Michel Déon

Michel Déon was a French novelist and literary columnist. He published over 50 works and was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Prix Interallié for his 1970 novel, Les Poneys sauvages. Déon's 1973 novel Un taxi mauve received the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française. His novels have been translated into numerous languages.

4 August 1919

Born on the same birth day (4 August): Albert M. Greenfield • Benjamin Lauth • Bruna Marquezine • Cicinho (footballer, born 1986) • Ezra Taft Benson • François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac • Hedda Sterne • Iosia Soliola • Jessica Mauboy • José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero • Kily González • Knut Hamsun • Mark Milligan • Nicolas-Jacques Conté • Silvan Shalom • Terry Campese • Walter Pater

Born in the same month (August 1919): Adamantios Androutsopoulos • Amrita Pritam • Benedict Kiely • Dino De Laurentiis • George Wallace • Godfrey Hounsfield • J. Gordon Edwards (entomologist) • Joop den Uyl • List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (E) • Luis Olmo • Murray Grand • Pauline Betz • Pee Wee Butts • Ralph Houk • Stanley Middleton • Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin • Wally Hickel • Walter Bernstein • William P. Foster • Wolfgang Wagner