Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Earl Franzen is an American novelist and essayist. His 2001 novel The Corrections, a sprawling, satirical family drama, drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist, earned a James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His novel Freedom (2010) garnered similar praise and led to an appearance on the cover of Time magazine alongside the headline "Great American Novelist". Franzen's latest novel Crossroads was published in 2021, and is the first in a projected trilogy.

17 August 1959

Born on the same birth date (17 August 1959): David Koresh • Eric Schlosser • Jacek Kazimierski

Born on the same birth day (17 August): Colin Moulding • Dani Güiza • David Conrad • Duke Pearson • Dustin Pedroia • Julia Marlowe • Maurizio Sandro Sala • Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician) • Philibert I, Duke of Savoy • Sam Butera • Sarah Sjöström • Vivienne de Watteville

Born in the same month (August 1959): András Petőcz • Bruce French (cricketer) • David Koresh • Ian Falconer • Ivan Neville • Jacek Kazimierski • Jim McMahon • Kerry Boustead • Koichi Tanaka • Kurtis Blow • Lane Smith (illustrator) • László Szlávics Jr. • Marc Sergeant • Mark Jackson (Australian footballer) • Mark Williams (actor) • Martin Atkins • Michael Kors • Tom Niedenfuer • Yoshiaki Murakami