Author Birthdays for August
James St. James 58
Novelist
Monday, August 1st 1966Madison Smartt Bell 67
Novelist
Thursday, August 1st 1957Howard Kurtz 71
Journalist
Saturday, August 1st 1953Jim Carroll 74
Poet, Novelist
Tuesday, August 1st 1950Mark Alan Stamaty 77
Children's Literature
Friday, August 1st 1947Étienne Roda-Gil 83
Screenwriter
Friday, August 1st 1941Ram Loevy 84
Screenwriter
Thursday, August 1st 1940Ernst Jandl 99
Poet
Saturday, August 1st 1925Anne Hébert 108
Novelist, Poet
Tuesday, August 1st 1916Herman Melville 205
Novelist
Sunday, August 1st 1819Richard Henry Dana Jr. 209
Novelist
Tuesday, August 1st 1815Luis Vélez de Guevara 445
Playwright, Novelist
Wednesday, August 1st 1579Caleb Carr 69
Tuesday, August 2nd 1955Isabel Allende 82
Sunday, August 2nd 1942James Baldwin 100
Saturday, August 2nd 1924Aino Kallas 146
Friday, August 2nd 1878Steven Millhauser 81
Tuesday, August 3rd 1943Leon Uris 100
Sunday, August 3rd 1924P. D. James 104
Tuesday, August 3rd 1920Clifford D. Simak 120
Wednesday, August 3rd 1904Rupert Brooke 137
Wednesday, August 3rd 1887John August 54
Screenwriter
Tuesday, August 4th 1970Dennis Lehane 59
Novelist
Wednesday, August 4th 1965Tim Winton 64
Novelist
Thursday, August 4th 1960Allison Hedge Coke 66
Poet
Monday, August 4th 1958Billy Bob Thornton 69
Screenwriter
Thursday, August 4th 1955Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi 101
Humorist
Saturday, August 4th 1923Helen Thomas 104
Journalist, Columnist
Wednesday, August 4th 1920Iceberg Slim 106
Novelist
Sunday, August 4th 1918Robert Hayden 111
Poet
Monday, August 4th 1913Witold Gombrowicz 120
Novelist, Playwright
Thursday, August 4th 1904Knut Hamsun 165
Novelist
Thursday, August 4th 1859Percy Bysshe Shelley 232
Poet
Saturday, August 4th 1792François Hédelin 420
Playwright
Wednesday, August 4th 1604Ron Silliman 78
Poet
Monday, August 5th 1946Wendell Berry 90
Novelist, Poet
Sunday, August 5th 1934Conrad Potter Aiken 135
Novelist, Poet
Monday, August 5th 1889Guy de Maupassant 174
Short Stories
Monday, August 5th 1850Ivar Aasen 211
Poet, Playwright
Thursday, August 5th 1813Karenna Gore Schiff 51
Journalist
Monday, August 6th 1973Diane di Prima 90
Poet
Monday, August 6th 1934Piers Anthony 90
Novelist
Monday, August 6th 1934Chalmers Johnson 93
Non-Fiction
Thursday, August 6th 1931Elisabeth Beresford 98
Children's Literature
Friday, August 6th 1926Norman Wexler 98
Screenwriter
Friday, August 6th 1926Constance Heaven 113
Novelist
Sunday, August 6th 1911John Middleton Murry 135
Novelist, Poet, Essayist
Tuesday, August 6th 1889Scott Nearing 141
Non-Fiction
Monday, August 6th 1883Louella Parsons 143
Columnist
Saturday, August 6th 1881Charles Fort 150
Novelist, Non-Fiction
Thursday, August 6th 1874Paul Claudel 156
Poet, Playwright
Thursday, August 6th 1868Thomas Alexander Browne 198
Novelist
Sunday, August 6th 1826Alfred Lord Tennyson 215
Poet
Sunday, August 6th 1809Luc de Clapiers 309
Essayist
Tuesday, August 6th 1715John Birmingham 60
Novelist
Friday, August 7th 1964Vladimir Sorokin 69
Novelist, Playwright
Sunday, August 7th 1955Anne Fadiman 71
Novelist
