Stephen Hillenburg
Stephen McDannell Hillenburg was an American animator and marine science educator. He is best remembered for creating the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Hillenburg served as the showrunner for the first three seasons of the show, which has become the fifth-longest-running American animated series. He was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 2017, but stated he would continue to...