Keith Giffen

American comic writer (1952–2023)

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[11]
Date of birth: November 30, 1952
Date of death: October 9, 2023
Place of birth: Queens
Place of death: Tampa
Country of citizenship: United States^[8]
Occupation: comics artist, comics creator, comics writer
Field of work: comic^[9]
Award received: Inkpot Award^[10]
Cause of death: stroke^[12]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[16]
Copyright status as a creator: works protected by copyrights^[18]
Family name: Giffen^[13]
Given name: Keith^[14]
Manner of death: natural causes^[15]
Name in native language: Keith Giffen^[17]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 51

ISNI: 0000000108920096
VIAF cluster ID: 42081203
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n85271840
GND ID: 1045119385
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Keith Giffen 2016.jpg ↗
AskArt person ID: 11199689
BD Gest' author ID: 4105
BIBSYS ID: 1533887365863
Babelio author ID: 119784
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14554123h
CANTIC ID: 981058610882106706
CBDB.cz author ID: 15822

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Comic Vine ID: 4040-6536
DBC author ID: 87097968347548
DDB person (GND) ID: 1045119385
Databazeknih.cz author ID: 67575
Europeana entity: agent/base/65168
Fandom article ID: dc:Keith_Giffen
Freebase ID: /m/02qnfd
GCD creator ID: 7626
Guia dos Quadrinhos person ID: 248
HAND ID: 2533-3D04-44BE-08CF-9825
IMDb ID: nm0317493
ISFDB author ID: 200605
IdRef ID: 079487408
J9U entity ID: 987012502435005171
Kinobox person ID: 1405900
Lambiek Comiclopedia artist ID: g/giffen_keith
Libris-URI: 2hcd45d70n0g53lj
NDL Authority ID: 001195675
NL CR AUT ID: mzk2005290119
NLP ID: a0000003228315
NUKAT ID: n99005694
National Library of Brazil ID: 000216848
National Library of Ireland ID: vtls002562733
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810688471805606
National Library of Portugal ID: 1659886
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1260694
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 393425851
Open Library ID: OL744088A, OL11515561A
Plex person key: 5dce6dcc07d876001f52381e
RERO ID (legacy): A011276133
SBN author ID: MODV006144
SVKKL authority ID: 0213632-Giffen-Keith-19522023
TMDB person ID: 1222509
Topic's main category: Category:Keith Giffen
Wellcome Collection concept ID: cx83jamn
WikiTree person ID: Giffen-589
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJfRyrR3BmQYkMJyW7fg8C
Yale LUX ID: person/240f1867-f1d7-4ed5-af7d-5d803d1278d0
ČSFD person ID: 841917

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Occupation 2

comics artist, comics creator

Award received 1

Inkpot Award

Cause of death 1

stroke

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Field of work 1

comic

Given name 1

Keith

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Place of birth 1

Queens

Place of death 1

Tampa

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Keith Giffen was born on November 30, 1952^[1], in Queens^[2]. He died on October 9, 2023^[3], in Tampa^[4]. He worked as a comics artist^[5], comics creator^[6], and comics writer^[7].

FAQs

Where was Keith Giffen born?

Keith Giffen's place of birth was Queens^[2].

Where did Keith Giffen die?

Keith Giffen passed away in Tampa^[4].

What did Keith Giffen do for work?

Keith Giffen worked as a comics artist^[5], comics creator^[6], and comics writer^[7].

What awards did Keith Giffen receive?

Honors received include Inkpot Award^[10].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Keith Giffen — place of birth (P19): Queens. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Keith Giffen — place of death (P20): Tampa. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Keith Giffen — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-12. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Keith Giffen — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Keith Giffen — field of work (P101): comic. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-12-05. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Keith Giffen — occupation (P106): comics artist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Keith Giffen — occupation (P106): comics creator. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-12-05. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Keith Giffen — occupation (P106): comics writer. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2023-12-05. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Keith Giffen — award received (P166): Inkpot Award. comic-con.org. Retrieved 2021-09-10. comic-con.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Keith Giffen — cause of death (P509): stroke. bleedingcool.com. bleedingcool.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Keith Giffen — date of birth (P569): November 30, 1952. Comiclopedia. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Keith Giffen — date of death (P570): October 9, 2023. bleedingcool.com. bleedingcool.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Keith Giffen — family name (P734): Giffen. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Keith Giffen — given name (P735): Keith. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-08-12. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Keith Giffen — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Keith Giffen — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Keith Giffen — name in native language (P1559): Keith Giffen. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Keith Giffen — copyright status as a creator (P7763): works protected by copyrights. Retrieved 2020-12-07. wikidata.org.

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1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Open Library ID → OL744088A, OL11515561A

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65778: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗

HAND ID → 2533-3D04-44BE-08CF-9825

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21w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Languages spoken, written or signed → English

Place of birth → Queens

Given name → Keith

Copyright status as a creator → works protected by copyrights

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"Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0213632-Giffen-Keith-19522023, batch #259649"

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