Raeburn Van Buren (January 12, 1891 – December 29, 1987) was an American magazine and comic strip illustrator best known for his work on the syndicated Abbie an' Slats.

[1] Van Buren served in the old Seventh Regiment (107th Infantry) of the 27th New York Empire Division in World War I.

His brother, Dick Van Buren, wrote the Tarzan comic strip for most of the 1950s, but never achieved the success that Raeburn enjoyed.

In 1984, When Van Buren sent a gift to "Dear Abby" columnist Abigail Van Buren (Pauline Phillips), she wrote back on November 30, 1984, thanking him and commenting on the name similarity: With the Gold Key Award, he was honored in 1979 as a member of the National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame.

[2] Van Buren's wartime experiences are chronicled in the book Duty, Honor, Privilege: New York's Silk Stocking Regiment the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line by his grandnephew Stephen L. Harris.