Author Birthdays for August
James St. James 55
Novelist
Monday, August 1st 1966Madison Smartt Bell 64
Novelist
Thursday, August 1st 1957Howard Kurtz 68
Journalist
Saturday, August 1st 1953Jim Carroll 71
Poet, Novelist
Tuesday, August 1st 1950Mark Alan Stamaty 74
Children's Literature
Friday, August 1st 1947Étienne Roda-Gil 80
Screenwriter
Friday, August 1st 1941Ram Loevy 81
Screenwriter
Thursday, August 1st 1940Ernst Jandl 96
Poet
Saturday, August 1st 1925Anne Hébert 105
Novelist, Poet
Tuesday, August 1st 1916Herman Melville 202
Novelist
Sunday, August 1st 1819Richard Henry Dana Jr. 206
Novelist
Tuesday, August 1st 1815Luis Vélez de Guevara 442
Playwright, Novelist
Wednesday, August 1st 1579Caleb Carr 66
Tuesday, August 2nd 1955Isabel Allende 79
Sunday, August 2nd 1942James Baldwin 97
Saturday, August 2nd 1924Aino Kallas 143
Friday, August 2nd 1878Steven Millhauser 78
Tuesday, August 3rd 1943Leon Uris 97
Sunday, August 3rd 1924P. D. James 101
Tuesday, August 3rd 1920Clifford D. Simak 117
Wednesday, August 3rd 1904Rupert Brooke 134
Wednesday, August 3rd 1887John August 51
Screenwriter
Tuesday, August 4th 1970Dennis Lehane 56
Novelist
Wednesday, August 4th 1965Tim Winton 61
Novelist
Thursday, August 4th 1960Allison Hedge Coke 63
Poet
Monday, August 4th 1958Billy Bob Thornton 66
Screenwriter
Thursday, August 4th 1955Mushtaq Ahmad Yusufi 98
Humorist
Saturday, August 4th 1923Helen Thomas 101
Journalist, Columnist
Wednesday, August 4th 1920Iceberg Slim 103
Novelist
Sunday, August 4th 1918Robert Hayden 108
Poet
Monday, August 4th 1913Witold Gombrowicz 117
Novelist, Playwright
Thursday, August 4th 1904Knut Hamsun 162
Novelist
Thursday, August 4th 1859Percy Bysshe Shelley 229
Poet
Saturday, August 4th 1792François Hédelin 417
Playwright
Wednesday, August 4th 1604Ron Silliman 75
Poet
Monday, August 5th 1946Wendell Berry 87
Novelist, Poet
Sunday, August 5th 1934Conrad Potter Aiken 132
Novelist, Poet
Monday, August 5th 1889Guy de Maupassant 171
Short Stories
Monday, August 5th 1850Ivar Aasen 208
Poet, Playwright
Thursday, August 5th 1813Karenna Gore Schiff 48
Journalist
Monday, August 6th 1973Diane di Prima 87
Poet
Monday, August 6th 1934Piers Anthony 87
Novelist
Monday, August 6th 1934Chalmers Johnson 90
Non-Fiction
Thursday, August 6th 1931Elisabeth Beresford 95
Children's Literature
Friday, August 6th 1926Norman Wexler 95
Screenwriter
Friday, August 6th 1926Constance Heaven 110
Novelist
Sunday, August 6th 1911John Middleton Murry 132
Novelist, Poet, Essayist
Tuesday, August 6th 1889Scott Nearing 138
Non-Fiction
Monday, August 6th 1883Louella Parsons 140
Columnist
Saturday, August 6th 1881Charles Fort 147
Novelist, Non-Fiction
Thursday, August 6th 1874Paul Claudel 153
Poet, Playwright
Thursday, August 6th 1868Thomas Alexander Browne 195
Novelist
Sunday, August 6th 1826Alfred Lord Tennyson 212
Poet
Sunday, August 6th 1809Luc de Clapiers 306
Essayist
Tuesday, August 6th 1715John Birmingham 57
Novelist
Friday, August 7th 1964Vladimir Sorokin 66
Novelist, Playwright
Sunday, August 7th 1955Anne Fadiman 68
Novelist
Friday, August 7th 1953Marty Appel 73
