Anne McCaffrey

Anne Inez McCaffrey was an American writer known for the Dragonriders of Pern science fiction series. She was the first woman to win a Hugo Award for fiction and the first to win a Nebula Award. Her 1978 novel The White Dragon became one of the first science-fiction books to appear on the New York Times Best Seller list.

1 April 1926

Born on the same birth day (1 April): Ajit Wadekar • Annette O'Toole • Brendan Byrne • Christian Vietoris • Darren McCarty • Dean Windass • Don Hasselbeck • Eddy Duchin • Edward Clark (governor) • Jean-Henri d'Anglebert • Joseph Murray • Maria Polydouri • Mike Baird • Milan Kundera • Peter Law • Ronnie Lane

Born in the same month (April 1926): Elmer Kelton • Harris Wofford • Hugh Hefner • Jack Brabham • James Bama • James Stirling (architect) • Rawya Ateya • Rifaat el-Mahgoub • Sergio Franchi • Shrinivas Khale • Tim LaHaye