George Steiner
Francis George Steiner, FBA was a Franco-American literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist and educator. He wrote extensively about the relationship between language, literature and society, as well as the impact of the Holocaust. A 2001 article in The Guardian described Steiner as a "polyglot and polymath".
23 April 1929
Born on the same birth day (23 April): Albert Coates (musician) • Andrew Gee (rugby league) • Arie den Hartog • Arnold Alexander Hall • Blair Brown • Bobby Shaw • Claude Julien (ice hockey) • Clifford Bricker • David Cross (musician) • Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby • Emily Fox (basketball) • Frans Koppelaar • Glenn Cornick • Granville Woods • Halldór Laxness • Jean-François Stévenin • John Hannah (actor) • Michael Lynne • Neville Brody • Oleg Penkovsky • Pierluigi Martini • Tony Miles • Unity Dow • Victor Anichebe
Born in the same month (April 1929): André Previn • April 10 • Christos Sartzetakis • Ed Townsend • Elspet Gray • Fred Hollows • Gerry Anderson • Hugo Claus • James Last • Joe Gallo • Jonathan Haze • Mike Hawthorn • Milan Kundera • Payut Ngaokrachang • Peter Sculthorpe • Poul Schlüter • Ralph Slatyer • Robert Wade-Gery • Roy Hamilton • Sharan Rani Backliwal