What Author Shares your Date of Birth?

[Petrarch's Love]

February 7th: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Charles Dickens, and Sir/St. Thomas More

[jlb4tlb]

D. H. Lawrence and I share Sept. 11

[Pensive]

December, 8

65 BC - Horace, Roman poet
1832 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel Prize laureate
1862 - Georges Feydeau, French playwright (d. 1921)
1894 - James Thurber, American writer (d. 1961)
1911 - Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and lyricist
1913 - Delmore Schwartz, American poet
1915 - Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter
1945 - John Banville, Irish novelist and journalist
1951 - Bill Bryson, American author
1961 - Ann Coulter, American author, political commentator, and attorney

I had never heard of any of these before, let alone having read their works.

[crazefest456]

dec. 16:
philip k.dick
beethoven (the composer)
arthur c. clarke

[manolia]

Most of the famous people born on 1st of June are athletes, musicians or actors
Here are the funnier

1815 - Otto of Greece (d. 1862)
1926 - Marilyn Monroe, American actress (d. 1962)
1953 - David Berkowitz, American serial killer, a.k.a. The Son of Sam
1968 - Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer
1974 - Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter
1974 - Akis Zikos, Greek footballer

Here are the authors/poets

1790 - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (d. 1836)
1878 - John Masefield, English novelist and poet (d. 1967)
1937 - Colleen McCullough, Australian novelist

[metal134]

December 18: No notable authors, but I do share a birthday with Katie Holmes and Kari Byron.

But also, Peter Boulware.

[Niamh]

December, 8
1945 - John Banville, Irish novelist and journalist
1951 - Bill Bryson, American author
I had never heard of any of these before, let alone having read their works.

John Banville won the manbooker prize 2005 for his book The sea.
Bill Bryson is a travel writer (most of the time. )

[Pensive]

John Banville won the manbooker prize 2005 for his book The sea.
Bill Bryson is a travel writer (most of the time. )

I am already much into travelling, getting more inspirations can be a way too much!

[Nossa]

I can't find anyone with my birthday.

Me neither ...at least not someone I know

[thelastmelon]

April 5

1837 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet
1920 - Arthur Hailey, American writer
1920 - Rafique Zakaria, Indian author
1929 - Hugo Claus, Belgian writer

Anyone heard of these writers and the poet?
Doesn't seem to be a good day for writers to be born, haha.

[AuntShecky]

E. B. White. Not the same year!

[mtpspur]

My first born son James claims September 12 which matches the birthday of Walter B. Gibson famous as the author of The Shadow pulp stories. This constant boast on my part as I l-o-v-e the Shadow pulp character annoys the long suffering wife no end.

[Oniw17]

I found tons of people who I've never heard of on wikipedia's entry for October 17...no significant writers. I did find out that the rapper eminem shares my birthday though.

[Janine]

I just looked them up and it seems to be these all of these - I am amazed.


28 February Births


Caniff, Milton (1907)
Abramoff, Jack (1959)
Stratten, Dorothy (1960)
Larter, Ali (1976)
Smarty Jones (2001)
also


actors: Charles Durning (82), Mercedes Ruehl (57),
Mario Andretti: champion race car driver

Gee, just looked on Wikipedia and I also share my birthday with these people (ready for this?)