Biographer
Saturday, August 7th 1948Garrison Keillor 79
Humorist
Friday, August 7th 1942Charles E. Rice 90
Non-Fiction
Friday, August 7th 1931Romeo Muller 93
Screenwriter
Tuesday, August 7th 1928Sue Kaufman 95
Novelist
Saturday, August 7th 1926Georg Stiernhielm 423
Poet
Friday, August 7th 1598Alonso de Ercilla 488
Poet
Monday, August 7th 1533Jostein Gaarder 69
Friday, August 8th 1952Randy Shilts 70
Wednesday, August 8th 1951Terry Nation 91
Friday, August 8th 1930Nina Berberova 120
Thursday, August 8th 1901Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 125
Saturday, August 8th 1896Sara Teasdale 137
Friday, August 8th 1884Emilie Flygare-Carlén 214
Saturday, August 8th 1807Jonathan Kellerman 72
Tuesday, August 9th 1949Graeme C. Gibson 87
Thursday, August 9th 1934Tetsuko Kuroyanagi 88
Wednesday, August 9th 1933Daniel Keyes 94
Tuesday, August 9th 1927Frank M. Robinson 95
Monday, August 9th 1926Philip Larkin 99
Wednesday, August 9th 1922Tove Jansson 107
Sunday, August 9th 1914P. L. Travers 122
Wednesday, August 9th 1899Leonid Andreyev 150
Wednesday, August 9th 1871John Dryden 390
Saturday, August 9th 1631Mark Doty 68
Monday, August 10th 1953Barry Unsworth 91
Sunday, August 10th 1930Jorge Amado 109
Saturday, August 10th 1912Ward Moore 118
Monday, August 10th 1903Curt Siodmak 119
Sunday, August 10th 1902Panait Istrati 137
Sunday, August 10th 1884Alfred Döblin 143
Saturday, August 10th 1878David Brooks 60
Journalist
Friday, August 11th 1961Tom Miller 74
Travel Writer
Monday, August 11th 1947Marilyn vos Savant 75
Columnist
Sunday, August 11th 1946Andre Dubus 85
Short Stories
Tuesday, August 11th 1936Fernando Arrabal 89
Playwright, Screenwriter
Thursday, August 11th 1932Alex Haley 100
Novelist
Thursday, August 11th 1921Angus Wilson 108
Novelist
Monday, August 11th 1913Enid Blyton 124
Children's Literature
Wednesday, August 11th 1897Louise Bogan 124
Poet
Wednesday, August 11th 1897Eiji Yoshikawa 129
Novelist
Thursday, August 11th 1892Hugh MacDiarmid 129
Poet
Thursday, August 11th 1892Oliver W. F. Lodge 143
Poet
Sunday, August 11th 1878Anthony Swofford 51
Novelist
Wednesday, August 12th 1970Ann M. Martin 66
Children's Literature
Friday, August 12th 1955Jim Beaver 71
Playwright, Screenwriter
Saturday, August 12th 1950Réjean Ducharme 80
Novelist, Playwright
Tuesday, August 12th 1941Walter Dean Myers 84
Children's Literature
Thursday, August 12th 1937William Goldman 90
Novelist, Playwright,Screenwriter
Wednesday, August 12th 1931Wallace Markfield 95
Novelist
Thursday, August 12th 1926Zerna Sharp 132
Children's Literature
Monday, August 12th 1889Keith Murdoch 136
Journalist
Wednesday, August 12th 1885Radclyffe Hall 141
Poet, Novelist
Thursday, August 12th 1880Mary Roberts Rinehart 145
Novelist
Saturday, August 12th 1876Jacinto Benavente 155
Playwright
Sunday, August 12th 1866Katharine Lee Bates 162
Poet, Children's Literature
Friday, August 12th 1859Robert Southey 247
Poet
Friday, August 12th 1774Piper Reese 21
Journalist
Sunday, August 13th 2000Will Clarke 51
Novelist
Thursday, August 13th 1970Amélie Nothomb 54
Novelist
Sunday, August 13th 1967Sean Hood 55
Screenwriter
Saturday, August 13th 1966Tom Perrotta 60
Novelist
Sunday, August 13th 1961Goldwin Smith 198
Journalist
Wednesday, August 13th 1823Vladimir Odoevsky 218
Short Stories, Children's Literature
Saturday, August 13th 1803William Wotton 355
Non-Fiction
Friday, August 13th 1666Brannon Braga 56
Screenwriter
Saturday, August 14th 1965Danielle Steel 74
Novelist
Thursday, August 14th 1947Lee Hoffman 89
Novelist
Sunday, August 14th 1932Alice Adams 95
Novelist
Saturday, August 14th 1926René Goscinny 95
Comic Book Writer
Saturday, August 14th 1926Russell Baker 96
Journalist, Essayist
Friday, August 14th 1925B. A. Santamaria 106
Journalist
Saturday, August 14th 1915Alice Rivaz 120
Novelist
Wednesday, August 14th 1901John Galsworthy 154
Novelist, Playwright
Wednesday, August 14th 1867Ernest Thayer 158
Poet
Friday, August 14th 1863Robert Hayman 446
Poet
Thursday, August 14th 1575Rob Thomas 56
Novelist, Screenwriter
Sunday, August 15th 1965Victor Shenderovich 63
Playwright, Screenwriter
Friday, August 15th 1958Simon Baron-Cohen 63
Non-Fiction
Friday, August 15th 1958Mary Jo Salter 67
Poet
Sunday, August 15th 1954Stieg Larsson 67
Novelist, Journalist
Sunday, August 15th 1954Garry Disher 72
Novelist, Children's Literature
Monday, August 15th 1949Linda Ellerbee 77
Journalist
Tuesday, August 15th 1944Janusz Zajdel 83
Novelist
Monday, August 15th 1938Sami Michael 95
Novelist
Sunday, August 15th 1926Robert Bolt 97
Playwright, Screenwriter
Friday, August 15th 1924Benedict Kiely 102
Novelist
Friday, August 15th 1919Aleks Çaçi 105
Essayist
Tuesday, August 15th 1916Jan Brzechwa 123
Poet, Children's Literature
Monday, August 15th 1898Edna Ferber 136
Novelist
Saturday, August 15th 1885Sri Aurobindo 149
Poet
Thursday, August 15th 1872E. Nesbit 163
Poet, Children's Literature
Sunday, August 15th 1858Thomas-Alfred Bernier 177
Journalist
Thursday, August 15th 1844Thomas de Quincey 236
Novelist
Monday, August 15th 1785Sir Walter Scott 250
Novelist
Thursday, August 15th 1771Matthias Claudius 281
Poet
Monday, August 15th 1740Luigi Pulci 589
Poet
Wednesday, August 15th 1432Diana Wynne Jones 87
Novelist
Thursday, August 16th 1934Charles Bukowski 101
Poet, Novelist
Monday, August 16th 1920William Keepers Maxwell, Jr. 113
Novelist
Sunday, August 16th 1908Georgette Heyer 119
Novelist
Saturday, August 16th 1902Albert Cohen 126
Novelist
Friday, August 16th 1895Nicola Kraus 47
Saturday, August 17th 1974Jonathan Franzen 62
Monday, August 17th 1959Eric Schlosser 62
Monday, August 17th 1959Alexander Theroux 82
Thursday, August 17th 1939V. S. Naipaul 89
Wednesday, August 17th 1932Ted Hughes 91
Sunday, August 17th 1930John Hawkes 96
Monday, August 17th 1925Evan Connell 97
Sunday, August 17th 1924Gene Stratton-Porter 158
Monday, August 17th 1863Brian Aldiss 96
Tuesday, August 18th 1925Alain Robbe-Grillet 99
Friday, August 18th 1922Nettie Palmer 136
Poet
Tuesday, August 18th 1885Jami 607
Thursday, August 18th 1414Jonathan Coe 60
Saturday, August 19th 1961Bodil Malmsten 77
Saturday, August 19th 1944Frank McCourt 91
Tuesday, August 19th 1930Quentin Bell 111
