Lee Falk, American cartoonist, director, and producer (born 1911)

Lee Falk, born Leon Harrison Gross, was an American writer, playwright, theater director, and producer, best known as the creator of the comic strips Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom. At the height of their popularity, these strips attracted over 100 million readers every day. Falk also wrote short stories, and he contributed to a series of paperback novels about The Phantom.

March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 293 days remain until the end of the year.