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): Al Green • Circle Repertory Company • Dadasaheb Torne • Drago Jančar • Edward Fox (actor) • Herbert Yardley • Jesuits • Maurice Buckley • Nellie McKay • Nino Sanzogno • Peabo Bryson • Pierre Rosenberg • Quentin Richardson • Robert Enrico • Robert Orville Anderson • Samuel Beckett • Tommy Raudonikis
Born in the same month (April 1902): Andrew Irvine (mountaineer) • Fernando Pessa • Giuseppe Pella • Jan Tschichold • Louis Beel • Louise Lévêque de Vilmorin • Maria Maksakova Sr. • Mary Miles Minter • Philippe de Rothschild • Sylvio Mantha • Theodore Schultz • Théodore Monod • Veniamin Kaverin