Albert Hirschfeld (June 21, 1903 – January 20, 2003) was an American caricaturist best known for his unique, deceptively simple black white ink drawings portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars of the day drawn with a crow quill pen. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in contemporary drawing and caricature, having influenced countless artists over his long career and well after.

Hirschfeld was born in St. Louis, MO. and later moved to New York City, studying at the Art Students League of New York. At seventeen, he became an art director at Selznick Pictures and held the position for four years. In 1924, he traveled to Paris and London, learning painting, drawing and sculpture while leading a Bohemian life.

Returning to the United States, a well known friend, Broadway press agent Richard Maney, showed one of his drawings to an editor at the New York Herald Tribune, which led to Hirschfeld getting commissions from that newspaper. This launched his career and led to doing work in both black and white and color for other newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Playbill, New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, TV Guide, Life Magazine, The New Yorker Magazine, Collier's, Look Magazine, Seventeen, and a season preview magazine for CBS. He also illustrated many books in color.

Hirschfeld started his career at a young age and continued prolifically drawing to the end of his very long life. His eight decade career practically spanned the entire 20th century, illustrating almost every notable pop culture entertainment figure of the 20th century in Broadway theater, film, music, and television as well as in politics. He also illustrated album covers, movie posters, and books.

Hirschfeld is well known for his idiosyncrasy of hiding his daughter Nina's name (written in capital letters) in plain sight in most of the drawings he produced after she was born.

The Martin Beck Theatre, which opened November 11, 1924, at 302 West 45th Street, was renamed the Al Hirschfeld Theatre on June 21, 2003. Hirschfeld was also honored with a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.

In 2002, Al Hirschfeld was awarded the National Medal of Arts. and was made an Honorary Member of the Salmagundi Club.