Barbara Cooney

Barbara Cooney was an American writer and illustrator of 110 children's books, published over sixty years. She received two Caldecott Medals for her work on Chanticleer and the Fox (1958) and Ox-Cart Man (1979), and a National Book Award for Miss Rumphius (1982). Her books have been translated into 10 languages. ^{Barbara Cooney, American author and illustrator (d. 2000)}

6 August 1917

Born on the same birth date (6 August 1917): Robert Mitchum

Born on the same birth day (6 August): Abbey Lincoln • Billy Boston • Charles Ingram • Hans Moser (actor) • Hjalmar Kiærskou • John Middleton Murry • Luis Vizcaíno • Mary Ann Sieghart • Rebeka Masarova • Vic Dickenson

Born in the same month (August 1917): Caspar Weinberger • Ebba Haslund • Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia • Isabel Sanford • Jack Kirby • Jack Lynch • John Fitch (racing driver) • Leonid Hurwicz • Les Elgart • Matt Christopher • Oliver Crawford • Peanuts Lowrey • Robert Mitchum • Sid Gordon • Terry Sanford • Wah Chang • Óscar Romero