Dennis Lehane

Dennis Lehane is an American author. He has published more than a dozen novels; the first several were a series of mysteries featuring recurring characters, including A Drink Before the War. Four of his novels have been adapted into films of the same names: Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (2003), Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (2010), and Gone Baby Gone (2007) and Live by Night (2016), both directed by Ben Affleck. His short story "Animal Rescue" was also adapted into the film The Drop, noted for being the final film role for actor James Gandolfini.

4 August 1965

Born on the same birth date (4 August 1965): Adam Afriyie • Fredrik Reinfeldt • Michael Skibbe • Vishal Bhardwaj

Born on the same birth day (4 August): Benjamin Lauth • Brooks D. Simpson • Coriún Aharonián • Dallas Green (baseball) • George Irving Bell • Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford • Greta Gerwig • Hedda Sterne • James Arbuthnot • Jeff Gordon • Karine Legault • Külüg Khan • Mayme Agnew Clayton • Paul Goldstein (tennis) • Sandeep Naik • Siim Tenno

Born in the same month (August 1965): Angus Fraser • Brandt Jobe • Fredrik Reinfeldt • Ikue Ōtani • Kevin Dillon • Marc Bergevin • Peter Krause • Reggie Miller • Rob Thomas (writer) • Steve Gorman • Stéphane Peterhansel • Tim Cain