Jean de Brunhoff

Jean de Brunhoff was a French writer and illustrator remembered best for creating the Babar series of children's books concerning a fictional elephant, the first of which was published in 1931.

9 December 1899

Born on the same birth day (9 December): Bill Hartack • Caroline Lucas • Dave Harold • Gastón Gaudio • Gregorios Xenopoulos • Jaak Jõerüüt • Laura Smulders • Michael Nouri • Peter O'Mara • Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi • Robert Livingston (actor) • Sylvia (singer)

Born in the same month (December 1899): Arthur Leslie • Charlie Spencer • DeFord Bailey • Gustaf Gründgens • Hayato Ikeda • Helge Ingstad • Howard Kinsey • John Barbirolli • John Qualen • Julio de Caro • Karl-Günther Heimsoth • Martin Luther King Sr. • Martyn Lloyd-Jones • Peter Wessel Zapffe • Ray Morehart • Silvestre Revueltas