Nigel Tranter

Nigel Tranter OBE was a writer of a wide range of books on castles, particularly on themes of architecture and history. He also specialised in deeply researched historical novels that cover centuries of Scottish history.

23 November 1909

Born on the same birth day (23 November): Andrew Goodman (activist) • Angelo Sodano • Francis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg • François-Noël Babeuf • Glenn Brummer • Hjalmar Branting • Joe Nibloe • Johannes Diderik van der Waals • José Napoleón Duarte • Julien J. LeBourgeois • Kelly Brook • Ken Eastwood • Maik Galakos • Miley Cyrus • Petar Skansi • Peter Stanford • Rick Bayless • Salli Richardson • Tony Renna • Wes Burns

Born in the same month (November 1909): Anatoly Maltsev • Bert Patenaude • Carlos López Moctezuma • Eugène Ionesco • Frances Dee • Fritz Buchloh • James Agee • James Reston • John Berger (cross-country skier) • Johnny Marks • Mirza Nasir Ahmad • Norman Krasna • P. D. Eastman • Peter Drucker • Piero Gherardi • Robert Nighthawk • Robert Ryan • Ruby Hurley • Samand Siabandov • Skeeter Webb • Vicente Feola • Vincent Apap