Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. Dahl has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century".
13 September 1916
Born on the same birth day (13 September): Ben Alexander (rugby league) • Caroline Duby Glassman • Henry F. Ashurst • Jim Cleamons • Joel-Peter Witkin • Leonor Andrade • Milton S. Hershey • Puma Swede • Rein Maran • Robert Indiana • William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Born in the same month (September 1916): Carl Giles • Deendayal Upadhyaya • Ed Sabol • Eddie Stanky • Eric Bentley • Frank Leslie Walcott • Frederick C. Weyand • Jessica Anderson (writer) • John Jacob Rhodes • Margaret Lockwood • Olga Lepeshinskaya (dancer) • Peter Finch • Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw • Ruth Leach Amonette • S. Yizhar • Tony Bettenhausen