Friday, August 19th 1910James Gould Cozzens 118
Wednesday, August 19th 1903Ogden Nash 119
Tuesday, August 19th 1902Samuel Richardson 332
Friday, August 19th 1689Íñigo López de Mendoza 623
Sunday, August 19th 1398Marcus Mastin 46
Wednesday, August 20th 1975Greg Egan 60
Sunday, August 20th 1961Greg Bear 70
Monday, August 20th 1951Vasily Aksyonov 89
Saturday, August 20th 1932Jacqueline Susann 100
Saturday, August 20th 1921William Lindsay Gresham 112
Friday, August 20th 1909Vilhelm Moberg 123
Saturday, August 20th 1898Tarjei Vesaas 124
Friday, August 20th 1897H. P. Lovecraft 131
Wednesday, August 20th 1890Edgar Guest 140
Saturday, August 20th 1881Boleslaw Prus 174
Friday, August 20th 1847Ivan Stang 68
Friday, August 21st 1953Robert Stone 84
Saturday, August 21st 1937Christopher Robin Milne 101
Saturday, August 21st 1920M. M. Kaye 113
Friday, August 21st 1908Aubrey Beardsley 149
Wednesday, August 21st 1872Emilio Salgari 159
Thursday, August 21st 1862Diane Setterfield 57
Saturday, August 22nd 1964Diane Setterfield 57
Saturday, August 22nd 1964Will Shetterly 66
Monday, August 22nd 1955Þórarinn Eldjárn 72
Monday, August 22nd 1949E. Annie Proulx 86
Thursday, August 22nd 1935James Kirkwood, Jr. 97
Friday, August 22nd 1924Ray Bradbury 101
Novelist
Sunday, August 22nd 1920Dorothy Parker 128
Tuesday, August 22nd 1893James Kirke Paulding 243
Saturday, August 22nd 1778Georges de Scudéry 420
Wednesday, August 22nd 1601Nelson DeMille 78
Monday, August 23rd 1943Lewis Nordan 82
Novelist
Wednesday, August 23rd 1939Will Cuppy 137
Saturday, August 23rd 1884Alexander Grin 141
Monday, August 23rd 1880Edgar Lee Masters 152
Monday, August 23rd 1869John Green 44
Wednesday, August 24th 1977Chris Offutt 63
Sunday, August 24th 1958Orson Scott Card 70
Friday, August 24th 1951Oscar Hijuelos 70
Friday, August 24th 1951Paulo Coelho 74
Sunday, August 24th 1947Howard Jacobson 79
Monday, August 24th 1942A. S. Byatt 85
Monday, August 24th 1936David Ireland 94
Wednesday, August 24th 1927James Tiptree, Jr. 106
Tuesday, August 24th 1915Jorge Luis Borges 122
Thursday, August 24th 1899Jean Rhys 131
Sunday, August 24th 1890Earl Derr Biggers 137
Sunday, August 24th 1884Max Beerbohm 149
Saturday, August 24th 1872Tim Burton 63
Screenwriter
Monday, August 25th 1958Martin Amis 72
Thursday, August 25th 1949Charles Ghigna - "Father Goose" 75
Sunday, August 25th 1946Frederick Forsyth 83
Thursday, August 25th 1938Thea Astley 96
Tuesday, August 25th 1925Brian Moore 100
Thursday, August 25th 1921Bret Harte 185
Thursday, August 25th 1836Naïm Kattan 93
Sunday, August 26th 1928Julio Cortazar 107
Wednesday, August 26th 1914Christopher Isherwood 117
Friday, August 26th 1904Jules Romains 136
Wednesday, August 26th 1885Guillaume Apollinaire 141
Thursday, August 26th 1880John Buchan 146
Thursday, August 26th 1875Zona Gale 147
Wednesday, August 26th 1874Jeanette Winterson 62
Thursday, August 27th 1959Tom Lanoye 63
Wednesday, August 27th 1958Antonia Fraser 89
Saturday, August 27th 1932Ira Levin 92
Tuesday, August 27th 1929Norah Lofts 117
Saturday, August 27th 1904C. S. Forester 122
