# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/r-k-laxman
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:03:49.080Z

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name: "R. K. Laxman"
slug: "r-k-laxman"
description: "Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. He was best known for his creation The Common Man and for his daily cartoon strip, You Said It in The Times of India, which started in 1951."
tagline: "Indian artist, illustrator and cartoonist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/R._K._Laxman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1924-10-24"
deathDate: "2015-01-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump