Odette Hallowes
Odette Marie Léonie Céline Hallowes,, also known as Odette Churchill and Odette Sansom, code named Lise, was an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France during the Second World War. She was the first woman to be awarded the George Cross by the United Kingdom and was awarded the Légion d'honneur by France. The following information relating to her war service uses 'Sansom' as this was her surname during this period.
28 April 1912
Born on the same birth date (28 April 1912): Kaneto Shindo
Born on the same birth day (28 April): Blossom Dearie • Brian Greenhoff • Bruno Kirby • Chris White (politician) • Dmitri Torbinski • Elena Kagan • Erich Salomon • Hulusi Sayın • Jack Fingleton • Jean Redpath • Jimmy Barnes • John Daly (golfer) • Miodrag Radulovacki • Nicklas Lidström • Penélope Cruz • Phil King (musician) • Roman Polák • Sam Merwin Jr. • Sylvestre François Lacroix • Tristan Tzara • Wilhelmus Beekman
Born in the same month (April 1912): Alois Brunner • Carlos Guastavino • Dorothy Eden • Frank Dilio • Glenn T. Seaborg • Jehan Buhan • Kaneto Shindo • Kim Il Sung • Makar Honcharenko • Richard Carlson (actor) • Ruth Osburn