Crockett Johnson
Sign in to saveAlso known as David Johnson Leisk
American cartoonist and children's book illustrator (pseudonym) (1906-1975)
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Within Vinony's link graph, Crockett Johnson is referenced by 213 other articles, and connects out to James R. Newman, Germany and New York City.
Vinony files it under 1906 births, 1975 deaths and 20th-century American illustrators.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1906
- Died
- 1975
- Works
- 56
Top works
- Magic beach
- harold and the purple crayon
- barnaby
- Harold and the Purple Crayon
- Barnaby
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 126
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Norwalk
- Spouse
- Ruth Krauss
- Occupation
- children's writer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- Harold and the Purple Crayon
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1906-10-20
- date of death
- 1975-07-11
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- pseudonym
- Leisk, David Johnson
Sources (3)
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Categories
1906 births1975 deaths20th-century American illustratorsAmerican children's book illustratorsAmerican children's writersAmerican comic strip cartoonistsAmerican comics writersAmerican humoristsAmerican people of German descentArtists from New York CityBarnaby (comic strip)Comics infobox image less alt textComics infobox image less captionCooper Union alumniDeaths from lung cancer in ConnecticutTrack variant DoBTrack variant DoDWriters from New York CityWriters who illustrated their own writing