Birth Date Cake O'Clock Birth Date Clock

Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (d. 2000)

Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was an American poet, author, and teacher. Her work often dealt with the personal celebrations and struggles of ordinary people in her community. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on May 1, 1950, for Annie Allen, making her the first African American to receive a Pulitzer Prize.

7 June 1917

Random

Born on the same birth date (7 June 1917): Dean Martin

Born on the same birth day (7 June): "Superstar" Billy Graham • Beau Brummell • Bill Prady • Bluey (long-lived dog) • Joan Voûte • John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen • Juan Luis Guerra • Jules Deschênes • Paul Salamunovich • Prince (musician) • Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool • Robina Nicol • Sigvard Bernadotte • Sylvanus Morley • Ture Malmgren

Born in the same month (June 1917): A. E. Hotchner • Atle Selberg • Augusto Roa Bastos • Aurelio Lampredi • Byron White • David Easton • Dean Martin • Gilbert Prouteau • Heinz Sielmann • Helena Rasiowa • Irving Penn • Joshua Nkomo • Katharine Graham • Lena Horne • Lucy Jarvis (producer) • Nils Karlsson • Ramblin' Tommy Scott • Susan Hayward • Teddy Turner (actor) • William Standish Knowles