Sunday, August 27th 1899Lloyd C. Douglas 144
Monday, August 27th 1877Theodore Dreiser 150
Sunday, August 27th 1871Ivan Franko 165
Poet
Wednesday, August 27th 1856Rita Dove 69
Poet
Thursday, August 28th 1952Janet Frame 97
Novelist
Thursday, August 28th 1924Fernando Fernán Gómez 100
Novelist, Playwright
Sunday, August 28th 1921Jack Kirby 104
Comic Book Writer
Tuesday, August 28th 1917Jack Vance 105
Novelist
Monday, August 28th 1916Boris Pahor 108
Novelist
Thursday, August 28th 1913Robertson Davies 108
Novelist, Playwright
Thursday, August 28th 1913John Betjeman 115
Poet
Tuesday, August 28th 1906Andrei Platonov 122
Novelist
Monday, August 28th 1899Vance Palmer 136
Novelist
Friday, August 28th 1885Sheridan Le Fanu 207
Novelist
Sunday, August 28th 1814Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 272
Poet, Novelist
Thursday, August 28th 1749Michael P. Kube-McDowell 67
Novelist
Sunday, August 29th 1954Karen Hesse 69
Children's Literature
Friday, August 29th 1952Temple Grandin 74
Non-Fiction, Essayist
Friday, August 29th 1947Lise Payette 90
Columnist
Saturday, August 29th 1931Thom Gunn 92
Poet
Thursday, August 29th 1929Luther Davis 105
Playwright, Screenwriter
Tuesday, August 29th 1916Maurice Maeterlinck 159
Poet, Playwright, Essayist
Friday, August 29th 1862Edward Carpenter 177
Poet
Thursday, August 29th 1844Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. 212
Poet
Tuesday, August 29th 1809Anna Politkovskaya 63
Journalist
Saturday, August 30th 1958Molly Ivins 77
Columnist
Wednesday, August 30th 1944R. Crumb 78
Comicbook Writer
Monday, August 30th 1943Laurent de Brunhoff 96
Children's Literature
Sunday, August 30th 1925Charmian Clift 98
Essayist
Thursday, August 30th 1923John Gunther 120
Journalist
Friday, August 30th 1901Marcelo H. del Pilar 171
Journalist
Friday, August 30th 1850Agoston Haraszthy 209
Non-Fiction
Sunday, August 30th 1812Mary Shelly 224
Novelist
Wednesday, August 30th 1797Joseph Dennie 253
Journalist, Essayist
Tuesday, August 30th 1768Raymond P. Hammond 57
Poet
Monday, August 31st 1964Julie Brown 63
Screenwriter
Sunday, August 31st 1958Gary Webb 66
Journalist
Wednesday, August 31st 1955György Károly 68
Poet
Monday, August 31st 1953Lowell Ganz 73
Screenwriter
Tuesday, August 31st 1948Jerome Corsi 75
Non-Fiction
Saturday, August 31st 1946Martin Bell 83
Journalist
Wednesday, August 31st 1938Amrita Pritam 102
Poet, Novelist
Sunday, August 31st 1919Daniel Schorr 105
Journalist
Thursday, August 31st 1916Edward Brongersma 110
Journalist
Thursday, August 31st 1911Ferenc Fejtő 112
Journalist
Tuesday, August 31st 1909William Saroyan 113
Novelist, Playwright
Monday, August 31st 1908William Shawn 114
Journalist, Editor
Saturday, August 31st 1907Félix-Antoine Savard 125
Poet, Novelist
Monday, August 31st 1896Albert Facey 127
Memoirist
Friday, August 31st 1894DuBose Heyward 136
Novelist
Monday, August 31st 1885Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin 179
Journalist
Wednesday, August 31st 1842Théophile Gautier 210
Poet, Novelist
Saturday, August 31st 1811
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