Scott Adams

Scott Adams was an American cartoonist, author, and conservative commentator. He was best known for the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and nonfiction works of business, self-improvement, commentary, and satire.

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All Dressed Down and Nowhere to Go
Dilbert 5. Odeio Reuniões! - Coleção L&PM Pocket (Em Portuguese do Brasil)
The O. P. Market
Letters from Michael
San Francisco Travel Guide 2017

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: United States
Active from: 1957
Active to: 2026

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Born: Scott Raymond Adams , ( 1957-06-08 ) June 8, 1957, Windham, New York , U.S.
Died: January 13, 2026 (2026-01-13) (aged 68), Pleasanton, California , U.S.
Education: Hartwick College ( BA ) University of California, Berkeley ( MBA )
Occupations: Cartoonist writer political commentator
Years active: 1989–2026
Spouses: Shelly Miles ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2006 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2014 ) Kristina Basham ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2020 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2022 )
Channel: Real Coffee with Scott Adams
Subscribers: 209,000
Views: 78.1 million
Website: scottadams .locals .com

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Official website: www.scottadamssays.com
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date of birth: 1957-06-08
name in native language: Scott Adams
social media followers: 183000
birth name: Scott Raymond Adams
number of viewers/listeners: 75323127
date of death: 2026-01-13
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Scott Raymond Adams (June 8, 1957 – January 13, 2026) was an American cartoonist, author, and conservative commentator. He was best known as the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and nonfiction works of business, self-improvement, commentary, and satire.

Adams worked in various corporate roles before he became a full-time cartoonist in 1995. By the mid-1990s, Dilbert, created in 1989, had gained national prominence in the United States and began to reach a worldwide audience, remaining popular throughout the following decades and spawning several books written by Adams. In the mid-2010s, Adams emerged as an independent commentator on events and politics.