Jan Brett

Jan Brett is an American illustrator and writer of children's picture books. Her colorful, detailed depictions of a wide variety of animals and human cultures range from Scandinavia to Africa. Her titles include The Mitten, The Hat, and Gingerbread Baby. She has adapted or retold traditional stories such as the Gingerbread Man and Goldilocks and has illustrated classics such as "The Owl and the Pussycat."

1 December 1949

Born on the same birth date (1 December 1949): Pablo Escobar • Sebastián Piñera

Born on the same birth day (1 December): Anders Holmertz • Filippos Petsalnikos • François Van der Elst • James Wilson (English footballer) • Marie Bashir • Park Hyo-shin • Tahar Ben Jelloun

Born in the same month (December 1949): Bill Buckner • Billy Gibbons • Claudia Kolb • Cliff Williams • Don Johnson • Jeff Bridges • Jock Stirrup • John Altman (composer) • José Ramos-Horta • Nikolaos Sifounakis • Randy Neugebauer • Sebastian (singer) • Yasmin Alibhai-Brown