John Carey (critic)

John Carey, is a British literary critic, and post-retirement (2002) emeritus Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. He is known for his anti-elitist views on high culture, as expounded in several books. He has twice chaired the Booker Prize committee, in 1982 and 2003, and chaired the judging panel for the first Man Booker International Prize in 2005.

5 April 1934

Born on the same birth date (5 April 1934): Moise Safra • Roman Herzog • Stanley Turrentine

Born on the same birth day (5 April): Christopher Hewett • Etiënne Reijnen • Frederick Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern • Laima Zilporytė • Liang Yusheng • Liemarvin Bonevacia • Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt • Maya DiRado • Paul Weinstein (athlete) • Raymond Bonney • Robert Smalls • Roger Corman • Sanya Dharmasakti • Ubol Ratana

Born in the same month (April 1934): Brian Glover • Enrique Álvarez Félix • Fredric Jameson • Ian Richardson • James Drury • Jerry Lordan • Kronid Lyubarsky • Lois Duncan • Mark Strand • Paul Cohen • Pedro Pires • Peter Morris (surgeon) • Robert Stigwood • Roman Herzog • Ron Pember • Tom Phillis • Vicar (cartoonist) • Vladimir Pozner Jr.