Maurice Sendak

Maurice Bernard Sendak was an American author and illustrator of children's books. He became most widely known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, first published in 1963. Born to Polish-Jewish parents, his childhood was affected by the death of many of his family members during the Holocaust. Sendak also wrote works such as In the Night Kitchen, Outside Over There, and illustrated many works by other authors including the Little Bear books by Else Holmelund Minarik.

10 June 1928

Born on the same birth day (10 June): Andrew Stevens • Carmen Cozza • David Platt • Eileen Cooper • Kaia Kanepi • Leone Sextus Tollemache • Mustapha Carayol • Nils Økland • Pokey Reese • Shane Whereat

Born in the same month (June 1928): Harold Evans • Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli • Ian Bannen • Jacob Druckman • Jean-Louis Pesch • Jean-Marie Le Pen • John Richard Reid • Margit Bara • Michael Shaara • Mimi Mariani • Robert Lansing (actor) • Tony Richardson