Ranan R. Lurie (born May 26, 1932) is an American Israeli editorial cartoonist and journalist. He is a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a member of the United Nation Correspondents Association, and the editor of Cartoon News magazine.
Lurie became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1974.
Lurie lives in Greenwich, Connecticut with his wife,[1] a real estate manager. He is the father of film and television director and screenwriter Rod Lurie. Lurie is also a member of Mensa.[2]
The Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Awards were created in 2000 to recognize cartoons that "enhance, explain and help direct the spirit and principles of the UN." The awards are worth a total of $18,000.
Lurie appears twice in the Guinness Book of World Records: as the most widely syndicated political cartoonist in the world and as a member of the oldest traceable family in existence.[3]