Betsy Byars

Betsy Byars was an American author of children's books. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Night Swimmers (1980) and an Edgar Award for Wanted ... Mud Blossom (1991). ^{Betsy Byars, American author and academic (d. 2020)}

7 August 1928

Born on the same birth date (7 August 1928): James Randi • Owen Luder

Born on the same birth day (7 August): Abebe Bikila • Adam Yates • Billie Burke • Carlos Vives • Elizabeth Gurley Flynn • Eric Johnson (actor) • Martin Vučić • Paul Lambert • Ray Hill (American football) • Robert Mueller • Russell Baze • S. Thandayuthapani • Shobna Gulati

Born in the same month (August 1928): Art Farmer • Christian Goethals • Eddie Kirkland • F. William Free • Gerard Damiano • Gerino Gerini (racing driver) • Gus Mercurio • Harvey Hart • Herbert Meier • Johnny Mann • Lina Wertmüller • Mangosuthu Buthelezi • Marian Seldes • Nadežka Mosusova • Om Prakash Munjal • Péter Boross • Sonny Til