Charles Nordhoff

Charles Bernard Nordhoff was an American novelist and traveler, born in England. Nordhoff is perhaps best known for The Bounty Trilogy, three historical novels he wrote with James Norman Hall: Mutiny on the Bounty (1932), Men Against the Sea (1934) and Pitcairn's Island (1934). During World War I, he served as a driver in the Ambulance Corps as well as an aviator in both the French Air Force's Lafayette Flying Corps and the United States Army Air Service, reaching the rank of lieutenant. After the war, Nordhoff spent much of his life on the island of Tahiti, where he and Hall wrote a number of successful adventure books, many adapted for film.

1 February 1887

Born on the same birth day (1 February): David Sincock • Durham Stevens • Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg • Edward Coke • Jacky Cupit • Mat Rogers • Takashi Murakami • Tyler Myers • Vivian Maier • Yasuyuki Kazama

Born in the same month (February 1887): Army Ministry • Ernst Hanfstaengl • Eubie Blake • Georg Trakl • Grover Cleveland Alexander • Géza Csáth • Josef Frings • Joseph Bech • Kathleen Clifford • Leevi Madetoja • Pat Sullivan (film producer) • Pyotr Nesterov • Savielly Tartakower • Stefan Grabiński • Vincent Massey • William Frawley • William Zorach