Jan Morris
Catharine Jan Morris was a Welsh historian, author and travel writer. She was known particularly for the Pax Britannica trilogy (1968–1978), a history of the British Empire, and for portraits of cities, including Oxford, Venice, Trieste, Hong Kong and New York City. She published under her birth name, James, until 1972, when she had gender reassignment surgery after transitioning from male to female.
2 October 1926
Born on the same birth day (2 October): Aaron Hicks • Alexander P. Stewart • Avery Brooks • Brittany Howard • Chris Savino • Jana Novotná • John Cook (golfer) • Karl von Terzaghi • Maria Ressa • Matthew Nicholson • Omar Sívori • Swami Abhedananda • Çağlar Birinci
Born in the same month (October 1926): Agustín García Calvo • Eddie Yost • Eliška Misáková • H. R. Haldeman • Jean Alexander • Jean Peters • Killer Kowalski • Vladimir Shlapentokh • Willy Alberti