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): Circle Repertory Company • Frank Winfield Woolworth • György Lukács • Harold Osborn • Jonathan Brandis • Juhan Kukk • Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr • Nellie McKay • Olga Tañón • Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy
Born in the same month (April 1902): Andrew Irvine (mountaineer) • Fernando Pessa • Halldór Laxness • Johan Borgen • Maria Maksakova Sr. • Maria Polydouri • Mary Miles Minter • Menachem Mendel Schneerson • Menachem Mendel Schneerson • Philippe de Rothschild • Stanley G. Weinbaum • Sylvio Mantha • Théodore Monod • Tiemoko Garan Kouyaté • Veniamin Kaverin • Waldemar Hammenhög • Werner Heyde