Friday, August 7th 1953Marty Appel 76
Biographer
Saturday, August 7th 1948Garrison Keillor 82
Humorist
Friday, August 7th 1942Charles E. Rice 93
Non-Fiction
Friday, August 7th 1931Romeo Muller 96
Screenwriter
Tuesday, August 7th 1928Sue Kaufman 98
Novelist
Saturday, August 7th 1926Georg Stiernhielm 426
Poet
Friday, August 7th 1598Alonso de Ercilla 491
Poet
Monday, August 7th 1533Jostein Gaarder 72
Friday, August 8th 1952Randy Shilts 73
Wednesday, August 8th 1951Terry Nation 94
Friday, August 8th 1930Nina Berberova 123
Thursday, August 8th 1901Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 128
Saturday, August 8th 1896Sara Teasdale 140
Friday, August 8th 1884Emilie Flygare-Carlén 217
Saturday, August 8th 1807Jonathan Kellerman 75
Tuesday, August 9th 1949Graeme C. Gibson 90
Thursday, August 9th 1934Tetsuko Kuroyanagi 91
Wednesday, August 9th 1933Daniel Keyes 97
Tuesday, August 9th 1927Frank M. Robinson 98
Monday, August 9th 1926Philip Larkin 102
Wednesday, August 9th 1922Tove Jansson 110
Sunday, August 9th 1914P. L. Travers 125
Wednesday, August 9th 1899Leonid Andreyev 153
Wednesday, August 9th 1871John Dryden 393
Saturday, August 9th 1631Mark Doty 71
Monday, August 10th 1953Barry Unsworth 94
Sunday, August 10th 1930Jorge Amado 112
Saturday, August 10th 1912Ward Moore 121
Monday, August 10th 1903Curt Siodmak 122
Sunday, August 10th 1902Panait Istrati 140
Sunday, August 10th 1884Alfred Döblin 146
Saturday, August 10th 1878David Brooks 63
Journalist
Friday, August 11th 1961Tom Miller 77
Travel Writer
Monday, August 11th 1947Marilyn vos Savant 78
Columnist
Sunday, August 11th 1946Andre Dubus 88
Short Stories
Tuesday, August 11th 1936Fernando Arrabal 92
Playwright, Screenwriter
Thursday, August 11th 1932Alex Haley 103
Novelist
Thursday, August 11th 1921Angus Wilson 111
Novelist
Monday, August 11th 1913Enid Blyton 127
Children's Literature
Wednesday, August 11th 1897Louise Bogan 127
Poet
Wednesday, August 11th 1897Eiji Yoshikawa 132
Novelist
Thursday, August 11th 1892Hugh MacDiarmid 132
Poet
Thursday, August 11th 1892Oliver W. F. Lodge 146
Poet
Sunday, August 11th 1878Anthony Swofford 54
Novelist
Wednesday, August 12th 1970Ann M. Martin 69
Children's Literature
Friday, August 12th 1955Jim Beaver 74
Playwright, Screenwriter
Saturday, August 12th 1950Réjean Ducharme 83
Novelist, Playwright
Tuesday, August 12th 1941Walter Dean Myers 87
Children's Literature
Thursday, August 12th 1937William Goldman 93
Novelist, Playwright,Screenwriter
Wednesday, August 12th 1931Wallace Markfield 98
Novelist
Thursday, August 12th 1926Zerna Sharp 135
Children's Literature
Monday, August 12th 1889Keith Murdoch 139
Journalist
Wednesday, August 12th 1885Radclyffe Hall 144
Poet, Novelist
Thursday, August 12th 1880Mary Roberts Rinehart 148
Novelist
Saturday, August 12th 1876Jacinto Benavente 158
Playwright
Sunday, August 12th 1866Katharine Lee Bates 165
Poet, Children's Literature
Friday, August 12th 1859Robert Southey 250
Poet
Friday, August 12th 1774Piper Reese 24
Journalist
Sunday, August 13th 2000Will Clarke 54
Novelist
Thursday, August 13th 1970Amélie Nothomb 57
