caption years_active children birth_place awards name birth_date known_for spouse article_title birth_name occupation
april 28 , 2014 at stanford university 1970 -- present rachel , ross , thomas new york city , u.s. 1975 animated short film 1978 jury special prize 1994 newspaper comic pulitzer strip award 1995 reuben award prize 1977 nominated for academy award for garry trudeau 21 july 1948 '' doonesbury '' jane pauley -lrb- 1980 & ndash ; present -rrb- garry trudeau
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garry trudeau

garretson beekman `` garry '' trudeau -lrb- born july 21 , 1948 -rrb- is an american cartoonist , best known for the pulitzer prize-winning `` doonesbury '' comic strip .
trudeau is also the creator and executive producer of the amazon studios political comedy series `` alpha house '' .
