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): Bert Sakmann • Bruno Soriano • Bryan Habana • CarryMinati • Derek Higgins • Diego Milito • Emma Eliasson • Emperor Gaozong of Song • Gwen Torrence • Hans Binder • Harriet Martineau • Jean-Marie Doré • Karl Freiherr von Müffling • Klaus Basikow • Marc Tardif • Michael Fabricant • Paul Kennedy (English judge) • Rocky Burnette • Ron Lynch (rugby league) • Samuel Z. Arkoff • Terry Alderman

Born in the same month (June 1929): Alan Davidson (cricketer, born 1929) • Ayhan Şahenk • Bruce Kent • Bud Collins • Dick the Bruiser • Francesco Marchisano • Fred Bruemmer • James McDivitt • John Turner • Jürgen Habermas • Milton Glaser • Nada Inada • Pat Crawford Brown • Sunil Dutt • Tibor Rubin • Tigran Petrosian • Werner Arber