited interest in the arts at an early age, and sought a career as an illustrator in New York City. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rose O'Neill is the 126th most popular comic artist (up from 147th in 2019), the 8,512th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,459th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Rose O'Neill ranks 126 out of 226. Before her are Gotlib, Larry Lieber, David Lloyd, Hiro Mashima, Ken Sugimori, and François Bourgeon. After her are Kiyohiko Azuma, Ken Akamatsu, Rudolph Dirks, Jamie Hewlett, Richard Corben, and Tsutomu Nihei.

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Among people born in 1874, Rose O'Neill ranks 209. Before her are Harold Kitson, Janko Jesenský, Aleksander Prystor, Gheorghe Mironescu, Georges Trombert, and Josef Lhévinne. After her are Charles R. Knight, Lewis Sheldon, Josep Irla, Guido Balzarini, Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, and Paul Van Asbroeck. Among people deceased in 1944, Rose O'Neill ranks 277. Before her are Siegfried Purner, Ștefania Mărăcineanu, Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Georg Dascher, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, and Josef Lhévinne. After her are Perry McGillivray, Kang Kyeong-ae, Hermann Hansen, Endre Steiner, Grigore Antipa, and Frank Knox.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rose O'Neill ranks 8,514 out of 20,380. Before her are Bill Monroe (1911), Ben Hogan (1912), Sidney Darlington (1906), Giorgos Kaminis (1954), Iris Marion Young (1949), and Ray Barbuti (1905). After her are Charles R. Knight (1874), Michaela Conlin (1978), Buddy Hackett (1924), Norman I. Platnick (1951), Patti Davis (1952), and Blind Willie Johnson (1897).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Rose O'Neill ranks 28. Before her are Robert Crumb (1943), Lee Falk (1911), Floyd Gottfredson (1905), John Romita Jr. (1956), Les Clark (1907), and Larry Lieber (1931). After her are Richard Corben (1940), Roy Thomas (1940), John Buscema (1927), George Herriman (1880), Alex Raymond (1909), and Harvey Kurtzman (1924).

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