Nathanael West

Nathanael West was an American writer and screenwriter. He is remembered for two darkly satirical novels: Miss Lonelyhearts (1933) and The Day of the Locust (1939), set respectively in the newspaper and Hollywood film industries.

17 October 1903

Born on the same birth date (17 October 1903): Andrei Grechko

Born on the same birth day (17 October): Carlos Loret de Mola • Ferenc Deák (politician) • Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini • Montgomery Clift • Pierre Juneau • Pope John Paul I • Seals and Crofts

Born in the same month (October 1903): Andrei Grechko • Bei Shizhang • Bona Arsenault • Ernest Walton • Georgy Geshev • John Chamberlain (journalist) • John Vincent Atanasoff • Josephine Hutchinson • M. King Hubbert • Mahn Ba Khaing • Melvin Purvis • Pierre Garbay • Vernon Duke • Vladimir Horowitz • Walter O'Malley