Raymond Williams

Raymond Henry Williams was a Welsh socialist writer, academic, novelist and critic influential within the New Left and in wider culture. His writings on politics, culture, the media and literature contributed to the Marxist critique of culture and the arts. Some 750,000 copies of his books were sold in UK editions alone, and there are many translations available. His work laid foundations for the field of cultural studies and cultural materialism.

31 August 1921

Born on the same birth date (31 August 1921): Otis G. Pike

Born on the same birth day (31 August): Alma Mahler • Altiero Spinelli • Ann Coffey • Big Tiny Little • Can Aktav • Christopher Katongo • Henry Joy McCracken • Holger Osieck • Husein Gradaščević • Jack Thompson (actor) • Jeff Russo • Jolene Watanabe • Lowell Ganz • Matt Adams • Mickie James • Radek Martínek • Richard Gere • Vadim Repin • Vali Ionescu • Yara Martinez

Born in the same month (August 1921): August Kowalczyk • Bryce Mackasey • Esther Williams • Fernando Fernán Gómez • Gene Roddenberry • Geoffrey Elton • Herb Ellis • Iris Apfel • Kenneth Arrow • Leo Penn • Monty Hall • Pat McDonald (actress) • Reuven Feuerstein • Sam Cook (cricketer, born 1921) • Webb Pierce • William Asher