Tignous

Tignous
Tignous in 2008
BornBernard Jean-Charles Verlhac
(1957-08-21)21 August 1957
Paris, France
Died7 January 2015(2015-01-07) (aged 57)
Paris, France
Area(s)Cartoonist
Pseudonym(s)Tignous
Children4
Signature
Signature of Tignous

Bernard Jean-Charles Verlhac (21 August 1957 – 7 January 2015), known by the pseudonym Tignous (French pronunciation: [tiɲus], from Occitan: Tinhós), was a French cartoonist. He was a long-time staff cartoonist for the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

On 7 January 2015, Tignous was killed in the Charlie Hebdo shooting.[1]

  1. ^ "Charlie Hebdo: les dessinateurs Cabu, Charb, Tignous et Wolinski sont morts". Le Figaro (in French). 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.