Ram Vilas Sharma

Ram Vilas Sharma was a progressive literary critic, linguist, poet and thinker. He was born in Unchgaon Sani, Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh. In a career spanning nearly five decades, Sharma authored over 50 books. He was the recipient of many awards including the Sahitya Academy award, Bharat Bharati, Shalaka Samman, Vyas Samman, and the Shatabdi Samman just last week.

10 October 1912

Born on the same birth day (10 October): Anthony Brown (basketball) • Chris Ofili • Dilsa Demirbag Sten • Elvis Hammond • Eric Martin (musician) • Eugenio Castellotti • Gary Beach • Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger • Judith Chalmers • Kangta • Naomi Levari • Oscar Brown • Paul Posluszny • Simon Townshend • Stephanie Cheng

Born in the same month (October 1912): Abdelkader Ben Bouali • Alfred Klingler • Clifford Hansen • Dale Evans • Don Byas • Don Siegel • Jack Owens (singer-songwriter) • Kathleen Ollerenshaw • Luigi Raimondi • Minnie Pearl • Murray Golden • Nellie Lutcher • Ollie Johnston • Perkins Bass • Peter Gellhorn • Peter Walker (racing driver) • Pope John Paul I • President of Peru • Ruhi Su • Theodore Marier