1155 - Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)
1533 - Michel de Montaigne, French writer (d. 1592)
1552 - Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)
1612 - John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)
1670 - Benjamin Wadsworth, American President of Harvard University (d. 1737)
1675 - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)
1683 - René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (d. 1757)
1704 - Louis Godin, French astronomer (d. 1760)
1712 - Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander (d. 1759)
1724 - George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (d. 1807)
1820 - John Tenniel, English illustrator (d. 1914)
1823 - Ernest Renan, French philosopher (d. 1892)
1824 - Blondin, French tightrope walker (d. 1897)
1833 - Alfred von Schlieffen, German field marshal (d. 1913)
1838 - Maurice Lévy, French engineer (d. 1910)
1840 - Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)
1841 - Adrien Albert Marie de Mun, French politician (d. 1914)
1865 - Wilfred Grenfell, medical missionary (d. 1940)
1878 - Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)
1878 - Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (d. 1952)
1882 - Geraldine Farrar, American soprano (d. 1967)
1882 - José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer (d. 1959)
1882 - Pádraic Ó Conaire, Irish writer (d. 1928)
1894 - Ben Hecht, American playwright (d. 1964)
1895 - Marcel Pagnol, French novelist, playwright and film director (d. 1974)
1896 - Philip Showalter Hench, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
1900 - Wolfram Hirth, German pilot (d. 1959)
1901 - Linus Pauling, American chemist and activist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
1903 - Vincente Minnelli, American film director (d. 1986)
1906 - Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)
1907 - Milton Caniff, American cartoonist (Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon) (d. 1988)
1908 - Billie Bird, American actress (d. 2002)
1909 - Stephen Spender, English poet (d. 1995)
1912 - Clara Petacci, Italian mistress of Benito Mussolini (d. 1945)
1915 - Ketti Frings, American Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter, (d. 1981)
1915 - Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1987)
1915 - Zero Mostel, American actor (d. 1977)
1921 - Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (d. 2006)
1923 - Charles Durning, American actor
1926 - Svetlana Alliluyeva, Soviet defector, daughter of Joseph Stalin
1929 - Hayden Fry, American football coach
1929 - Frank Gehry, Canadian-American architect
1929 - John Montague, Irish poet
1929 - Joseph Rouleau, French Canadian bass opera singer
1930 - Leon Neil Cooper, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1930 - Gavin MacLeod, American actor
1931 - Dean Smith, American basketball coach
1932 - Don Francks, Canadian actor
1933 - Rein Taagepera, Estonian politician
1939 - Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-born physicist, Nobel laureate
1939 - Tommy Tune, American dancer
1940 - Mario Andretti, American race car driver
1940 - Joe South, American singer
1942 - Frank Bonner, American actor
1942 - Brian Jones, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (d. 1969)
1942 - Dino Zoff, Italian footballer
1943 - Barbara Acklin, American soul singer (d. 1998)
1944 - Win Aung, Burmese politician
1944 - Kelly Bishop, American actress
1944 - Sepp Maier, German footballer
1945 - Bubba Smith, American football player and actor
1946 - Robin Cook, British politician (d. 2005)
1947 - Stephanie Beacham, English actress
1948 - Steven Chu, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1948 - Mike Figgis, English director
1948 - Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
1948 - Mercedes Ruehl, American actress
1952 - William Finn, American composer
1953 - Ingo Hoffmann, Brazilian racing driver
1954 - Brian Billick, American football coach
1955 - Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian
1956 - Adrian Dantley, American basketball player
1956 - Jimmy Nicholl, Canadian-born Northern Irish footballer
1956 - Mike Tenay, American wrestling commentator
1957 - Paul Delph, American musician and producer (d. 1996)
1957 - Ainsley Harriott, British celebrity chef
1957 - John Turturro, American actor
1957 - Cindy Wilson, American singer (The B-52's)
1958 - Jeanne Mas, French singer and actress
1960 - Dorothy Stratten, Canadian actress (d. 1980)
1961 - Rae Dawn Chong, Canadian actress
1961 - Mark Latham, Australian politician
1961 - René Simard, French Canadian singer and TV host
1961 - Eric Bachelart, Belgian racing driver
1963 - Claudio Chiappucci, Italian cyclist
1964 - Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Uzbekistan cyclist
1966 - Paulo Futre, Portuguese footballer
1967 - Colin Cooper, English footballer
1968 - Stéphan Lebeau, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 - Robert Sean Leonard, American actor
1969 - Tor Øivind Ødegaard, Norwegian track runner
1969 - Patrick Monahan, American singer (Train)
1970 - Daniel Handler, American writer, better known as Lemony Snicket
1970 - Noureddine Morceli, Algerian athlete
1971 - Junya Nakano, Japanese composer
1971 - Tristan Louis, American writer
1972 - Rory Cochrane, American actor
1973 - Eric Lindros, Canadian ice hockey player
1973 - Nicolas Minassian, French racing driver
1974 - Lee Carsley, Irish footballer
1974 - Moana Mackey, New Zealand politician
1975 - Mike Rucker, American football player
1976 - Ali Larter, American actress and model
1976 - Adam Pine, Australian swimmer
1977 - Jason Aldean, American country singer
1978 - Benjamin Raich, Austrian Olympic skier
1978 - Jamaal Tinsley, American basketball player
1978 - Mariano Zabaleta, Argentine tennis player
1979 - Sébastien Bourdais, French racing driver
1979 - Michael Bisping, English mixed martial artist
1979 - Ivo Karlović, Croatian tennis player
1979 - Primož Peterka, Slovenian ski jumper
1980 - Pascal Bosschaart, Dutch footballer
1980 - Piotr Giza, Polish footballer
1980 - Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player
1981 - Florent Serra, French tennis player
1982 - Natalia Vodianova, Russian supermodel
1984 - Karolína Kurková, Czech supermodel
1985 - Fefe Dobson, Canadian singer
1985 - Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player
1987 - Kerrea Gilbert, English footballer
1989 - Zhang Liyin, Chinese R&B singer
1991 - Sarah Bolger, Irish actress
2007 - Princess Lalla Khadija of Morocco

opps, didn't realise it was just authors - well, I am sure all of them wrote something sometime in their lives!

[LadyWentworth]

I can't find anyone with my birthday.

NOBODY??!!?? Or just writers?

February 7th: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Charles Dickens, and Sir/St. Thomas More

I would enjoy sharing the day with them!

1903 - Vincente Minnelli, American film director (d. 1986)
1906 - Bugsy Siegel, American gangster (d. 1947)
1908 - Billie Bird, American actress (d. 2002)
1915 - Zero Mostel, American actor (d. 1977)
1939 - Tommy Tune, American dancer
1948 - Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer
1957 - John Turturro, American actor
1969 - Robert Sean Leonard, American actor

8 people that I wouldn't mind sharing a birthday with! Instead I have Sally Field, Michael Cerveris, Catherine Crier, Maria Shriver and Mike Nichols

Then again, I do have Ray Conniff and Ethan Hawke. They are OK. They are acceptable.

I do have John Philip Sousa, though. That makes up for EVERYTHING!!!

I tend to memorize the people who share my birthday! Crazy, I know! Anyway, I really couldn't find any writers except for James Jones (1921). That was it!