Elizabeth George Speare

Elizabeth George Speare was an American writer of children's historical fiction, including two Newbery Medal winners, recognizing the year's "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children". In 1989 she received the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for her contributions to American children's literature and one of the Educational Paperback Association's top 100 authors. ^{Elizabeth George Speare, American author and educator (d. 1994)}

21 November 1908

Born on the same birth date (21 November 1908): Leo Politi

Born on the same birth day (21 November): Alphonse Mouzon • Brie Bella • Cecil M. Harden • Cherry Jones • Coleman Hawkins • David Porter (musician) • Dick Durbin • Désiré-Joseph Mercier • Etta Zuber Falconer • Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg • Henry Hartsfield • Hisham Barakat • Janne Kristiansen • Jonas Jennings • Jonny Magallón • Joseph Plumb Martin • José Pirela • João Pinto (footballer, born 1961) • Karen Davila • Milka Planinc • Nikki Bella • Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen • Stan Musial • Vincenzo Iaquinta

Born in the same month (November 1908): Adam Clayton Powell Jr. • Alistair Cooke • Bronko Nagurski • C. Vann Woodward • Carlo Abarth • Charles Forte, Baron Forte • Fred Bakewell • Giovanni Leone • Harry Blackmun • Imogene Coca • Joseph McCarthy • Joseph Rotblat • Lefty Gomez • Leo Politi • Libertad Lamarque • Marijac • Martha Gellhorn • Michael Adekunle Ajasin • Nelson S. Bond • Nurul Momen • Tony Canzoneri