Humayun Ahmed

Humayun Ahmed was a Bangladeshi novelist, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and academic. His breakthrough was his debut novel Nondito Noroke published in 1972. He wrote over 200 fiction and non-fiction books. He was one of the most popular authors and filmmakers in post-independence Bangladesh. Pakistani English newspaper Dawn referred to him as the cultural legend of Bangladesh.

13 November 1948

Born on the same birth day (13 November): Abraham Flexner • Amory Lovins • Art Malik • Devon Bostick • Helena Carroll • Ivica Dragutinović • Jack Rule Jr. • Jiaqing Emperor • Jordan Bridges • Joseph F. Smith • Max Dehn • Robert Aaron • Robert Louis Stevenson • Shabazz Muhammad • Theophilus Holmes

Born in the same month (November 1948): Amadou Toumani Touré • Charles III • Chi Coltrane • East Bay Ray • Elizabeth Blackburn • Galina Prozumenshchikova • Hassan Rouhani • Jane Humphries • Marianne Muellerleile • Park Chul-soo • Peter Wheeler (rugby union) • Rainer Zobel • Richard Masur • Robert Ginty • Saroj Khan • Spider Robinson • Steve Yeager • Takashi Kawamura (politician) • Tõnis Mägi