Earl Derr Biggers

Earl Derr Biggers was an American novelist and playwright. His novels featuring the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan were adapted into popular films made in the United States and China.

24 August 1884

Born on the same birth day (24 August): Alex Colville • Cormac Murphy-O'Connor • Dave Chappelle • Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou • Gregory Jarvis • Harry Markowitz • James Tiptree Jr. • Jared Harris • Kim Källström • Mike Huckabee • Salizhan Sharipov • Shivaram Rajguru • Shoichi Funaki

Born in the same month (August 1884): Billie Burke • Béla Balázs • Denis G. Lillie • Harry Dean (cricketer) • Henri Cornet • Hermann Wlach • Hugo Gernsback • Panait Istrati • Rudolf Bultmann • Rómulo Gallegos • Sara Teasdale • Theodor Svedberg • Will Cuppy