Bettina Arndt

Bettina Mary Arndt is an Australian writer and commentator who specialises in sex and gender issues. Starting as a sex therapist, she established her career in the 1970s publishing and broadcasting as well as writing several books. In the last two decades she has abandoned feminism and attracted controversy with her social commentary and her views on sexual abuse, domestic violence and men's rights advocacy.

1 August 1949

Born on the same birth date (1 August 1949): Jim Carroll • Kurmanbek Bakiyev • Ray Nettles

Born on the same birth day (1 August): Andrew Taylor (footballer, born 1986) • Augusta Read Thomas • Chuck D • Craig Clarke • David Gemmell • Demián Bichir • Edward Kelley • Emperor Go-Komatsu • Frank Worrell • Hannah Hauxwell • Hyeonjong of Goryeo • James Mourilyan Tanner • Lawrence Eagleburger • Ray Nettles • Richard Henry Dana Jr. • Romain Barras • Stacey Augmon • Todd Bouman • Trevor Goddard (cricketer) • Walther Gerlach • Zoran Đinđić

Born in the same month (August 1949): Bobby Clarke • James Fallows • Jim Carroll • Keith Carradine • Martin Amis • Matthew Parris • Michael Nazir-Ali • Morten Olsen • Philip Casnoff • Ricardo Londoño • Rick Roberts (musician) • Terry Burnham