Mary Gilmore

Dame Mary Jean Gilmore was an Australian writer and journalist known for her prolific contributions to Australian literature and the broader national discourse. She wrote both prose and poetry.

16 August 1865

Born on the same birth day (16 August): Ann Blyth • Bruce Beresford • Caeleb Dressel • Fess Parker • Jeff Perry (American actor) • John Standing • José Luis Clerc • Mateja Svet • Nigel Terry • Paul Gallacher • Robert Culp • Tom Maschler • Vahan Hovhannisyan

Born in the same month (August 1865): Alexander Glazunov • Arthur James Arnot • Bernard Tancred • Charles G. Dawes • Ferdinand I of Romania • Guido Castelnuovo • Irving Babbitt • Isobel Lilian Gloag • James Henry Breasted • John Radecki • Julia Marlowe • Mikao Usui