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): Anna of Württemberg • Bert Sakmann • Bill Cowley • Bryan Habana • C. J. Eliezer • Djuna Barnes • Irwin Allen • James Kwalia • Jamil Jalibi • John A. Roebling • John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg • Jérôme Romain • Margherita Hack • Martine Dugrenier • Mauricio Isla • Michael Fabricant • Mimi Coertse • Patrick Gass • Paul Stenning • Priscilla Lane • Rocky Burnette • Scott Thompson (actor) • Takashi Yamazaki • Uta Hagen

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