John Schlesinger

John Richard Schlesinger was an English film and stage director, and actor. He emerged in the early 1960s as a leading light of the British New Wave, before embarking on a successful career in Hollywood, often directing films dealing frankly in provocative subject matter, combined with his status as one of the rare openly gay directors working in mainstream films.

16 February 1926

Born on the same birth date (16 February 1926): Margot Frank

Born on the same birth day (16 February): Alexei Morozov • Annika Beck • Chester Morris • Christopher Eccleston • Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg • Iain Banks • Jayaatu Khan Tugh Temür • Jimmy Wakely • John Bradbury (drummer) • John Sharp (bishop) • John Tartaglia • Longineu W. Parsons III • Luc Bourdon • Oscar Schmidt • Peter Hain • Sofia Arvidsson • Zsófia Susányi

Born in the same month (February 1926): Birgitte Reimer • Dave Sands • Fay Ajzenberg-Selove • György Kurtág • María de la Purísima Salvat Romero • Paul Bocuse • Rolf Brem • Sidney Bryan Berry • Svetlana Alliluyeva • Valéry Giscard d'Estaing