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Randall Munroe

American cartoonist, author and engineer

  • Fame56.0
  • Momentum3.1
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    Born 1984
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Updated 2026-06-19

Randall Patrick Munroe is an American cartoonist, author, and engineer best known as the creator of the webcomic xkcd. Munroe has worked full-time on the comic since late 2006. In addition to publishing a book of the webcomic's strips, titled xkcd: Volume 0, he has written four books: What If?, Thing Explainer, How To, and What If? 2.

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Momentum3.1
Historical22.6
Now attention17.0
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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