Georges Duhamel

Georges Duhamel was a French author, born in Paris. Duhamel trained as a doctor, and during World War I was attached to the French Army. In 1920, he published Confession de minuit, the first of a series featuring the anti-hero Salavin. In 1935, he was elected as a member of the Académie française. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature twenty-seven times. He was also the father of the musicologist and composer Antoine Duhamel.

30 June 1884

Born on the same birth day (30 June): Andrew Hill (pianist) • David Lidington • Hal Lindes • John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey • John, Prince of Asturias • Mark Grudzielanek • Molly Parker • Nancy Dussault • Robert Ballard • Ron Harris (ice hockey) • Sandra Cam • Thomas Lovell Beddoes • Tony Fernández • Trevor Ariza • Willa Kim

Born in the same month (June 1884): Claude Auchinleck • Cyclone Taylor • Ester Claesson • Frank Waller (athlete) • Frederick Lorz • Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes • Géza Gyóni • Harry Langdon • Ivy Compton-Burnett • James Rector • John McCormack (tenor) • Lamina Sankoh • Leon Chwistek • Leone Sextus Tollemache