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): Andronikos IV Palaiologos • Balls Mahoney • Charles Evans Hughes • Emilio Colombo • George I, Duke of Pomerania • Ron Pember • Waldemar Fornalik

Born in the same month (April 1917): Barry Nelson • Bill Clements • Ella Fitzgerald • Elmer Gedeon • Hans Conried • Henry Hewes (critic) • Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri • James Kee • Jean Lucas (racing driver) • Johannes Bobrowski • Lloyd Bott • Maya Deren • R. G. Armstrong • Robert Bloch • Robert Burns Woodward • Robert Cornthwaite (actor) • Robert Orville Anderson • Roman Matsov • Ron Burgess (footballer) • Sidney Nolan • Sydney Newman • Virgil Trucks • Winifred Asprey • Yvette Chauviré