Tom Maschler
Thomas Michael Maschler was a British publisher and writer. From 1960, he was influential as the head of publishing company Jonathan Cape over a period of more than three decades. Maschler was noted for instituting the Booker Prize for British, Irish and Commonwealth literature in 1969. He was involved in publishing the works of many notable authors, including Ernest Hemingway, Joseph Heller, Gabriel García Márquez, John Lennon, Ian McEwan, Bruce Chatwin and Salman Rushdie. Tom Maschler, English author and publisher (d. 2020)
16 August 1933
Born on the same birth date (16 August 1933): Julie Newmar • Reiner Kunze • Stuart Roosa
Born on the same birth day (16 August): Amos Alonzo Stagg • Arthur Rose Eldred • Arvind Kejriwal • Barry Hay • Christine Cavanaugh • David Anderson (British Columbia politician) • E. F. Schumacher • Eri Kitamura • Eydie Gormé • Helmut Rahn • Ismaïl Aissati • José Luis Clerc • Konstantin Vassiljev • Marshall Manesh • Matteo Anesi • Nikos Zisis • Ryan Kerrigan • Stefan Klos • Taika Waititi • Vahan Hovhannisyan • Wang Hao (racewalker)
Born in the same month (August 1933): A. G. Kripal Singh • Barry Norman • Bobby Helms • Debra Paget • Don Getty • Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss • Janet Baker • Joycelyn Elders • Julie Newmar • Mark Dinning • Meena Kumari • Parnelli Jones • Philip French • Prince Rupert Loewenstein • Tamás Vásáry • Ted Donaldson • Tetsuko Kuroyanagi