Hortense Calisher

Hortense Calisher was an American writer of fiction and the second female president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

20 December 1911

Born on the same birth day (20 December): Anja Rücker • Billy Bragg • Bouabdellah Tahri • David Cook (singer) • Freddie Spencer • Guy Babylon • Kan'ichi Asakawa • Kim Young-sam • Laura M. Thurston • Marta Xargay • Pietro Raimondi • Ruhana Kuddus • Sidney Hook

Born in the same month (December 1911): Calvin Griffith • Chet Huntley • Jules Dassin • Kenneth Patchen • Klaus Fuchs • Louise Bourgeois • Naguib Mahfouz • Nicholas P. Dallis • Niels Kaj Jerne • Nikos Gatsos • Nino Rota • Ryūzō Sejima • Stan Kenton • Trygve Haavelmo • Val Guest • Walter Alston