Novelist
Sunday, August 13th 1967Sean Hood 58
Screenwriter
Saturday, August 13th 1966Tom Perrotta 63
Novelist
Sunday, August 13th 1961Goldwin Smith 201
Journalist
Wednesday, August 13th 1823Vladimir Odoevsky 221
Short Stories, Children's Literature
Saturday, August 13th 1803William Wotton 358
Non-Fiction
Friday, August 13th 1666Brannon Braga 59
Screenwriter
Saturday, August 14th 1965Danielle Steel 77
Novelist
Thursday, August 14th 1947Lee Hoffman 92
Novelist
Sunday, August 14th 1932Alice Adams 98
Novelist
Saturday, August 14th 1926René Goscinny 98
Comic Book Writer
Saturday, August 14th 1926Russell Baker 99
Journalist, Essayist
Friday, August 14th 1925B. A. Santamaria 109
Journalist
Saturday, August 14th 1915Alice Rivaz 123
Novelist
Wednesday, August 14th 1901John Galsworthy 157
Novelist, Playwright
Wednesday, August 14th 1867Ernest Thayer 161
Poet
Friday, August 14th 1863Robert Hayman 449
Poet
Thursday, August 14th 1575Rob Thomas 59
Novelist, Screenwriter
Sunday, August 15th 1965Victor Shenderovich 66
Playwright, Screenwriter
Friday, August 15th 1958Simon Baron-Cohen 66
Non-Fiction
Friday, August 15th 1958Mary Jo Salter 70
Poet
Sunday, August 15th 1954Stieg Larsson 70
Novelist, Journalist
Sunday, August 15th 1954Garry Disher 75
Novelist, Children's Literature
Monday, August 15th 1949Linda Ellerbee 80
Journalist
Tuesday, August 15th 1944Janusz Zajdel 86
Novelist
Monday, August 15th 1938Sami Michael 98
Novelist
Sunday, August 15th 1926Robert Bolt 100
Playwright, Screenwriter
Friday, August 15th 1924Benedict Kiely 105
Novelist
Friday, August 15th 1919Aleks Çaçi 108
Essayist
Tuesday, August 15th 1916Jan Brzechwa 126
Poet, Children's Literature
Monday, August 15th 1898Edna Ferber 139
Novelist
Saturday, August 15th 1885Sri Aurobindo 152
Poet
Thursday, August 15th 1872E. Nesbit 166
Poet, Children's Literature
Sunday, August 15th 1858Thomas-Alfred Bernier 180
Journalist
Thursday, August 15th 1844Thomas de Quincey 239
Novelist
Monday, August 15th 1785Sir Walter Scott 253
Novelist
Thursday, August 15th 1771Matthias Claudius 284
Poet
Monday, August 15th 1740Luigi Pulci 592
Poet
Wednesday, August 15th 1432Diana Wynne Jones 90
Novelist
Thursday, August 16th 1934Charles Bukowski 104
Poet, Novelist
Monday, August 16th 1920William Keepers Maxwell, Jr. 116
Novelist
Sunday, August 16th 1908Georgette Heyer 122
Novelist
Saturday, August 16th 1902Albert Cohen 129
Novelist
Friday, August 16th 1895Nicola Kraus 50
Saturday, August 17th 1974Jonathan Franzen 65
Monday, August 17th 1959Eric Schlosser 65
Monday, August 17th 1959Alexander Theroux 85
Thursday, August 17th 1939V. S. Naipaul 92
Wednesday, August 17th 1932Ted Hughes 94
Sunday, August 17th 1930John Hawkes 99
Monday, August 17th 1925Evan Connell 100
Sunday, August 17th 1924Gene Stratton-Porter 161
Monday, August 17th 1863Brian Aldiss 99
Tuesday, August 18th 1925Alain Robbe-Grillet 102
Friday, August 18th 1922Nettie Palmer 139
Poet
Tuesday, August 18th 1885Jami 610
Thursday, August 18th 1414Jonathan Coe 63
Saturday, August 19th 1961Bodil Malmsten 80
Saturday, August 19th 1944Frank McCourt 94
