Gerard Reve
Gerard Kornelis van het Reve was a Dutch writer. He started writing as Simon Gerard van het Reve and adopted the shorter Gerard Reve in 1973. Together with Willem Frederik Hermans and Harry Mulisch, he is considered one of the "Great Three" of Dutch post-war literature. His 1981 novel De vierde man was the basis for Paul Verhoeven's 1983 film.
14 December 1923
Born on the same birth day (14 December): Alexander Nelke • Aphra Behn • Brendan Nash • Charles Berkeley, 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge • Chris Waddle • DK Metcalf • Daniel H. Reynolds • Ernie Davis • George Furth • Helle Thorning-Schmidt • Jane Cowl • Joshua Rush • June Taylor • Li Zijun • Lonnie Walker IV • Marcus Jensen • Margaret Bakkes • Nate Ebner • Nikolay Basov • Pedro Botelho (footballer, born 1989) • Sophie Monk • Spider Stacy • Tom Smith (rugby union, born 1985)
Born in the same month (December 1923): Bob Barker • Bob Dorough • Bruno Bobak • Ernst Florian Winter • George Patton IV • John Krish • Lillian Cahn • Onofre Marimón • Rudolph Pariser