Ulrich Steinfurth, better known as Uli Stein, (26 December 1946 – 28 August 2020) was a German cartoonist.

Stein was born Ulrich Steinfurth in Hanover as a son of a housewife and a public servant.

Shortly before graduating, he quit his studies to work as a journalist, amongst others six years for the Saarländischer Rundfunk.

[1] Stein's cartoons mainly focus on day-to-day-situations, often with anthropomorphic mice, cats, dogs, penguins and pigs.

Although he mainly sold books and post cards with his cartoons, there is a variety of other products based on them, such as games and articles of daily use.