Edogawa Ranpo

Tarō Hirai , better known by the pen name Edogawa Ranpo , was a Japanese author and critic who played a major role in the development of Japanese mystery and thriller fiction. Many of his novels involve the detective hero Kogoro Akechi, who in later books was the leader of a group of boy detectives known as the "Boy Detectives Club" .

21 October 1894

Born on the same birth day (21 October): Allen Hoey • Charlotte Sullivan • Eudóxia Maria Froehlich • Evhen Tsybulenko • George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence • Hisashi Imai • Howard Zieff • Jeremy Miller • Judy Sheindlin • Ken Watanabe • Marvin Mitchell • Mathieu Peybernes • Matt Dallas • Matthew Friedberger • Melora Walters • Paul Telfer (footballer) • Ricky Rubio • Rob Keogh

Born in the same month (October 1894): Bevil Rudd • E. E. Cummings • Elisabeth of Romania • Florence Nagle • Fritz Sauckel • H. L. Davis • Moshe Sharett • Pablo de Rokha • Peter Warlock • Prince René of Bourbon-Parma • Rube Bressler • Tibor Déry • Victoria Drummond