Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Laxman[1] (2 Oktober 1921 – 26 Januari 2015) adalah seorang kartunis, ilustrator, dan humoris asal India.[2] Ia dikenal karena membaut The Common Man dan strip kartun hariannya, "You Said It" di The Times of India, yang dimulai pada 1951.[3]

R. K. Laxman
LahirRasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer Laxman
(1921-10-24)24 Oktober 1921
Mysore, Kerajaan Mysore, India Britania
(sekarang Karnataka, India)
Meninggal26 Januari 2015(2015-01-26) (umur 93)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
KebangsaanIndia
PekerjaanKartunis, ilustrator
Dikenal atasKartun Common Man
Suami/istri
PenghargaanPadma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, Penghargaan Ramon Magsaysay
Situs webhttp://rklaxman.com/
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  1. ^ Ranga Rao (1 January 2006). R.K. Narayan. Sahitya Akademi. hlm. 11. ISBN 978-81-260-1971-7. Diakses tanggal 11 March 2012.  Pg. 11 in the source says that Laxman & his brother Narayan were Tamil Iyer Brahmins.
  2. ^ Laxman's-eye view Diarsipkan 10 October 2007 di Wayback Machine. Frontline Magazine – 18–31 July 1998
  3. ^ "Times of India cartoonist RK Laxman dies after illness". BBC. 26 January 2015. Diakses tanggal 27 January 2015. 

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