Colin Thubron

Colin Gerald Dryden Thubron is a British travel writer and novelist. In 2008, The Times ranked him among the 50 greatest postwar British writers. He is a contributor to The New York Review of Books, The Times, The Times Literary Supplement and The New York Times. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Thubron was appointed a CBE in the 2007 New Year Honours. He is a Fellow and, between 2009 and 2017, was President of the Royal Society of Literature.

14 June 1939

Born on the same birth date (14 June 1939): Peter Mayle • Steny Hoyer

Born on the same birth day (14 June): Bernard Bosanquet (philosopher) • Boy George • Donald Trump • Jane Bathori • John McCormack (tenor) • Mark Cosgrove • Mohamed Diamé • Ruth Nanda Anshen • Siobhán Donaghy • Tõnu Sepp • Vladislav Rastorotsky • Yury Prilukov

Born in the same month (June 1939): Alan Connolly (cricketer) • Allen Fox • Amarildo (footballer, born 1939) • Brereton C. Jones • Brooks Firestone • Charles Webb (author) • Chuck Robb • David Hobbs (racing driver) • Denis de Belleval • Don Matthews • Eric Fernie • Gary U.S. Bonds • Herb Adderley • Ileana Cotrubaș • Jackie Stewart • John Schlee • Lou Brock • Rachael Heyhoe Flint • Ramakant Desai • Ron Lynch (rugby league) • Steny Hoyer • Tony Hatch