FAMOUS AUTHOR’S BIRTHDAYS: 08 NOVEMBER: 1710 - Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. 1768) 1847 - Bram Stoker, Irish theater manager/author (Dracula) 1900 - Margaret Mitchell, Atlanta, Georgia, author (Gone With the Wind), (d. 1949) 1916 - Peter Weiss, Germany, Swedish author/dramatist/novelist (Marat/Sade) 1932 - Ben[jamin William] Bova, US, sci-fi author (Exiled from Earth) 1954 - Kazuo Ishiguro, British author OTHER INTERESTING DATES: 1922 - Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon (perform 1st heart transplant) (d.2001) 1952 - Alfre Woodard, Tulsa,Oklahoma, American actress (Primal Fear, Cross Creek) 1966 - Gordon Ramsay, British chef and reality television personality FAMOUS AUTHOR’S BIRTHDAYS: 07 NOVEMBER: 1907 - Maurits Mok, Dutch author/poet (Cheese & Bread Game) 1913 - Albert Camus, Algeria, author (The Just-Nobel 1957), (d. 1960) 1914 - R[aphael] A[loysius] Lafferty, US, sci-fi author (Devil is Dead) 1949 – Elise Keyter – Afrikaanse skrywer OTHER INTERESTING DATES: 1867 - Marie Curie, Warsaw, discovered radium (Nobel 1903, 1911), (d. 1934) 1926 - Joan Sutherland, Sydney Australia, operatic soprano (Met Opera) 1943 - Joni Mitchell, [Roberta J Anderson], Alberta Canada, singer (Clouds) 1972 - Jeremy London, actor (Ill Fly Away, Party of Five) FAMOUS AUTHOR’S BIRTHDAYS: 06 NOVEMBER: 1833 - Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (d. 1908) 1880 - Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (d. 1942) 1880 - Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American writer and novelist (d. 1959) 1921 - James Jones, Robinson Ill, novelist (From Here to Eternity) 1936 - K Schippers, [Gerard Stigter], Dutch author OTHER INTERESTING DATES: 1970 - Ethan Hawke, Austin Texas, actor (Dad, Dead Poets Society, Explorers) 1988 - Emma Stone, American actress FAMOUS AUTHOR’S BIRTHDAYS: 05 NOVEMBER: 1850 - Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (d. 1919) 1885 - Will Durant, US, author/historian (Story of Civilization) 1895 - Charles MacArthur, American author (d. 1956) 1935 - Christopher Wood, English screenwriter and novelist OTHER INTERESTING DATES: 1913 - Vivien Leigh, (Gone With Wind) Frankly my dear, I dont give a damn 1940 - Elke Sommer, [Elke Schletz], Berlin Germany, actress (A Shot in the Dark, The Oscar) 1941 - Art Garfunkel, New York, American singer/actor (Sounds of Silence, Carnal Knowledge) 1957 - Jon-Erik Hexum, Tenafly NJ, actor (Voyager, Cover-up) 1959 - Bryan Adams, Vancouver BC Canada, singer (Heaven) 1960 - Tilda Swinton, London England, actress (Orlando) 1963 - Tatum ONeal, LA Cal, Mrs John McEnroe (Paper Moon, Little Darlings) 1987 - Kevin Jonas, American guitarist, member of the Jonas Brothers FAMOUS AUTHOR’S BIRTHDAYS: 04 NOVEMBER: 1862 - Eden Phillpotts, England, novelist/poet/playwright (Red Madymaynes) 1943 - Marlene Jobert, novelist (Adventures of John Difool) 1950 - Charles Frazier, American author OTHER INTERESTING DATES: 1923 - Alfred Heineken, beer brewer (Heineken) 1930 - Doris Roberts, St Louis Mo, actress (Angie, Maggie, Emmy 1983) 1946 - Laura Bush, U.S. First Lady 2001-09 1960 - Kathy Griffin, Chicago, Illinois, American comedienne (Suddenly Susan, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List) 1962 - Jeff Probst, American television host – Survivor series 1969 - Matthew McConaughey, actor (Contact, A Time to Kill) 1969 - Sean Combs [Puff Daddy], New York City, rapper/record producer (Come to Me, Ill be Missing You) FAMOUS AUTHOR’S BIRTHDAYS: 03 NOVEMBER: 1753 - August G Meissner, German author OTHER INTERESTING DATES: 1801 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (La Sonnambula, Norma) 1921 - Charles Bronson, Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, actor (Magnificent Seven, Death Wish, Dirty Dozen), (d. 2003) 1952 - Roseanne, [Barr Arnold], Salt Lake City, comedienne/TV star (Roseanne) 1957 - Dolph Lundgren, Stockholm, Sweden, actor (Rocky IV, The Expendables 2) 1971 - Diego Alessi, Italian race car driver FAMOUS AUTHOR’S BIRTHDAYS: 02 NOVEMBER: 1951 - Thomas Mallon, American novelist OTHER INTERESTING DATES: 1755 - Marie Antoinette, Vienna, Queen of France(1774-1792), let them eat cake, (d. 1793) 1877 - Aga Khan III, Karachi, Shia Imam (1885-1932), (d. 1957) 1913 - Burt Lancaster, NYC, actor (From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry) 1942 - Stefanie Powers, Hollywood Ca, actress (Girl From UNCLE, Hart to Hart) 1961 - K.D. Lang [Kathy Dawn], Consort Alberta, Canadian country singer FAMOUS AUTHOR’S BIRTHDAYS: 01 NOVEMBER: 1871 - Stephen Crane, Newark, New Jersey, novelist/poet (Red Badge of Courage), (d. 1900) 1886 - Hermann Broch, Austria, novelist (Sleepwalkers, Bewitchment) 1897 - Naomi Mitchison, author (African Heroes, Return to Fairy Hill) 1917 - Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, US, sci-fi author (Anything Box) OTHER INTERESTING DATES: 1935 - Gary J Player, Johannesburg South Africa, PGA golfer (Brit Open-1959, 68, 74) 1942 - Larry Flynt, Lakeville, Kentucky, magazine publisher (Hustler) 1972 - Toni Collette, Australian actress FAMOUS AUTHOR’S BIRTHDAYS: 31 OCTOBER: 1795 - John Keats, London, England, romantic poet (Ode to a Grecian Urn), (d. 1821) 1959 - Neal Stephenson, American author OTHER INTERESTING DATES: 1632 - Jan Vermeer, Holland, painter (Procuress, Astronomer), (d. 1675) 1922 - Barbara Bel Geddes, NYC, actress (Vertigo, Miss Ellie-Dallas, Caught) died 2005 1936 - Michael Landon, Forest Hills NY, actor (Little House on the Prairie, Bonanza, Highway to Heaven) d. 1991 1939 - Ron Rifkin, American actor (Alias, Brothers and Sisters) 1963 - Dermot Mulroney, Alexandria VA, actor (Samantha, Sunset, Long Gone) 1967 - Vanilla Ice, American rapper (Ice Ice Baby) and actor (Cool as Ice)
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