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): Adrienne Lecouvreur • Arne Hoel • Fernando Germani • Frank Gorshin • Frithjof Andersen • Georg Misch • Guilherme Torres • Gustavo Jiménez • Héctor Olivera (film director) • John Hartson • Lang Tzu-yun • Mike O'Dowd • Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine • Rafael Cavalcante • Shikha Uberoi • Yasuhiro Takemoto

Born in the same month (April 1934): Carl Kasell • Don Kirshner • Ian Richardson • Jane Goodall • Jerry Lordan • Mark Strand • Pedro Pires • Roman Herzog • Shirley MacLaine • Stanley Turrentine • Vladimir Pozner Jr.