John Mortimer

Sir John Clifford Mortimer was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author. He is best known for short stories about a barrister named Horace Rumpole, adapted from episodes of the TV series Rumpole of the Bailey also written by Mortimer.

21 April 1923

Born on the same birth day (21 April): Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts • Antonín Kammel • Edwin S. Porter • Eve Arnold • Francesco Maidalchini • Herbert Wetterauer • Hilda Hilst • Humphry Repton • John Swinton of Kimmerghame • Ken Caminiti • Louis de Noailles, 4th Duke of Noailles • Mark Wainberg • Pat Brown • Patti LuPone • Randall Thompson • Vincent Scotto • Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick

Born in the same month (April 1923): A. H. Halsey • Aaron Spelling • Ann Miller • Daniel Hoffman • Don Adams • Edward Mulhare • Herb Thomas • Irvin Kershner • John Watkins (South African cricketer) • Lindsay Anderson • Melissa Hayden (dancer) • Nguyễn Văn Thiệu • Peter Kane Dufault • Roberto De Vicenzo • Roger Gaillard (historian) • Tito Puente