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): Bastian Swillims • Bruno Ruffo • Claude Louis Berthollet • Dave Hilton Jr. • David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone • Germain Gagnon • Jermaine Beckford • Jerome Beatty Jr. • Joaquín Turina • Joseph Pilates • Joshua Sasse • Juan Samuel • Ki Longfellow • Ladislav Smoljak • V. Dakshinamoorthy

Born in the same month (December 1899): Arthur Leslie • Hayato Ikeda • John Barbirolli • John Qualen • Julio de Caro