Marguerite Henry
Marguerite Henry was an American writer of children's books, writing fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals. She won the Newbery Medal for King of the Wind, a 1948 book about horses, and she was a runner-up for two others. One of the latter, Misty of Chincoteague (1947), was the basis for several related titles and the 1961 movie Misty.
13 April 1902
Born on the same birth date (13 April 1902): Philippe de Rothschild
Born on the same birth day (13 April): Anita Cerquetti • Arthur Fadden • Arthur Harris • Ben Nighthorse Campbell • Bill Conti • Bud Freeman • Catherine de' Medici • Christina of Holstein-Gottorp • Dadasaheb Torne • Don Adams • Eudora Welty • Howard Keel • Jacques Lacan • Jean-Marc Reiser • Juan Montalvo • Julius Nyerere • Max Mosley • Michael Stuart Brown • Mike Beuttler • Orhan Veli Kanık • Robert Orville Anderson
Born in the same month (April 1902): Andrew Irvine (mountaineer) • Eduard Eelma • Giuseppe Pella • Johan Borgen • Mary Miles Minter • Menachem Mendel Schneerson • Philippe de Rothschild • Stanley G. Weinbaum • Théodore Monod • Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté • Veniamin Kaverin • Waldemar Hammenhög • Werner Heyde