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): Andy Phillips (baseball) • Enrique Álvarez Félix • Gordon Chater • Helmut Griem • Ian Paisley • Jeanne Hébuterne • Lord Frederick Windsor • Maria Leopoldine of Austria • Philip Henry Gosse • Rory Bremner • Sebastian Spreng • Shaheen Afridi • Tim Hasselbeck • Udo Dirkschneider • Warren Haynes • Young Man Kang

Born in the same month (April 1917): Dorian Leigh • Hubertus Ernst • I. M. Pei • Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri • Jean Lucas (racing driver) • Lloyd Bott • R. G. Armstrong • Robert Cornthwaite (actor) • Robert Manzon • Robert Orville Anderson • Roman Matsov • Ron Burgess (footballer) • Tony Lupien • Vinoo Mankad • Winifred Asprey • Yvette Chauviré