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COMIC ARTIST

Jerry Siegel

1914 - 1996

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Jerome Siegel ( SEE-gəl; October 17, 1914 – January 28, 1996) was an American comic book writer. He is 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry Siegel has received more than 1,504,874 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Jerry Siegel is the 53rd most popular comic artist (down from 52nd in 2019), the 2,951st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,127th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Comic Artist.

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Jerry Siegel ranks 53 out of 174Before him are Caran d'Ache, Monkey Punch, Charles M. Schulz, Enki Bilal, Frank Miller, and Émile Cohl. After him are Naoko Takeuchi, Riyoko Ikeda, Joe Shuster, Charles Addams, E. C. Segar, and Art Spiegelman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jerry Siegel ranks 117Before him are Annie Fischer, Patrick O'Brian, Alberto Lattuada, Richard Basehart, J. Lee Thompson, and Luis Mariano. After him are Juan Carlos Onganía, Dobri Dobrev, Hans Hellmut Kirst, Paul Tortelier, Maxim of Bulgaria, and Joe Shuster. Among people deceased in 1996, Jerry Siegel ranks 104Before him are Idries Shah, Leo Joseph Suenens, Haing S. Ngor, Karl Rappan, Ai Qing, and Cao Yu. After him are Edison Denisov, Károly Grósz, Muhammad al-Badr, Yulii Khariton, Bartel Leendert van der Waerden, and Jo Van Fleet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Siegel ranks 2,951 out of 18,182Before him are Adam Driver (1983), Laurie Anderson (1947), Kevin Federline (1978), Dana Ivey (1941), Bruno Mars (1985), and Screamin' Jay Hawkins (1929). After him are Iva Toguri D'Aquino (1916), Xander Berkeley (1955), Frank Grillo (1965), Benjamin Libet (1916), Tallulah Bankhead (1902), and Linda Blair (1959).

Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Jerry Siegel ranks 14Before him are Winsor McCay (1867), Will Eisner (1917), Don Rosa (1951), Bill Finger (1914), Charles M. Schulz (1922), and Frank Miller (1957). After him are Charles Addams (1912), E. C. Segar (1894), Richard F. Outcault (1863), Robert Crumb (1943), Al Taliaferro (1905), and Lee Falk (1911).