Beverly Cleary

Beverly Atlee Cleary was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction. One of America's most successful authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950. Some of her best known characters are Ramona Quimby and Beezus Quimby, Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, and Ralph S. Mouse.

12 April 1916

Born on the same birth date (12 April 1916): Benjamin Libet • Russell Garcia (composer)

Born on the same birth day (12 April): Alan Ayckbourn • Aleksey Dmitrik • Brad Miller (basketball) • Claire Danes • Hamengkubuwono IX • Harold Lockwood • Helen Forrest • Hitomi Yoshizawa • Jean-Pierre Marielle • Jelena Dokic • Jessie James Decker • John Faulkner • Joseph Lanner • Luke Kibet Bowen • Montserrat Caballé • Pat Travers • Sarah Cracknell • Sarah Monahan • Tom Noonan • Tony Earl • William Cookworthy

Born in the same month (April 1916): Alberto Ginastera • Bill Leonard (journalist) • Claude Shannon • Eyvind Earle • Hanfried Lenz • Helene Hanff • Jerry Barber • Ken Wallis • List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (M) • Lou Thesz • Louiguy • Morris West • Nasiba Zeynalova • Phil Leeds • Robert Shaw (conductor) • Russell Garcia (composer) • Sinah Estelle Kelley • Vincent Ellis McKelvey • Win Maung • Yehudi Menuhin