Eric Ambler

Eric Clifford Ambler OBE was an English author of thrillers, in particular spy novels, who introduced a new realism to the genre. Also working as a screenwriter, Ambler used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books co-written with Charles Rodda.

28 June 1909

Born on the same birth day (28 June): Alice Krige • Bette Greene • Bobby Hurley • Bradley Beal • David Duckham • Felicia Day • Frank Zane • Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan • Klaus Schmiegel • Lars Riedel • Nicole Rottmann • Randy McMichael • Robert Xavier Rodriguez

Born in the same month (June 1909): Betty Cavanna • Colonel Tom Parker • David Lewis (Canadian politician) • Elmer L. Andersen • Errol Flynn • Georges Rouquier • Infanta Beatriz of Spain • Isaiah Berlin • Jean Deslauriers • Jessica Tandy • Juan Bosch (politician) • Katherine Dunham • Lang Hancock • Mike Todd • Natascha Artin Brunswick • Osamu Dazai • Peter W. Rodino • Ralph E. Winters • Rūdolfs Jurciņš • Virginia Apgar • William Penney, Baron Penney • Wolfgang Reitherman