Thomas Keneally

Thomas Michael Keneally, AO is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his non-fiction novel Schindler's Ark, the story of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, which won the Booker Prize in 1982. The book would later be adapted into Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Schindler's List, which won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

7 October 1935

Born on the same birth day (7 October): Andy Devine • Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden • Dida (footballer, born 1973) • Evan Longoria • Michelle Alexander • Robert Westall • Trent Alexander-Arnold • Willie Naulls

Born in the same month (October 1935): Alan Clarke • Albert Roux • Armen Dzhigarkhanyan • Barry McGuire • Bobby Morrow • Bruno Sammartino • Carlos Pairetti • Charles Duke • Daniel Quinn • Don Howe • Eddie Hopkinson • Jim Perry (baseball) • Julie Andrews • Khalil al-Wazir • Luciano Pavarotti • Malcolm Bilson • Peter Boyle • Robert Caro • Shivraj Patil • Sydney Chapman (politician) • Willie O'Ree • Ágota Kristóf