Johanna Spyri

Johanna Louise Spyri was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zürich, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.

12 June 1827

Born on the same birth day (12 June): Adriaen van Stalbemt • Anne Frank • Héctor Garza • John A. Roebling • Junior Brown • Lucille Roybal-Allard

Born in the same month (June 1827): Alberto Henschel