Belle da Costa Greene

Belle da Costa Greene was an American librarian who managed and developed the personal library of J. P. Morgan. After Morgan's death in 1913, Greene continued as librarian for his son, Jack Morgan, and in 1924 was named the first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library. Despite being born to Black parents, Greene spent her professional career passing for white.

13 December 1883

Born on the same birth day (13 December): Annie Dale Biddle Andrews • Ben Bernanke • Hanna-Maria Seppälä • Hellen Obiri • Henry IV of France • Jamal Fogarty • James Wright (poet) • Johnny Whitaker • Jonel Perlea • Kenneth Patchen • Talcott Parsons • Werner von Siemens

Born in the same month (December 1883): Alexandros Papagos • Cyrus S. Eaton • Edgard Varèse • Hana Meisel • Joseph Pilates • Katharine Susannah Prichard • Károly Kós • Lester Patrick • Maurice Utrillo • Nikolai Luzin • Stefan Jaracz