Arthur Hailey
Arthur Frederick Hailey, AE was a Canadian novelist whose plot-driven storylines were set against the backdrops of various industries. His books, which include such best sellers as Hotel (1965), Airport (1968), Wheels (1971), The Moneychangers (1975), and Overload (1979), have sold 170 million copies in 38 languages.
5 April 1920
Born on the same birth date (5 April 1920): Alfonso Thiele • Barend Biesheuvel • John Willem Gran
Born on the same birth day (5 April): Arie Selinger • Diego Chará • Franz Pforr • Frederick Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern • Giovanni Cianfriglia • Gustavo Jiménez • Jacques Denys Choisy • John Beecher (ice hockey) • Joseph Lelyveld • Jules Cambon • Junko Takeuchi • Leo Stern • Liemarvin Bonevacia • Paul Chung • Paul Okon • Pieter Weening • Ravindra Prabhat • Shintaro Kurumaya • Takayoshi Yamano • Teresa Almeida • Toshiko Fujita
Born in the same month (April 1920): Ananda Dassanayake • Barend Biesheuvel • Captain Tom Moore • Edmonde Charles-Roux • Emilio Colombo • Frances Ames • Gerda Lerner • Godfrey Stafford • Guido Cantelli • Ignatius IV of Antioch • John Paul Stevens • Julien Ries • Marvin Mandel • Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine • Prince Georg of Denmark • Ragnar Ulstein • Ravi Shankar • Roberto Calvi • Theodore L. Thomas • Toshiro Mifune