Leonora Carrington
Mary Leonora Carrington was a British-born, naturalized Mexican surrealist painter and novelist. She lived most of her adult life in Mexico City and was one of the last surviving participants in the surrealist movement of the 1930s. Carrington was also a founding member of the women's liberation movement in Mexico during the 1970s.
6 April 1917
Born on the same birth day (6 April): Anthony Fokker • Arvid Horn • Blaine Neal • Diana Matheson • Donald Wills Douglas Sr. • Enrique Álvarez Félix • Gerard Majella • Hans Richter (artist) • Jeff Faine • Lowell Thomas • Mehdi Ballouchy • Oscar Piastri • Pascal Rogé
Born in the same month (April 1917): Celeste Holm • Elmer Gedeon • Grigori Kuzmin • Lloyd Bott • Robert Bloch • Robert Burns Woodward • Robert Cornthwaite (actor) • Robert Manzon • Roman Matsov • Sal Maglie • Sven Hassel • Sydney Newman • Tony Lupien • Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli • Yvette Chauviré