P. L. Travers

Pamela Lyndon Travers was an Australian-British writer who spent most of her career in England. She is best known for the Mary Poppins series of books, which feature the eponymous magical nanny.

9 August 1899

Born on the same birth day (9 August): Alfred David Benjamin • Camilla Wicks • D'Arcy Short • Dorin Chirtoacă • Eddie Futch • Ime Udoka • J. James Exon • Joel Anthony • Joseph Locke • Juanes • Julián Javier • Kevin Mack • Mathews Barnabas • Michael Kingma • Prince Augustus William of Prussia • Ralph Houk • Sanya Lopez • Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva

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