Barry Unsworth

Barry Unsworth FRSL was an English writer known for his historical fiction. He published 17 novels, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize three times, winning once for the 1992 novel Sacred Hunger.

10 August 1930

Born on the same birth day (10 August): Ad van Luyn • Alexander Glazunov • Bobby Hatfield • C. B. Dollaway • Dinusha Fernando • Eddie Fisher • Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua • Gerino Gerini (racing driver) • Hiro Takahashi • Jack Haley • John C. Pemberton • Rémy Martin (rugby union)

Born in the same month (August 1930): Bernard Manning • Big Tiny Little • Crispin Tickell • Flor Silvestre • Jacques Bouchard • Jacques Tits • Jerry Tarkanian • Julie Bovasso • Lawrence Eagleburger • Lionel Bart • Robert Culp • Roger McCluskey • Veljo Tormis • Wilmer Mizell