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): Arnold Alexander Hall • Barry Shepherd • Ed Stewart • Eric Yarrow • George Canseco • Granville Woods • Janet Blair • Joerg Deisinger • Judy Agnew • Myron Waldman • Serge Thériault • Thomas Romney Robinson • Tony Esposito • Tony Miles • William Shakespeare
Born in the same month (April 1929): Adrian Cadbury • April Stevens • Elspet Gray • Gerry Anderson • Gérald Beaudoin • Hugo Claus • Humbert Allen Astredo • Joe Meek • Jonathan Haze • Max von Sydow • Michael Atiyah • Milan Kundera • Mukhran Machavariani • Paule Marshall • Roy Hamilton