Martin Cruz Smith

Martin Cruz Smith, born Martin William Smith is an American writer of mystery and suspense fiction, mostly in an international or historical setting. He is best known for his ten-novel series on Russian investigator Arkady Renko, introduced in 1981 with Gorky Park. The tenth book in the series, Independence Square, was published in May 2023.

3 November 1942

Born on the same birth day (3 November): Dolph Lundgren • Dwight Yorke • Gustaf Tenggren • Květa Legátová • Matías Vuoso • Paul Quantrill • William Cullen Bryant • Yon Hyong-muk

Born in the same month (November 1942): Bob Gaudio • Daniel Barenboim • István Rosztóczy • Jan Stenerud • Joe Biden • John P. Hammond • Johnny Rivers • Larry Gilbert • Marcia Wallace • Patricia Bath