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): Alan Dedicoat • Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov • Andrew Adamson • Bart Millard • DeSean Jackson • Henry Williamson • Magdalena of Valois • Ryan Malone • Sophia Skou • Stuart Garson • Vesta Williams

Born in the same month (December 1949): Adrian Belew • Bill Buckner • Ellen Datlow • Heather Menzies • Jeff Bridges • Jock Stirrup • José Ramos-Horta • Mary Gordon (writer) • Nawaz Sharif • Peter Willey • Randy Neugebauer • Reinhold Weege • Robin Gibb • Soumaïla Cissé