David Westheimer

David Westheimer was an American novelist best known for writing the 1964 novel Von Ryan's Express which was adapted as a 1965 film starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard. ^{David Westheimer, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2005)}

11 April 1917

Born on the same birth day (11 April): Bill Irwin • Bob Harris (radio presenter) • Charles Hallé • Hugh Massie • Jack Rayner • Jane Bolin • Jim Hearn • Johann Sebastian Paetsch • Lisa Stansfield • Luis Flores (basketball) • Malcolm Christie • Michael Deaver • Paul Douglas (actor) • Percy Lane Oliver • Trevor Linden

Born in the same month (April 1917): Barry Nelson • Celeste Holm • Frans Gommers • Hans Conried • Marvin Miller • Melville Shavelson • R. G. Armstrong • Robert Bloch • Robert Cornthwaite (actor) • Sven Hassel • Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli