Sven Hassel

Sven Hassel was the pen name of the Danish-born Børge Willy Redsted Pedersen known for his novels about German soldiers fighting in World War II. In Denmark he used the pen name Sven Hazel. He is one of the bestselling Danish authors, possibly second only to Hans Christian Andersen. ^{Sven Hassel, Danish-German soldier and author (d. 2012)}

19 April 1917

Born on the same birth day (19 April): Ara Gevorgyan • Germaine Tailleferre • Hayden Christensen • Hugh O'Brian • Irena Eichlerówna • James Franco • Jóannes Eidesgaard • Lise Klaveness • Michel Le Tellier • Mswati III • Peter de Noronha • Ragnar Ulstein • Simon Cowell (conservationist) • Suge Knight • Troy Polamalu • Véronique Gens

Born in the same month (April 1917): Barry Nelson • Bill Clements • Celeste Holm • Elmer Gedeon • Henry Hewes (critic) • Hubertus Ernst • Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri • Johannes Bobrowski • Leonora Carrington • Maya Deren • Melville Shavelson • R. G. Armstrong • Robert Bloch • Robert Burns Woodward • Roman Matsov • Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli • Virgil Trucks • Yvette Chauviré