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 • Adriana Lima • Antawn Jamison • Bobby Gould • Carl Hovland • Charles Kingsley • Djuna Barnes • Donald Byrne • Egon Schiele • Emma Eliasson • Frank McCloskey • Herbert Meyer (footballer) • Javed Miandad • John McCluskey, Baron McCluskey • John Wetton • Mamo Wolde • Priscilla Lane • Raúl Héctor Castro • Rocky Burnette • Ryan Klesko • Tom Misteli • Warwick Capper • Weegee • William Lundigan

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