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): Adlai Stevenson III • Aleksis Kivi • Anne Mather • Assi Cohen • Bob Nystrom • Eric Martin (musician) • Fei Mu • Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné • Gail Halvorsen • Gavin Shuker • Harry Smith (footballer, born 1932) • Hitomi Sato (actress) • Janis Hansen (singer) • Julie Pomagalski • Rostislav Olesz • Shivaram Karanth • Willard Estey

Born in the same month (October 1912): Alfred Klingler • Clifford Hansen • Dale Evans • Don Byas • Don Siegel • Fritz Fischer (medical doctor) • Jack Owens (singer-songwriter) • Minnie Pearl • Muhammad Shamsul Huq • Nellie Lutcher • October 2 • Ollie Johnston • President of Peru • Ruhi Su • Silviu Bindea • Theodore Marier