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): Adélaïde Labille-Guiard • Bernard O'Dowd • Brandon Montour • Edward Everett • Edward Lawson (VC) • James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton • Jason Varitek • Jeremy Clarkson • John Levy (musician) • K. L. Saigal • Marta Breen • Norman McLaren • Pablo Hernández (footballer, born 1985) • Peter Riegert • Raymond Carr • Steve Scarsone • Viktor Masing • Władysław Komar

Born in the same month (April 1917): Dorian Leigh • Helen Forrest • James Kee • Maya Deren • Melville Shavelson • Robert Bloch • Robert Cornthwaite (actor) • Sven Hassel • Virgil Trucks • Winifred Asprey