Alexander Grin

Aleksandr Stepanovich Grinevsky was a Russian writer, notable for his romantic novels and short stories, mostly set in an unnamed fantasy land with a European or Latin American flavor. Most of his writings deal with sea, adventures, and love.

23 August 1880

Born on the same birth day (23 August): Ayron Jones • Bruno Spengler • Clímaco Calderón • Eleftherios Venizelos • George Kell • Jared Fogle • Jay Mohr • John Auden • Keith Moon • Kenneth Arrow • Kong Hee • Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada • Ogden L. Mills • Peter Thomson (golfer) • Robert Mulligan • Stephan Loboué • Trixie Mattel • Volin • William Tierney Clark

Born in the same month (August 1880): Arthur Dove • Christy Mathewson • Earle Page • George Herriman • Gertrude Rush • Gorch Fock (author) • Guillaume Apollinaire • Hans Moser (actor) • Radclyffe Hall • Robert L. Thornton • Ruth Sawyer • Wilhelmina of the Netherlands