Chaim Potok
Chaim Potok was an American author, novelist, playwright, editor and rabbi. Of the more than dozen novels he authored, his first book The Chosen (1967) was listed on The New York Times’ bestseller list for 39 weeks and sold more than 3,400,000 copies, and was adapted into a well-received 1981 feature film by the same title.
17 February 1929
Born on the same birth date (17 February 1929): Alejandro Jodorowsky • Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale • Patricia Routledge
Born on the same birth day (17 February): Dennis Green • J. M. S. Careless • Jason Ritter • José José • Karin Büttner-Janz • Lou Ann Barton • Marc Márquez • Patricia Routledge • Richard Karn • Ruth Clifford • Sasha Pieterse • Tommy Edwards
Born in the same month (February 1929): Djalma Santos • Elston Howard • Frank Gehry • Gerhard Hanappi • James Hong • Jim Langley • Jim Whittaker • John Henry Holland • John Montague (poet) • Kintarō Ōki • Luc Ferrari • Neil Johnston • Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale • Paul Burlison • Věra Chytilová • Óscar Sambrano Urdaneta