Mary Ann Sieghart

Mary Ann Corinna Howard Sieghart is an English author, journalist, radio presenter and former assistant editor of The Times, where she wrote columns about politics, social affairs and life in general. She has also written a weekly political column in The Independent. Her best-selling book, The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It, was published by Transworld/Doubleday in July 2021.

6 August 1961

Born on the same birth day (6 August): A. G. Kripal Singh • Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha • Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor • Claude de Forbin • Dudley Benjafield • Ella Raines • Fakhr al-Din II • Fortunato Baldelli • Freddie Laker • Inday Badiday • Jiao Liuyang • Lajos Vajda • Louella Parsons • Marvel Smith • Norman Wexler • Pat MacDonald (musician) • Piers Anthony • Radhia Cousot • Raphael Pyrasch • Robin van Persie • Stéphane Peterhansel

Born in the same month (August 1961): Amanda Sonia Berry • Athula Samarasekera • Cliff Benson • David Brooks (commentator) • Gerardo Barbero • John Key • Kieran Crowley • Koji Kondo • Lee Rocker • Magnus Ilmjärv • Mark Curry (British TV presenter) • Mark Priest • Neil Mallender • The Edge • V. B. Chandrasekhar