Jan Brzechwa

Jan Brzechwa, was a Polish poet, author and lawyer, known mostly for his contribution to children's literature. He was born Jan Wiktor Lesman to a Polish family of Jewish descent.

15 August 1898

Born on the same birth day (15 August): Anthony Anderson • Antonín Petrof • Benedict Kiely • Don Rich • Emily Kinney • George Klein (inventor) • Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn • Malcolm Glazer • Sami Michael • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor • Simon Hart • Simple Kapadia • Siobhan Chamberlain • Sri Aurobindo • Walter Crane

Born in the same month (August 1898): Arthur Wood (cricketer, born 1898) • Charlie Grimm • Clemente Biondetti • Ernesto Maserati • Ernő Nagy • Gaspard Fauteux • Helmut Hasse • Jean Borotra • Malcolm Cowley • Marguerite Bise • Morris Stoloff • Peggy Guggenheim • Peter Mohr Dam • Preston Sturges • Regis Toomey • Shirley Booth • Vilhelm Moberg