Charles Bukowski

Henry Charles Bukowski was a German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his adopted home city of Los Angeles. Bukowski's work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. The FBI kept a file on him as a result of his column Notes of a Dirty Old Man in the LA underground newspaper Open City.

16 August 1920

Born on the same birth day (16 August): Al Hibbler • Andrew Rainsford Wetmore • Ann Blyth • Bill Spooner • Diana Wynne Jones • Douglas Kirkland • Evanna Lynch • Eydie Gormé • Fess Parker • Gary Loizzo • Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut • Jimmy Arias • John Jones Ross • Jules Laforgue • Karen Chen • Ketty Lester • Krisztina Egerszegi • Mae Clarke • Masoud Barzani • Paul Callaway • Pierre Reid • Pierre Richard • Shivnarine Chanderpaul • Timothy Hutton • Wang Hao (racewalker)

Born in the same month (August 1920): Arnold Green (politician) • Baptiste Manzini • Charles Gibson (historian) • Chuck Rayner • Enzo Biagi • Helen Thomas • Jimmy Witherspoon • Judy Cassab • Louis Pauwels • Neville Brand • Norman Dewis • Percy Mayfield • Prem Tinsulanonda • Raul Renter