Tuesday, August 19th 1930Quentin Bell 114
Friday, August 19th 1910James Gould Cozzens 121
Wednesday, August 19th 1903Ogden Nash 122
Tuesday, August 19th 1902Samuel Richardson 335
Friday, August 19th 1689Íñigo López de Mendoza 626
Sunday, August 19th 1398Marcus Mastin 49
Wednesday, August 20th 1975Greg Egan 63
Sunday, August 20th 1961Greg Bear 73
Monday, August 20th 1951Vasily Aksyonov 92
Saturday, August 20th 1932Jacqueline Susann 103
Saturday, August 20th 1921William Lindsay Gresham 115
Friday, August 20th 1909Vilhelm Moberg 126
Saturday, August 20th 1898Tarjei Vesaas 127
Friday, August 20th 1897H. P. Lovecraft 134
Wednesday, August 20th 1890Edgar Guest 143
Saturday, August 20th 1881Boleslaw Prus 177
Friday, August 20th 1847Ivan Stang 71
Friday, August 21st 1953Robert Stone 87
Saturday, August 21st 1937Christopher Robin Milne 104
Saturday, August 21st 1920M. M. Kaye 116
Friday, August 21st 1908Aubrey Beardsley 152
Wednesday, August 21st 1872Emilio Salgari 162
Thursday, August 21st 1862Diane Setterfield 60
Saturday, August 22nd 1964Diane Setterfield 60
Saturday, August 22nd 1964Will Shetterly 69
Monday, August 22nd 1955Þórarinn Eldjárn 75
Monday, August 22nd 1949E. Annie Proulx 89
Thursday, August 22nd 1935James Kirkwood, Jr. 100
Friday, August 22nd 1924Ray Bradbury 104
Novelist
Sunday, August 22nd 1920Dorothy Parker 131
Tuesday, August 22nd 1893James Kirke Paulding 246
Saturday, August 22nd 1778Georges de Scudéry 423
Wednesday, August 22nd 1601Nelson DeMille 81
Monday, August 23rd 1943Lewis Nordan 85
Novelist
Wednesday, August 23rd 1939Will Cuppy 140
Saturday, August 23rd 1884Alexander Grin 144
Monday, August 23rd 1880Edgar Lee Masters 155
Monday, August 23rd 1869John Green 47
Wednesday, August 24th 1977Chris Offutt 66
Sunday, August 24th 1958Orson Scott Card 73
Friday, August 24th 1951Oscar Hijuelos 73
Friday, August 24th 1951Paulo Coelho 77
Sunday, August 24th 1947Howard Jacobson 82
Monday, August 24th 1942A. S. Byatt 88
Monday, August 24th 1936David Ireland 97
Wednesday, August 24th 1927James Tiptree, Jr. 109
Tuesday, August 24th 1915Jorge Luis Borges 125
Thursday, August 24th 1899Jean Rhys 134
Sunday, August 24th 1890Earl Derr Biggers 140
Sunday, August 24th 1884Max Beerbohm 152
Saturday, August 24th 1872Tim Burton 66
Screenwriter
Monday, August 25th 1958Martin Amis 75
Thursday, August 25th 1949Charles Ghigna - "Father Goose" 78
Sunday, August 25th 1946Frederick Forsyth 86
Thursday, August 25th 1938Thea Astley 99
Tuesday, August 25th 1925Brian Moore 103
Thursday, August 25th 1921Bret Harte 188
Thursday, August 25th 1836Naïm Kattan 96
Sunday, August 26th 1928Julio Cortazar 110
Wednesday, August 26th 1914Christopher Isherwood 120
Friday, August 26th 1904Jules Romains 139
Wednesday, August 26th 1885Guillaume Apollinaire 144
Thursday, August 26th 1880John Buchan 149
Thursday, August 26th 1875Zona Gale 150
Wednesday, August 26th 1874Jeanette Winterson 65
Thursday, August 27th 1959Tom Lanoye 66
Wednesday, August 27th 1958Antonia Fraser 92
Saturday, August 27th 1932Ira Levin 95
Tuesday, August 27th 1929Norah Lofts 120
Saturday, August 27th 1904C. S. Forester 125
