Manly Wade Wellman

Manly Wade Wellman was an American writer. While his science fiction and fantasy stories appeared in such pulps as Astounding Stories, Startling Stories, Unknown and Strange Stories, Wellman is best remembered as one of the most popular contributors to the legendary Weird Tales and for his fantasy and horror stories set in the Appalachian Mountains, which draw on the native folklore of that region. Karl Edward Wagner referred to him as "the dean of fantasy writers." Wellman also wrote in a wide variety of other genres, including historical fiction, detective fiction, western fiction, juvenile fiction, and non-fiction.

21 May 1903

Born on the same birth day (21 May): Bill Champlin • Brian Statham (footballer) • Carl Johnson (athlete) • Harriet Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland • Josh Allen • Martin Carthy • Sophie, Princess of Albania • Édouard Goursat

Born in the same month (May 1903): Benjamin Spock • Billie Dove • Bing Crosby • Bob Hope • Charles F. Brannock • Charlie Gehringer • Cool Papa Bell • Countee Cullen • James Beard • Luther Adler • Ruth Ella Moore • S. L. Kirloskar • Wilfrid Hyde-White