Maurice Druon

Maurice Druon was a French novelist and a member of the Académie Française, of which he served as "Perpetual Secretary" (chairman) between 1985 and 1999.

23 April 1918

Born on the same birth day (23 April): Arnold Alexander Hall • Bertil Ohlin • Blair Brown • Chloe Kim • Dennis Culp • Egemen Bağış • George of Poděbrady • Hervé Villechaize • J. P. Donleavy • Kal Penn • Karel Doorman • Lee Je-no • Lee Majors • Léo Jaime • Ngaio Marsh • Pierluigi Martini • Prince Louis of Wales • Rui Fonte • Sheila Scott Macintyre • Sven Kramer • Valerie Bertinelli • Victoria Glendinning • William Penn (Royal Navy officer) • Willie Mitchell (ice hockey)

Born in the same month (April 1918): Alfredo Ovando Candía • André Bazin • Astrid Varnay • Betty Ford • Bobby Doerr • Clifton Hillegass • Eddy Christiani • Gabriel Axel • George Allen (American football coach) • George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe • Glendon Swarthout • Graham Payn • Hans Billian • Hsuan Hua • Jørn Utzon • Kai Siegbahn • Mary Healy (entertainer) • Mickey Vernon • Richard Wainwright (politician) • Shinobu Hashimoto • Sten Rudholm • Tony Mottola • William Holden • William Jay Smith