Sunday, August 27th 1899Lloyd C. Douglas 147
Monday, August 27th 1877Theodore Dreiser 153
Sunday, August 27th 1871Ivan Franko 168
Poet
Wednesday, August 27th 1856Rita Dove 72
Poet
Thursday, August 28th 1952Janet Frame 100
Novelist
Thursday, August 28th 1924Fernando Fernán Gómez 103
Novelist, Playwright
Sunday, August 28th 1921Jack Kirby 107
Comic Book Writer
Tuesday, August 28th 1917Jack Vance 108
Novelist
Monday, August 28th 1916Boris Pahor 111
Novelist
Thursday, August 28th 1913Robertson Davies 111
Novelist, Playwright
Thursday, August 28th 1913John Betjeman 118
Poet
Tuesday, August 28th 1906Andrei Platonov 125
Novelist
Monday, August 28th 1899Vance Palmer 139
Novelist
Friday, August 28th 1885Sheridan Le Fanu 210
Novelist
Sunday, August 28th 1814Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 275
Poet, Novelist
Thursday, August 28th 1749Michael P. Kube-McDowell 70
Novelist
Sunday, August 29th 1954Karen Hesse 72
Children's Literature
Friday, August 29th 1952Temple Grandin 77
Non-Fiction, Essayist
Friday, August 29th 1947Lise Payette 93
Columnist
Saturday, August 29th 1931Thom Gunn 95
Poet
Thursday, August 29th 1929Luther Davis 108
Playwright, Screenwriter
Tuesday, August 29th 1916Maurice Maeterlinck 162
Poet, Playwright, Essayist
Friday, August 29th 1862Edward Carpenter 180
Poet
Thursday, August 29th 1844Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. 215
Poet
Tuesday, August 29th 1809Anna Politkovskaya 66
Journalist
Saturday, August 30th 1958Molly Ivins 80
Columnist
Wednesday, August 30th 1944R. Crumb 81
Comicbook Writer
Monday, August 30th 1943Laurent de Brunhoff 99
Children's Literature
Sunday, August 30th 1925Charmian Clift 101
Essayist
Thursday, August 30th 1923John Gunther 123
Journalist
Friday, August 30th 1901Marcelo H. del Pilar 174
Journalist
Friday, August 30th 1850Agoston Haraszthy 212
Non-Fiction
Sunday, August 30th 1812Mary Shelly 227
Novelist
Wednesday, August 30th 1797Joseph Dennie 256
Journalist, Essayist
Tuesday, August 30th 1768Raymond P. Hammond 60
Poet
Monday, August 31st 1964Julie Brown 66
Screenwriter
Sunday, August 31st 1958Gary Webb 69
Journalist
Wednesday, August 31st 1955György Károly 71
Poet
Monday, August 31st 1953Lowell Ganz 76
Screenwriter
Tuesday, August 31st 1948Jerome Corsi 78
Non-Fiction
Saturday, August 31st 1946Martin Bell 86
Journalist
Wednesday, August 31st 1938Amrita Pritam 105
Poet, Novelist
Sunday, August 31st 1919Daniel Schorr 108
Journalist
Thursday, August 31st 1916Edward Brongersma 113
Journalist
Thursday, August 31st 1911Ferenc Fejtő 115
Journalist
Tuesday, August 31st 1909William Saroyan 116
Novelist, Playwright
Monday, August 31st 1908William Shawn 117
Journalist, Editor
Saturday, August 31st 1907Félix-Antoine Savard 128
Poet, Novelist
Monday, August 31st 1896Albert Facey 130
Memoirist
Friday, August 31st 1894DuBose Heyward 139
Novelist
Monday, August 31st 1885Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin 182
Journalist
Wednesday, August 31st 1842Théophile Gautier 213
Poet, Novelist
Saturday, August 31st 1811
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