Jan Pieńkowski
Jan Michał Pieńkowski was a Polish-born British author of children's books—as illustrator, as writer, and as designer of movable books. He is best known for illustrating the Meg and Mog picture book series. He also designed for the theatre. For his contribution as a children's illustrator he was UK nominee in 1982 and again in 2008 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. Jan Pieńkowski, Polish-English author and illustrator (d. 2022)
8 August 1936
Born on the same birth date (8 August 1936): Frank Howard (baseball)
Born on the same birth day (8 August): André Jolivet • Andy Priaulx • Ben G. Davis • Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore • Dennis Drew • Emilie Flygare-Carlén • Godfrey Kneller • Herbert Prohaska • Hipólito Ruiz López • Hur Jin-ho • Jostein Gaarder • Mark Wills • Mick Moss • Rory Calhoun • Rosetta LeNoire • Saint Dominic • Scott Sandelin • Sheila Varian
Born in the same month (August 1936): August 2 • Benedict Anderson • Bill Monbouquette • Chuck Brown • Don Denkinger • Frank Howard (baseball) • Hideki Shirakawa • Jerry G. Bishop • John Saxon • Kjell Grede • Peter North (legal scholar) • Radish Tordia • Seamus Mallon • Warren M. Washington • Yves Saint Laurent (designer)