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): Angela Buxton • Anne L'Huillier • Cristin Milioti • Diego Schwartzman • Eydie Gormé • Flor Silvestre • Hal Foster • James Cameron • Jeff Thomson • Konstantin Vassiljev • Liane Haid • Mae Clarke • Marc Sergeant • Paul Gallacher • Paul Pasqualoni • Seth Peterson • Stan Lazaridis

Born in the same month (August 1920): Arnold Green (politician) • Baptiste Manzini • Bob Kennedy • Charles Gibson (historian) • Chuck Rayner • Enzo Biagi • H. R. Van Dongen • Helen Thomas • James Mourilyan Tanner • Jimmy Witherspoon • Maureen O'Hara • Mike Douglas • P. D. James • Ray Bradbury