David Sedaris

David Raymond Sedaris is an American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor. He was publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "Santaland Diaries". He published his first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel Fever, in 1994. His next book, Naked (1997), became his first of a series of New York Times Bestsellers, and his 2000 collection Me Talk Pretty One Day won the Thurber Prize for American Humor.

26 December 1956

Born on the same birth day (26 December): Aksel Lund Svindal • Aleksej Pokuševski • Alexander Wang (designer) • Charles Pathé • Colby Cave • Craig Wing • Dermot Murnaghan • Elmar Muuk • Hugo Lloris • Johannes François Snelleman • John Horton Conway • Leonel Fernández • Liz Lochhead • Mary Somerville • Robert Bolling • Steve Prescott • Trevor Siemian • Yun Chi-ho

Born in the same month (December 1956): Adam Thorpe • Bernard King • Butch Lee • Chuy Bravo • December 14 • Ewa Kopacz • Hanni Wenzel • Helma Knorscheidt • Jean-Pierre Thiollet • Klaus Allofs • Michele Alboreto • Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz • Randy Rhoads • Roberto Cassinelli • Ron White • Shane McEntee (politician) • Sheryl Lee Ralph • Shim Hwa-jin • Slick (wrestling) • Steve Rude • Tony Leon