- Cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his work for The New Yorker magazine.
- Studied philosophy at the University of Bucharest, later graduating from the Politecnico di Milano in 1940.
- Came to the United States in 1942 to escape anti-Semitic laws in Fascist Italy.
- Did 85 covers and 642 drawings for The New Yorker. His most famous work is probably its March 29, 1976 cover, an illustration known as "A Parochial New Yorker's View of the World" or "View of the World from 9th Avenue", where he depicted a split map of the world as seen by self-absorbed New Yorkers. The illustration inspired many similar works, including the poster for the film Moscow on the Hudson (1984), which led to a copyright lawsuit.
- Born on exactly the same date as Yuri Andropov.
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