Elisabeth Beresford

Elisabeth Beresford, MBE, also known as Liza Beresford, was an English author of children's books, best known for creating The Wombles. Born into a literary family, she took work as a journalist, but struggled for success until she created the Wombles in the late 1960s. Their recycling theme was noted especially and the Wombles became popular with children across the world. While Beresford wrote many other works, the Wombles remained her best-known. ^{Elisabeth Beresford, English journalist and author (d. 2010)}

6 August 1926

Born on the same birth date (6 August 1926): Clem Labine • Frank Finlay • János Rózsás • Norman Wexler

Born on the same birth day (6 August): Alfred, Lord Tennyson • Clem Labine • Daniel O'Connell • Dino Bravo • Dom Mintoff • Egil Kapstad • Emperor Go-Toba • Fakhr al-Din II • Jason Crump • Johann Bernoulli • John Graves (author) • Louise de La Vallière • Maja Ognjenović • Mickaël Delage • Mike Elliott (saxophonist) • Norman Granz • Piers Anthony • Travis Reed

Born in the same month (August 1926): Anthony Sampson • Betty Lynn • Buddy Greco • Carol Karp • Clifford Geertz • Donn Fendler • Douglas Croft • Gyula Hernádi • Helene Ahrweiler • Jeri Southern • János Rózsás • Marc Bohan • Marie-Claire Alain • Nancy Spero • Nobby Wirkowski • René Depestre • Robert Vickrey • Rona Anderson • Rushdy Abaza