Brigid Brophy

Brigid Antonia Brophy, was a British author, literary critic and polemicist. She was an influential campaigner who agitated for many types of social reform, including homosexual parity, vegetarianism, humanism, and animal rights. Brophy appeared frequently on television and in the newspapers of the 1960s and 1970s, making her prominent both in literary circles and on the wider cultural scene. Her public reputation as an intellectual woman meant she was both revered and feared. Her oeuvre comprises both fiction and non-fiction, displaying the impressive range of Brophy's erudition and interests. All her work is suffused with her stylish crispness and verve.

12 June 1929

Born on the same birth date (12 June 1929): Anne Frank • Jamil Jalibi • John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey

Born on the same birth day (12 June): Heinz-Christian Strache • Len Wein • Mimi Coertse • Otto Skorzeny • Pat Jennings • Richard M. Sherman • Weegee

Born in the same month (June 1929): Anne Frank • Bud Collins • Dick the Bruiser • E. O. Wilson • James H. Billington • Jamil Jalibi • Jürgen Habermas • Karolos Papoulias • Milton Glaser • Tibor Rubin • Werner Arber