Ira Levin
Ira Marvin Levin was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His works include the novels A Kiss Before Dying (1953), Rosemary's Baby (1967), The Stepford Wives (1972), This Perfect Day (1970), The Boys from Brazil (1976), and Sliver (1991). Levin also wrote the play Deathtrap (1978). Many of his novels and plays have been adapted into films. He received the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award and several Edgar Awards.
27 August 1929
Born on the same birth date (27 August 1929): George Scott (wrestler)
Born on the same birth day (27 August): Aase Foss Abrahamsen • András Petőcz • Burak Kut • Cesar Millan • Charles G. Dawes • Douglas R. Campbell • Edward Beecher • Ellar Coltrane • Giuseppe Peano • Kay Walsh • Luuk de Jong • Marko Rudan • Pee Wee Butts • Péter Boross • Robert Richardson (cinematographer) • Tuesday Weld • William Least Heat-Moon
Born in the same month (August 1929): Ann Calvello • Bill Evans • Buck Owens • David Waddington • Don Larsen • Don Matheson • Francis Gary Powers • George Scott (wrestler) • Guy de Lussigny • Hafizullah Amin • Helmut Rahn • Hugues Aufray • Ian McNaught-Davis • Kishore Kumar • Luis García Meza • Mike Elliott (saxophonist) • Pat Harrington Jr. • Roch La Salle • Ronnie Biggs • Valery Alekseyev (anthropologist) • Vellore G. Ramabhadran • Vidya Charan Shukla • X. J. Kennedy